During the recent general election Labour’s economic and business policies marked a distinctive break from recent Conservative, Coalition and New Labour policies. Come and hear about Labour’s approach to macro-economic policy and industrial strategy from key members of the shadow Treasury and BEIS teams led by John McDonnell and Rebecca Long Bailey.

Chair:

Hamish Sandison, Chair of Labour Business

Speakers:

John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor
Rebecca Long-Bailey, Shadow Business Secretary
Baroness [Diane] Hayter of Kentish Town, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Rajesh Agrawal, Deputy Mayor for Business, London
Seema Malhotra MP, Vice President of Labour Business
Stephen Kinnock MP, Chair of the Labour Business Parliamentary Group
Jim Fox, Associate Director – Public Affairs, Coca Cola
Rod Dowler, Chair of the Industry Forum.

Admission is free, and there will be food & drink.

Hosts: Labour Business

International trade has been high on the agenda ever since George Osborne announced the ambitious target to cut the UK trade deficit by increasing export trade to 1trillion pounds by 2020. If anything, Brexit has made such an objective more urgent but not necessarily easier. Catherine West MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, is joining the newly constituted International Trade Select Committee with a particular interest in high tech sectors, research and development and higher education. Come and meet Catherine to discuss international trade issues and contribute your views and the specific concerns and interests of your company and industry sector.

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In this seminar the expert panellists will consider the implications for global trade over the next two years of the Brexit negotiations and a possible Brexit at the end of them. They will also place European trade in the context of global trade, which is subject to a number of growing uncertainties. A particular theme of the panellists will be the reactions of economic actors to a shifting economic environment.

Speakers:

Dr Rebecca Harding, Co-Founder and CEO, Equant Analytics

Catherine Stewart, Partner, Jericho Chambers; Senior Adviser, Interel

Dr Gunnar Pohl, Deputy Director General – Head of Tax Services, German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce

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The minority Conservative government’s Brexit policy is in chaos. The Prime Minister’s personal position is fragile; Ministers contradict each other publicly; and the traditional supporters of the Conservative party in the City and business become daily more vocal about their unease. Against this turbulent background, our panel of experts will consider the real options open to the British government at a time of political volatility. No options can be ruled out, including that of abandoning Brexit as a bad job altogether.

Speakers

Professor Stephen Haseler, Director, Global Policy Institute

Baroness Quin, former Minister for Europe

Denis MacShane, Senior Adviser, Avisa Partners, former MP

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After a painfully slow recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, and in the wake of the Brexit vote, UK businesses and policymakers recognise that the UK urgently needs new economic thinking and practices. Last year, the new Conservative administration established the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy department and has recently launched a green paper entitled ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’. Dame Kate Barker, who has a strong reputation for rigorous, independent economic analysis, is leading a new Industrial Strategy Commission backed by the universities of Sheffield and Manchester to provide, by September 2017, evidence-based policy recommendations for the development of a new industrial strategy. She will discuss the detailed aims of this work, progress made, and any initial findings.

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This event will be the launch of a new report by Dr. Andrew Black of the Global Policy Institute looking at the possible consequences of a hard Brexit, following the failure of Article 50 negotiations between Great Britain and the European Union. Through his detailed analysis, Dr. Black has attempted to fill the gap in economic forecasting which Brexit Secretary David Davis has admitted exists within his ministry. The findings of Dr. Black’s report cast particular doubt upon the view expressed by governmental representatives during the current election campaign that “no deal” with the European Union is better than a “bad deal.” Specifically, Dr Black concludes that a number of sectors of the economy, such as cars, agriculture, and financial services are likely to be hard hit. We expect a lively  and informed discussion.

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