Procurement accounts for around a third of all government expenditure. Issues with purchasing PPE in the pandemic have led to questions about how to hold government and suppliers to account when things go wrong. The soon to be implemented Procurement Act includes measures to improve accountability but how effective will these be? And what can the new Government do to strengthen accountability?

Featuring Katy Balls, Political Editor, The Spectator, and Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government

With Keir Starmer declaring restoring trust as the “battle that defines our political era”, reforming the UK’s standards landscape will be a key agenda for the new Government. This event will explore how implementing key reforms such as the long-promised Ethics and Integrity Commission and recently announced Modernisation Committee will work and what else should be done to restore trust in politics.

Featuring The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, Leader of the House of Commons and Chair of the Modernisation Committee, and Stephen Bush, columnist and Associate Editor, The Financial Times

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threw the spotlight on dirty money in the UK and elsewhere. How can the new Labour Government make Britain the world’s anti-corruption capital, as David Lammy MP has pledged to do?

Featuring Joe Powell MP, new Chair of the APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax, and Dame Margaret Hodge, former MP and anti-corruption campaigner

Economic crime in the UK is rife, bringing grave economic, environmental and reputational damage, not to mention national security threats. We discuss how economic crime is evolving and the policy measures we can take to combat it.

Featuring the Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, and the Rt Hon David Davis MP