The Next Generation with Claire Coutinho MP
🕺 Join us for another Next Generation drinks on Tuesday, 2nd September! 💡
There goes the well-known proverb: 'give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime'. But how widely does that apply? I think quite broadly, and I'd like to see that energy expanded: 'give a person a battery and you power them for a day. Teach them how to fission Uranium-235 in their garage and you power their neighbourhood for a lifetime'. Speaking of power—that's the topic of next month's TNG!
This time, we're delighted to be chatting with the Rt. Hon. Claire Coutinho MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. She previously held her Cabinet position in government, as well as ministerial positions in the Departments for Education as well as Work and Pensions. The Conservative MP for East Surrey since 2019, Claire is a former banker and Brillat-Savarin. She’s coming to discuss the UK’s energy crisis, and how we can make British electricity cheaper by building more energy sources and innovating new ones.
Housekeeping:
Date: Tuesday, 2nd September 2025
Time: Doors open 6pm sharp (punctuality is a virtue)
Venue: 23 Great Smith Street, Westminster. SW1P 3DJ
Refreshments provided 🍷
A bit more about these meetings:
At TNGs, we throw our doors open to Westminster’s finest to enjoy a political discussion over a few glasses of (free) wine. Open to parliamentary staffers, journos, SpAds, consultants, students and even the odd civil servant, TNGs are a place to network, chat, relax and always feature great remarks from our guest speaker. Whatever your politics, we just like interesting ideas and we hope you do too. It’s for under-35s, it’s informal and we normally end up at the Marquis of Granby. If we reach capacity with RSVPs, we will add you to our waiting list and let you know if a place becomes available.
Please note this event is exclusively for under-35s.