Events

This event hosted by UK think tank the Institute for Government discusses the future of regulation in the UK. Agenda Welcome 13:45–13:50 Opening remarks from Dr Hannah White OBE, Director and CEO of the Institute for Government.  Regulation in uncertain times: A keynote speech by Blair McDougall MP, Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation 13:50–14:40...

This event from UK think tank Chatham House assesses America’s struggle to balance independence, openness, and strategic competition in the global economy. As the United States marks its 250th year, the debate over trade, protectionism, and America’s economic role in the world remains as alive as it was at the founding. The argument over whether...

This event hosted by UK think tank the Resolution Foundation discusses how to get public finances back on a sustainable path. In recent decades, fiscal policy in the UK has delivered the worst of all worlds. Satisfaction with key public services has fallen, taxes are at a record high, and yet levels of debt –...

This event hosted by UK think tank NIESR will use the review’s key findings to explore wider questions for UK labour market policy. The publication of the Milburn Review into Young People and Work brought to the fore some of the challenges facing those aged 16-24 searching for work. Significant regional inequalities and structural failures...

This event hosted by UK think tank IIED quantifies the health and non-economic impacts of heat stress on informal workers in India and Bangladesh. Rising temperatures across South Asia are changing the conditions under which people work and live. Informal workers, who make up the majority of the labour force in the region’s cities, are...

This event hosted by UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies presents findings on employer pension contributions. Automatic enrolment has been a major policy success, substantially increasing workplace pension participation among private sector employees since its introduction in 2012. However, recently there is growing concern that a significant minority of people are not saving...

This event hosted by UK think tank Chatham House discusses how the new administration is navigating regional tensions and internal divisions under a fragile political settlement. Iraq’s new government enters office after months of paralysis, shaped by domestic rivalry and external pressure. The incoming administration faces early challenges, as conflict involving Iran, Israel and the...