CEP Public Events
What Next for Growth in the UK? - LSE Growth Commission Panel Discussion with Vince Cable, Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Stephanie Flanders
Wednesday 02 November 2016 18:30 - 20:00
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
About this event
In 2016 the UK now faces new questions about its economic future including its relationship with the EU, the role of industrial policy, and new developments in labour markets. So the Commission is being re-formed and will publish a second chapter of their growth manifesto. Over the next three months they will be holding evidence sessions with academics, policy experts and business leaders. Come along to this event with an esteemed panel who have agreed to feed in to the Commission deliberations as part of this evening event at the LSE. Between them the panel have played a huge role in running and analysing the UK economy over the past decade. Their experience is unrivalled and their views on what the future might hold - and what should be done about it - promise to be fascinating.
What Next for Growth in the UK?
LSE Growth Commission panel discussion
Date: Wednesday 2 November 2016
Time: 18:30
Venue: London School of Economics (venue will be confirmed to ticketholders)
Speakers: Vince Cable, Lord Darling, Stephanie Flanders
and George Osborne
In 2013 the LSE Growth Commission published a report - Investing for Prosperity, a Manifesto for Growth. Those recommendations were widely discussed and some, notably on infrastructure, turned into concrete action by UK policymakers.
In 2016 the UK now faces new questions about its economic future including its relationship with the EU, the role of industrial policy, and new developments in labour markets. So the Commission is being re-formed and will publish a second chapter of their growth manifesto. Over the next three months they will be holding evidence sessions with academics, policy experts and business leaders. Come along to this event with an esteemed panel who have agreed to feed in to the Commission deliberations as part of this evening event at the LSE. Between them the panel have played a huge role in running and analysing the UK economy over the past decade. Their experience is unrivalled and their views on what the future might hold - and what should be done about it - promise to be fascinating.
Keep up to date with what Brexit means for the UK and the wider world at LSE Brexit blog (@lsebrexitvote).
Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEBrexit
TICKET INFORMATION
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required, only one ticket per person can be requested.
LSE students and staff are able to collect one ticket per person from the SU shop, located on Lincolns Chambers, 2-4 Portsmouth Street from 10am on Wednesday 26 October. These tickets are available on a first come, first serve basis.
Members of the public, LSE alumni, LSE students and LSE staff can request one ticket via the online ticket request form which will be live on this listing from around 6pm on Wednesday 26 October until at least 12noon on Thursday 27 October.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2016/11/20161102t1830vLSE.aspx.
Participants are expected to adhere to the CEP Events Code of Conduct.
Directions
This event will take place in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ.
The building is labelled CKK on the LSE campus map. You can also find us on Google Maps. For further information, go to contact us.