How can Labour build an affordable welfare system that supports sick and disabled people?

This event was part of the IfG's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference 2026.

Speakers:

Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee

Rt Hon Alan Milburn, Chair of the Young People and Work Review

Ben Paxton, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government

Dr Kate Summers, British Academy Post Doctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science

This event was chaired by Thomas Pope, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government. 

This event was in partnership with the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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