NS Politics Live 2026

  • London
  • Ticketed
  • Why attend?
  • 2025 Agenda
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Why attend?

The New Statesman’s annual Politics Live conference takes on the most important topics in UK politics.

Through panel discussions, live interviews and debates, leading lights from Westminster, industry and beyond come together to interrogate the most topical and urgent policy issues of the day.

Join us on Tuesday 30th of June 2026, to hear insights from experts, politicians and industry leaders; network with fellow influential guests and address the issues that are shaping the present and will determine the country’s future.   

NS Politics Live past topics have covered

➤ How can we future proof our public services?  

➤ Digital futures: How can tech and innovation solve the productivity puzzle?

➤ Live long and prosper: How can better health support the economy?

➤ How can international cooperation make us safer and more prosperous? 

➤ Skills and social mobility: How can we train, upskill and grow the workforce of the future?  

➤ Decarbonising industry: How can businesses help us lead the world on net zero? 

Just some of our past speakers

Pedro Serrano

European Union Ambassador to the United Kingdom

General Valerii Zaluzhnyi

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP

Minister for Employment

Richard Fuller MP

Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Calum Miller MP

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs

Helen Hayes MP

Chair, Education Select Committee

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Plan your visit

Venue

etc.venues County Hall

County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 7PB

    How to get there

    By underground: Waterloo (Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern, Waterloo & City Line) Exit the station via the Southbank exit and turn right towards the London Eye. Keep walking up York Road until you hit the crossroads at Chicheley Street and see the London Eye on you right. Continue at the crossroads along York Road past the Premier Inn. Walk past the Premier Inn and Forum Magnum Square will open up on your right. You will be able to see the entrance to the venue on the opposite side of the square. Walk across the square and across Belvedere Road with Starbucks on your right. Westminster (Circle & District, Jubilee Line) Exit the station via exits 1 & 2 and turn right up the steps onto Westminster Bridge. Walk across the bridge towards County Hall and the London Eye. At the end of the bridge continue straight on along the pavement. Go straight past the entrance to Marriott hotel walking to the corner of the building and turn left in to Belvedere Road. Continue along Belvedere Road which runs along the back of County Hall - the door to the venue is situated in the middle of the building opposite Forum Magnum Square. By bus: Routes RV1, 12, 53, 76, 77, 148, 159, 211, 453, and 507.

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