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Party Conferences 2026

Resolution Foundation events at Labour and Conservative Party Conferences

If you’re heading to the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences, please join us for discussions on preparing workers for the age of AI, helping young people into work, education or training, tackling the cost of living crises, and future-proofing welfare spending.

All Resolution Foundation events are within the secure zones of the conferences.


Labour Party Conference

 

How can we prepare workers for the age of AI?

Sunday 27th September, 3.30 – 4.30pm, Mersey Suite, Pullman Hotel
Bringing together leading experts, the Resolution Foundation and The Rigby Foundation will explore how we can best prepare workers for the age of AI in a way that supports jobs, boosts productivity and drives sustainable economic growth, while effectively managing any disruption AI may cause.

Speakers: Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP, Minister for Artificial Intelligence | Steve Rigby, Chair of The Rigby Foundation | Dr Emily Andrews, Director of Policy and Research at The Learning and Work Institute | Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary to the TUC | Ruth Curtice, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation (Chair)

 

Generation left behind? Tackling the NEETs crisis & health-related inactivity in young people

Sunday 27th September, 6:00 – 7:30pm, Arena Room Aire, Convention Centre, Liverpool Experience Campus
This panel event – hosted in collaboration with The Health Foundation – will discuss how to tackle Britain’s NEETs crisis, which has left close to a million young people neither in employment, education or training.

Speakers: Rt Hon Alan Milburn, Leader of the Independent Review into young people and work | Andrew Western MP, Minster for Employment | Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of The Health Foundation | Jeevun Sandher MP, MP for Loughborough | Ruth Curtice, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation (Chair)

 

How can Labour tackle Britain’s cost of living crises?

Monday 28th September, 6.15 – 7.30pm, Progress Hub, Liverpool Experience Campus
This panel event – hosted in collaboration with The Health Foundation – will discuss how to tackle Britain’s NEETs crisis, which has left close to a million young people neither in employment, education or training.

Speakers: Yuan Yang MP, MP for Earley and Woodley | Luke Tryl, Executive Director of More in Common | Chris Norbury, CEO of E.ON | Ruth Curtice, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation (Chair) | Further speakers to be confirmed


Conservative Party Conference

 

How can we prepare workers for the age of AI?

Sunday 4th October, 1:00 – 2:30pm, Scherzo Room, Hyatt Regency Birmingham
Bringing together leading experts, the Resolution Foundation and The Rigby Foundation will explore how we can best prepare workers for the age of AI in a way that supports jobs, boosts productivity and drives sustainable economic growth, while effectively managing any disruption AI may cause.

Speakers: Andrew Griffith MP, Shadow Chancellor | Steve Rigby, Chair of The Rigby Foundation | Dr Emily Andrews, Director of Policy and Research at The Learning and Work Institute | William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce | Rt Hon Lord David Willetts, President of the Resolution Foundation (Chair)

 

How would the Conservatives future-proof welfare spending?

Monday 5th October, 4:00 – 5:30pm, Disreali Theatre, ICC
From disability benefits, to work incentives in Universal Credit, to the Triple Lock, there are a lot of questions to be asked around the future of Britain’s welfare system. In this panel event hosted by the Resolution Foundation and Prosper UK, we will be joined by leading experts to discuss the necessity of welfare reform and how the Conservative party can best approach this.

Speakers: Rt Hon David Gauke, Vice-Chair at Prosper UK | Charlotte Pickles, Director of Re:State | Stephen Bush, Associate editor at the Financial Times | Rt Hon Lord David Willetts, President of the Resolution Foundation (Chair)