The British welfare state is facing unprecedented challenges, both in delivering welfare services – benefits, pensions, health, social care and social housing – and in funding them.

Join İrem Güçeri, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, and Christopher Adam, Professor of Development Economics, as they chair a panel discussion on 'The Future of the UK Welfare State,' including Sir Andrew Dilnot, former Warden of Nuffield College, Ruth Curtice, Director at the Resolution Foundation and Anna Gross, Political Correspondent at the Financial Times. 

This event will summarise and build on the latest issue of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy on this topic. The panellists will discuss the findings of the papers in the journal issue and address the pressing challenges facing the British welfare state.

Please note, this event takes place in person only. There will be refreshments in the Inamori Forum from 16:00 followed by the panel discussion at 17:00. The discussion is followed by a drinks reception.

Speaker biographies

• İrem Güçeri – İrem Güçeri is Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and Governing Body Fellow of St Antony’s College. İrem is also an International Research Fellow of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, and an affiliate of the CESifo Network in Public Economics.
• Christopher Adam – Christopher Adam is Professor of Development Economics and former Head of the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, UK. From 2009-19 he was Lead Academic for Tanzania for the Oxford-LSE International Growth Centre (IGC) and currently is an advisor to the IGC Policy Response Team.
• Andrew Dilnot – Sir Andrew William Dilnot, CBE is a British economist and broadcaster. He was director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies from 1991 to 2002, and principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford from 2002 to 2012, and Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford from 2012 to 2024
• Ruth Curtice - Ruth Curtice is the Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation. She was previously Director of fiscal policy at HM Treasury (HMT) where she worked for over 15 years. Her career has focused on domestic economic policy including labour markets, tax, fiscal policy and financial regulation. Ruth has held a wide range of roles in HMT, including working in the Chancellor’s private office, supporting the Independent Commission on Banking, and leading the Treasury’s distributional analysis.