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Monday, 3rd October 15:15 – 16:15 Smoking, it is said, costs the UK over £13bn a year. A potentially addictive habit that can damage people’s health, the Government wants England to be ‘smoke free’ by 2030. Now the market offers a range of reduced risk products, is it time to ban cigarettes for good orContinue reading “Politics and prohibition – should smoking be banned for good?“

Sunday 2nd October | 16.30 – 17.30 Some say free speech has taken a hammering in recent years. Online, on university campuses, and in advertising, the voices of censorship seem to grow ever louder. But does this reflect reality? And how can free speech advocates defend the rights to speak, offend and oppose, from thoseContinue reading “Is the UK a safe space for free speech?”

Mark Littlewood | is the Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs. Since 2009, Mark has overseen the expansion of the IEA’s influence and media profile. Mark appears regularly on TV and Radio, often featuring as a guest on flagship political programmes such as BBC Question Time, Newsnight, Sky News and the Today Programme.Continue reading “In Conversation with… Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP”