If you are attending the Green, Liberal Democrat, Labour or Conservative Party Conference this autumn, or the TUC Congress, please come along and support our fringe meetings.

Green Party

Unsustainable consumerism? Why equality matters

Sunday 6th September, 12.00 noon - 12.50pm
Council Chamber, Hove Town Hall

Speakers: Kate Pickett - The Equality Trust, Brian Heatley - Green Party (chair)

"Two of the greatest threats to sustainability we face today are continued economic growth and consumerism. Join us to discuss how greater income equality would not only reduce the staus competition that drives consumerism, but would also enhance well-being and social justice that growth-based economics have failed to deliver."

We will also have a stall in Hove Town Hall throughout the conference, 3rd - 6th September.

More information about the Green Party Conference

TUC Congress

Building a more equal society: the role of economic democracy

Monday 14 September, 12.45 - 14.00
BT Convention Centre, Liverpool

Speakers: Kate Pickett - The Equality Trust + others tbc

More information about the TUC Congress

Liberal Democrats

Equal Not More: Has growth failed?

Sunday 20th September, 17.45 - 19.00
Bournemouth International Hotel

Speakers: Richard Wilkinson - The Equality Trust, David Boyle - nef Fellow, Toby Quantrill - Fairtrade Foundation

This event is co-hosted with nef and the Fairtrade Foundation as part of the Climate Clinic

Labour Party

Inequality: a Labour legacy?

Wednesday 30th September, 8.00 - 9.15
Regent Room, The Grand Hotel, Brighton (secure zone)

Speakers: Kate Pickett - The Equality Trust, Eilis Lawlor - nef, Polly Toynbee - author and journalist (chair), Vera Baird QC MP - Solicitor General

This event is co-hosted with nef and is being held inside the secure zone at the Labour Party Conference

Equal Not More: Has growth failed?

Wednesday 30th September, 17.45 - 19.00
Friends Meeting House, Brighton

Speakers: Kate Pickett - The Equality Trust, Andrew Simms - nef, Harriet Lamb - Fairtrade Foundation, Simon Retallack - IPPR

This event is co-hosted with nef and the Fairtrade Foundation as part of the Climate Clinic

Conservative Party

Tackling inequality: could it be a Conservative legacy?

Wednesday 7th October, 12.45 - 14.00
Manchester Central (secure zone)

Speakers: Richard Wilkinson - The Equality Trust, Eilis Lawlor - nef, Theresa May MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

This event is co-hosted with nef and is being held inside the secure zone at the Conservative Party Conference

Equal Not More: Has growth failed? 

Wednesday 7th October, 17.45 - 19.00
The Cube, Portland Street, Manchester

Speakers: Richard Wilkinson - The Equality Trust, Andrew Simms - nef, Mike Gidney - Fairtrade Foundation, Tim Jackson - Tyndall Centre (tbc)

This event is co-hosted with nef and the Fairtrade Foundation as part of the Climate Clinic