Party Conferences 2009
From immigration to engineering and from manufacturing to social inclusion, The Work Foundation’s challenging series of fringe events provoked heated debate amongst both speakers and delegates and was covered widely in the media. Events ran from Sunday evening through to Tuesday at each of the conferences with a mixture of formats from classic fringes to round tables.
This year we were delighted to work in association with:
Highlights include:
Tories want the ‘best’ migrants in the UK
Damian Green,shadow minister for immigration
BBC News Online headline reporting our fringe event ' What British jobs for Which British Workers?' at the Conservative Party Conference.
It is not true that migrants come as benefits tourists.
David Coats, Associate Director, The Work Foundation
‘What British Jobs for Which British Workers?’ Fringe event with Barrow Cadbury Trust at the Conservative Party Conference.
We are currently seeing an incredible renaissance in the manufacturing sector.
Will Hutton,
Do The British Make Anything Anymore? With The Engineering Employer’s Federation, the Labour Party Conference.