• What do the current state of the public finances mean for public services, pay rises and an economy for workers?

• Who are the winners and losers from the current pay crisis ?

• Breakout sessions on the building blocks for a workers’ economy, including minimum wages, industrial strategy and addressing personal debt

• The international landscape for a workers’ economy

• Why central bank policy matters for working people

We are honoured to have the following agenda featuring distinguished speakers, each with a long background in the public debate around economic policy:

9:30 Registration and refreshments

10:00 Introductory remarks from Paul Nowak (TUC General Secretary)

10:15 Panel 1: Doom loops, black holes and macroeconomic institutions

• Chair: Kate Bell (TUC Assistant General Secretary)
• Robert Calvert Jump (Greenwich Uni)
• Jo Michell (University of West of England)
• Geoff Tily (TUC Chief Economist)
• Dr Philip Turner (formally Bank for International Settlements)

11:30 Panel 2: The winners and losers of the current pay crisis

• Chair: Kudsia Batool (TUC Head of Equalities
• Alex Collinson (TUC Policy Officer)
• Stewart Lansley (University of Bristol)
• Heather Wakefield (Women’s Budget Group)

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Breakout sessions

Breakout session 1: Fight for Fifteen – A £15 minimum wage

• Afzal Rahman (TUC Policy Lead)
• Speakers from unions

Breakout session 2: Industrial strategy and a green economy

• Anna Markova (TUC policy lead)
• Mika Minio (TUC policy lead)
• Helen Thomas (Financial Times)

Breakout session 3: Addressing personal debt

• Joe Cox (Debt Justice)
• Yvonne Fovargue MP (APPG on Debt and Personal Finance)
• Lalitha Try (Resolution Foundation)
• Ray Davies (Citizens Advice)

14:30 Panel 3: The international landscape for a workers’ economy

• Chair: Sarah-Jane Clifton (Economic Change Unit)
• Ann Pettifor (Prime Economics)
• Filip Stefanović (Trade Union Advisory Committee at the OECD)
• Randeep Ramesh (The Guardian)
• Andrew Martin Fischer (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

16:00 END

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