09:30

Arrival and coffee

10:00

Welcome & introduction

10:10

Keynote speech – Michael Blastland (BBC)

10:35

Recent trends in the UK labour market

David Freeman (ONS)  – The latest labour market figures
Simon Wood (DWP) – A DWP assessment of recent trends
Jonathan Wadsworth (LSE)  – Where we are now

11:45

Break

12:00

Young people in the labour market
Changes in the NEETs demographic – Paul Sissons (Work Foundation)
Young people in the labour market – Andrew Damant & Clare Smith (ONS)

13:00

Lunch

13:30

Unemployment and benefits
History of the claimant count – Bill Wells (BIS)

14:15

Parallel 1 – High and low pay
Trends in directors' pay – Steve Tatton (IDS)
High and low pay in the UK – Tim Butcher (LPC)

Parallel 2 – Public and private sector
Public and private sectors by region – Richard Prothero (ONS)
Regional pay: fact and fiction – Alastair Hatchett (IDS)

15:15

Break

15:30

Future trends in the labour market
Skills requirements in the labour market – TBC (UKCES)
Labour market outlook – Gerwyn Davies (CIPD)

16:25

Closing remarks

16:30

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