Jun
16
Crossposted from the Social Liberal Forum social network.
The deadline for autumn conference motions is looming (30 June to be precise), so we don’t have much time. But what should the Social Liberal Forum be championing to get onto the agenda? Here are some ideas:
Secondary education – academies and free schools in [...]
Mar
15
David Hall-Matthews’ speech on Motion “Growth that lasts: A fair, green and sustainable economy.”
Conference, I am speaking in favour of lines 22-23: “a fair and sustainable economy means delivering growth that lasts, through… honesty about the tough choices needed to cut the deficit and put the public finances back in order without damaging vital public [...]
Mar
15
The Social Liberal Forum had another successful conference, with two fringe meetings that were standing room only. This was perhaps not surprising for our joint fringe with the One Society campaign on equality, but our evening session was an ostensibly much drier affair, to adopt a constitution so that the SLF can become a [...]
Jul
31
Dear friend,
With Parliament now in recess for the rest of the summer, the Social Liberal Forum is gearing up for the conference season. We are also looking to growing our network, especially outside London. But to do that, we need your help. Would you like a speaker for your local party or [...]
Mar
09
The launch of the Social Liberal Forum in Harrogate was a truly excellent meeting – I don’t think I have ever come across so much enthusiasm at such an event.
Kicking off the discussions, Matthew Sowemimo spoke with great conviction about the importance of tackling child poverty in a far more ambitious way than Labour have [...]
Feb
23
Steve Webb MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary (and Chair of the Social Liberal Forum’s Advisory Board), will be leading a policy discussion at Portcullis House, Westminster, on Wednesday 25 February.
To give people some food for thought, we have also republished Steve and Jo Holland’s article on Communicating Social Liberalism from Reinventing [...]