Resolution Foundation Event Recordings

Ending Stagnation: Getting growth up

The UK has many strengths, from world-class universities and creative industries to high employment. But having grown more quickly than most advanced economies from the 1990s to the mid-2000s, the UK has been in relative decline ever since: the average productivity gap with France, Germany and the US doubled, to 18 per cent, between 2008 and 2022.
Panel discussion on 'Getting growth up' at the final report conference of The Economy 2030 Inquiry.
Speakers:
Emily Fry, Economist at the Resolution Foundation
Dr Swati Dhingra, Associate Professor of Economics at CEP LSE
Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Leeds City Council
Dame Sharon White, Chair of the John Lewis Partnership
Professor Diane Coyle, Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at Cambridge University
Dr Anna Valero, Distinguished Policy Fellow at CEP LSE (Chair)
Read the report: https://economy2030.resolutionfoundation.org/reports/ending-stagnation/ 
View the event slides: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/ending-stagnation/ 

Ending Stagnation: Jeremy Hunt MP in conversation with Zanny Minton Beddoes

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP, in conversation with Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, at the final report conference for The Economy 2030 Inquiry.
The UK has great strengths, but is a decade and a half into a period of stagnation. The combination of slow growth and high inequality is proving toxic for low- and middle-income Britain. The result is a country falling behind its peers, where taxes, rather than wages, are rising, and living standards were under strain long before the cost of living crisis struck. The task facing the UK is to embark on a new path.
A new economic strategy for Britain must leverage rather than downplay its strengths, confront rather than ignore its weaknesses, face-up to rather than wish-away trade-offs, and align rather than silo agendas stretching from industrial policy to tax reform and the net zero transition.
Over the past three years, the Resolution Foundation has been collaborating with the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE on The Economy 2030 Inquiry, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, to investigate, understand and confront these economic challenges. The project culminated in a major new book and conference – Ending Stagnation – where we set out and discussed Britain’s path to a fairer and more prosperous future.
Read the report: https://economy2030.resolutionfoundation.org/reports/ending-stagnation/ 

Ending Stagnation: The case for ending stagnation

Presentation by Resolution Foundation Chief Executive, Torsten Bell, at the final report conference for The Economy 2030 Inquiry.
The UK has great strengths, but is a decade and a half into a period of stagnation. The combination of slow growth and high inequality is proving toxic for low- and middle-income Britain. The result is a country falling behind its peers, where taxes, rather than wages, are rising, and living standards were under strain long before the cost of living crisis struck. The task facing the UK is to embark on a new path.
A new economic strategy for Britain must leverage rather than downplay its strengths, confront rather than ignore its weaknesses, face-up to rather than wish-away trade-offs, and align rather than silo agendas stretching from industrial policy to tax reform and the net zero transition.
Over the past three years, the Resolution Foundation has been collaborating with the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE on The Economy 2030 Inquiry, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, to investigate, understand and confront these economic challenges. The project culminated in a major new book and conference – Ending Stagnation – where we set out and discussed Britain’s path to a fairer and more prosperous future.
Read the report: https://economy2030.resolutionfoundation.org/reports/ending-stagnation/ 
View the event slides: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/ending-stagnation/ 

WorkerTech Conference: The Future of Good Work for the UK

This panel discussed the role of social innovation and investment in bringing about good work in the UK, and the role of foundations and action-oriented researchers to turn this agenda into reality.
Chair – Gavin Kelly, Chair of the Resolution FoundationDanyal Sattar, CEO of Big Issue InvestAnna Thomas, Director of the Institute for the Future of WorkPaul Kissack, CEO of Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Watch the whole conference: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/workertech-conference/ 

WorkerTech Conference: Ways to support worker power and worker choice

This panel discussed the current status of the labour market enforcement landscape, how technology can be used to enhance worker power for low-paid or precarious workers, and how unions can make the most of technology opportunities.
Chair – Klara Skrivankova, Director of Programmes at Trust for LondonHannah Slaughter, Senior Economist at Resolution FoundationKate Dearden, Head of Research, Policy and External Relations at Community UnionJeegar Kakkad, Director at Tony Blair Institute for Global ChangeEmma Back, Co-founder at Equal Care Coop
Watch the whole conference: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/workertech-conference/ 

WorkerTech Conference: Improving access to training and skills

This panel discussed the current landscape for training and skills, how tech can be used to ensure workers in low-paying jobs can access upskilling and reskilling, and the biggest barriers to workers using tech for training.
Chair – Danielle Walker-Palmour, Director of Friends Provident FoundationHelen Gironi, Director of Ventures at Ufi VenturesClaudine Adeyemi, CEO and co-founder of EarlybirdLouise Murphy, Economist at Resolution Foundation
Watch the whole conference: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/workertech-conference/ 

WorkerTech Conference: Tech and the future of work

This panel focused on the opportunities and threats of using tech in the world of low-paid work, in particular for working conditions and training, and the role that social and impact investors can play in supporting WorkerTech.
Chair – Sarah O’Connor, Columnist at the Financial TimesSherry Coutu, Chair of WorkFinderStephen Muers, CEO of Big Society CapitalAnna Maybank, CEO and co-founder of BreakroomAndrew Pakes, Deputy General Secretary at Prospect Union
Watch the whole conference: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/workertech-conference/ 

Autumn (Statement) Watch

The economy is set to be a defining feature of the run in to next General Election. Inflation is falling, but so too is consumer confidence. Tax revenues are going up, but NHS waiting lists aren’t coming down. In the Autumn Statement the Chancellor will be navigating these short-term challenges, but also addressing longer-term questions about Britain’s weak growth and strained public finances.
What is the latest outlook for the UK economy ahead of the General Election next year? To what extent did the Chancellor balance pressure on the public finances with political pressure to please voters? How might the Chancellor’s decisions improve economic growth or boost living standards? And what does the likely penultimate fiscal event before the UK goes to the polls tell us about the economic battleground that the next General Election will be fought over?
The morning after the Autumn Statement, the Resolution Foundation is hosting an event to discuss these issues and more. Following a presentation from Foundation staff of their overnight analysis of the Autumn Statement, we will hear from experts including the chairs of both the Treasury Select Committee and the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Read the report: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/a-pre-election-statement/ 
View the event slides: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/autumn-statement-watch/