Priorities for the new UK Government: Poverty and inequality

Thu Dec 05 2024 at 06:15 pm to 07:30 pm UTC+00:00

UCL Institute of Archaeology, lecture theatre G6 | London

UCL Department of Political Science
Publisher/HostUCL Department of Political Science
Priorities for the new UK Government: Poverty and inequality
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with Mike Brewer, Sara Ogilvie, Abby Jitendra and Dr Tom O’Grady
About this Event

A new government has been in power in Westminster since July. In our Policy & Practice miniseries, Priorities for the new UK Government, we explore key issues on which the Government is—or ought to be—focusing its attention.

Britain has chronic problems of poverty and inequality, exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis. What is the Labour Government’s agenda to tackle these challenges? And what more should be done?



Meet the speakers

Mike Brewer is the Interim Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation and a visiting Professor in the Department of Social Policy at the LSE. He is interested in aspects of inequality in income and wealth, including the role of the labour market and the tax and benefit system. He previously worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and HM Treasury.

Sara Ogilvie is director of policy, rights and advocacy at Child Poverty Action Group. She previously worked for the Trades Union Congress and Liberty.

Abby Jitendra is a Principal Policy Adviser on care and families at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Her areas of expertise include care, energy policy and regulation, and social security. She previously worked at Citizens Advice and the Trussell Trust. She is a trustee of Quaker Social Action.

Chair: Dr Tom O’Grady is an associate professor in the UCL Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy, and the author of The Transformation of British Welfare Policy: Politics, Discourse and Public Opinion (Oxford University Press, 2022).



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