The Work Foundation at Lancaster University is delighted to announce their fringe programme for the Party Conferences 2024.

Following the General Election in July, the Work Foundation will be hosting a range of high-level roundtable discussion at the party conferences of the three largest Westminster parties – Labour, Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. At a time of major labour market challenges, the roundtables will bring together politicians, business and civil society to discuss pressing issues facing workers, the economy and wider society.

Our full programme will look at the social care workforce, labour market participation, regional employment challenges and the health of the workforce.

To find out more about our programme, please click on the individual links below.

Liberal Democrat Conference fringe

• Building a consensus on social care: Towards a fair and long-term settlement for care workers to enable them to provide high quality care (Monday 16 September 2024, 10:15 - 11:30)
• The participation crisis: Supporting more people back into work(Monday 16 September 2024, 12:15 - 13:30)

Labour Party Conference fringe

• A new deal for Greater Lancashire and Cumbria? (Monday 23 September 2024, 8:15 - 9:30)
• Fair Pay: closing the gender, disability and ethnicity pay gaps (Monday 23 September 2024, 10:30 - 11:45)
• Pathways to Work – A devolved approach to tackling economic inactivity and supporting more people into secure and sustained employment (Monday 23 September 2024, 12:15 - 13:30)
• Mending sick pay: How can sick pay reforms boost Britain’s workforce and help tackle economic inactivity? (Tuesday 24 September 2024, 8:15 - 09:30)

Conservative Party Conference fringe

• A Conservative plan to get Britain working (Monday 30 September 2024, 13:30 - 14:45).