Forthcoming events
Labour Party Conference
- Fringe event, 26 September – ‘Redefining efficiency’.
Co-hosted by ACCA and the New Economics Foundation (nef) and chaired by David Walker of The Guardian, this lunch-time fringe will examine the direction the Government's efficiency drive is taking, following the Gershon review.
ACCA global council member and senior NHS finance professional Dean Westcott will discuss the challenge of balancing efficiency goals with the needs of patients and staff and how efficiency can be driven through the finance function in the NHS.
ACCA and nef will be joined on the panel by speakers including Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP.
- At an evening reception also on 26 September, we will launch ACCA Championing Learning and Skills: an agenda for
England
. The manifesto addresses key education policy areas and provides a series of recommendations for how Government, working in partnership with stakeholder organisations, can deliver a learning and skills programme fit for the UK’s educational, social and economic needs.
Issues covered include: financial literacy; lifelong learning; employer-shaped / demand-led qualifications; mobility in education and careers and the Government's response to the Leitch review.
Conservative Party Conference
An evening fringe event on Monday 1 October -
Britain
and the Global Economy: How should our future be taxed? - will be co-hosted by ACCA and Politeia.
Speakers confirmed:
- Phillip Hammond MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Dr Irwin Stelzer, Director, The
Hudson
Economic Institute (
Washington
) and Columnist, The Sunday Times
- Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, Chairman, Tax Reform Commission
- Richard Aitken-Davies, Deputy President, ACCA
- Sheila Lawlor, Director, Politeia to take the chair
ACCA also looks forward to attending the Liberal Democrat Party conference in September.
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