Good morning,

With the Party Conference season moving online, The Spectator is hosting its own three-day programme next week.

We’re pleased to say that we are hosting an online event as part of their programme:

• Spectator Alternative Conference

• TaxPayers’ Alliance fringe event: How do we clean up the state?

• Tuesday 29th September

• 5.45pm- 6.15pm

Join the event here. 

How do we clean up the state?

The quangocracy has grown to record levels, employing hundreds of thousands of staff and costing more than £206 billion. The TPA has shed light on the need to clean up the state by ending taxpayer-funded lobbying; balancing public appointments, with diversity of opinion paramount; and slashing back the web of quangos and public bodies that quietly dominate every aspect of our lives.

This panel discussion will look at ways we can overhaul both the public appointments system and take back control of the quangocracy.

• John O’Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance (chair)

• James Frayne, Founding Partner of Public First

• Douglas Carswell, former Member of Parliament for Clacton

• Madeline Grant, Assistant Comment Editor of the Daily Telegraph

I do hope you can join us for what promises to be a fascinating discussion.