30th September 2008

At the 2008 Conservative Party Conference the Fabian Society hosted a public fringe debate entitled Is it the Warmth or the Wealth?

The speakers were Martin Narey (Barnado’s), Iain Duncan Smith (former leader of the Conservative Party), Samantha Callan (Conservative Social Justice Policy Group) and Sunder Katwala (Fabian Society). The panel explored the extent to which the Right has a distinct anti-poverty agenda, and the role that income redistribution, the family and measures to address broader social problems should play in this.

Highlights from the event were reported on the Fabian Society’s blog, Next Left.

The event was kindly supported by Webb Memorial Trust, Centre for Social Justice and End Child Poverty.