Margaret Thatcher Conference 2025 on Remaking Conservatism will take place at the City of London's Guildhall on March 17, 12:00-18:00.

MTC25: Remaking conservatism will focus on the future of the conservative movement, examining how the case for free markets, lower taxes and a smaller state can be remade. What can be learnt from the global conservative movement and how can conservative principles become popular again in Britain? The conference will bring together politicians, activists, academics, business leaders, and leading commentators to reinvigorate the intellectual underpinnings of centre-right politics.

Journalists interested in attending and covering the conference should contact the CPS Communications Team on press@cps.org.uk for free accreditation.

Kindly supported by City of London and The Telegraph

AGENDA

12:00 - Doors open for registration

12:30 - Opening Remarks

Robert Colvile (Director - Centre for Policy Studies)

12:40 - Panel: Perceptions of conservatism
James Frayne (Chairman - Public First), Katie Lam MP, Mark Littlewood (Director - Popular Conservatism), Jock McMillan (Founder and CEO - Knox Digital) and Fraser Nelson (The Times, chair)

13:40 - Coffee and Networking Break

14:00 - Panel: The global centre-right: learning from what works
Bruno Maçães (Flint Global, former Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs), Nigel S. Wright (Onex Partners, former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada), Katrin Bennhold (New York Times), McKay Coppins (The Atlantic), John O’Sullivan CBE (President and Founder - Danube Institute) and Con Coughlin (Defence Editor, The Telegraph, chair)

15:00 - Keynote:

Isabel Díaz Ayuso (President of the Madrid region)

15:15 - Coffee and Networking Break

15:35 - In Conversation:
George Osborne and Professor Sir Niall Ferguson, moderated by Robert Colvile

16:35 - Panel: The Policy Challenge
Dr Lawrence Newport (Founder - Looking for Growth), Matt Ridley (Prosperity Institute), Rachel Wolf (Founding Partner - Public First), Adrian Wooldridge (Bloomberg), and Kamal Ahmed (The Telegraph, chair)

17:35 - Keynote
Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP (Leader of the Opposition) introduced by Lord Spencer of Alresford (Chairman - Centre for Policy Studies)

17:50 - Closing remarks
Robert Colvile

18:00 - Ends