The UK economy is living with a toxic combination of 15 years of low growth and four decades of high inequality. The result is a country in relative decline, falling behind its peers, where taxes not wages are rising, and millions of households have been painfully exposed to shocks posed by the pandemic and cost of living crisis.

Britain needs a new approach if it is to turn this stagnation around as we emerge from the pandemic, adjust to Brexit, and urgently transition towards a net zero future - one that leverages rather than downplays its economic strengths, confronts its economic weaknesses, and aligns its tax, trade, industry, labour market and net zero policies so they add up to a coherent economic strategy.

Over the past three years, CEP has collaborated with the Resolution Foundation on The Economy 2030 Inquiry, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, to investigate, understand and solve these huge economic challenges. The project culminates in a major book and conference focused on what a renewed economic strategy for the UK could and should look like. We set out and discuss how Britain can navigate the decisive decade ahead and secure stronger, sustainable, inclusive growth that reaches all parts of the UK.

Over the course of an all-day conference, we hear from leading UK politicians, economists and policy makers, via keynote speeches, panel discussions and audience Q&As, as we debate the future of the UK economy.

The conference - held at the QEII Centre in Westminster - will be open for people to physically attend, alongside being broadcast via YouTube and the Resolution Foundation website. Viewers will be able to submit questions to each panel session before and during the event via Slido.

For more information, visit the Economy 2030 Inquiry website.

Speakers

Keir Starmer Leader of the Opposition
Mark Drakeford First Minister of Wales
Sharon White Chair of the John Lewis Partnership
Swati Dhingra MPC member and CEP
Andy Haldane Managing Director of the Royal Society of Arts
Diane Coyle Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at Cambridge University
Stephanie Flanders Head of Bloomberg Economics
Christina McAnea General Secretary of UNISON
Tom Riordan Chief Executive of Leeds City Council
David Edgerton King's College London

Registration

Register here to attend in person or online.