Events
Events Calendar 2026-2027
Department of Social Policy Annual Lecture
The Unelectable Budget: What Britain really needs
Thursday 22 October 2026 6.30pm - 8.00pm, in-person and online (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, CKK Building, followed by a reception).
The U.K. finds itself in very difficult waters: a long term decline in growth, a need to spend much more on defence, very high taxes and multiple demands to increase public spending e g on social care while borrowing so much that debt interest is one of our largest spending programmes. And the world is in turmoil as a result of climate change and “ forever wars”.
Meanwhile our children have the lowest wellbeing in Europe and are near the bottom of Pisa’s list of all OECD countries. And we are struggling with over a million neets.
Can democracies solve these problems?
In our 2026 Annual Lecture, Gus O’Donnell will answer a slightly different question: even if we had a benevolent dictator, can we agree on what needs to be done and how to do it? We might then consider what changes are needed to allow us to preserve a working democracy while pursuing a policy path that solves our multiple problems.
The Harms of Extreme Wealth: Launching the Evidence Review
Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute
Tuesday 3 November 2026, 6.30pm-8.00pm, in-person and online public event (Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE Campus)
This event marks the launch of a new Evidence Review on the Harms of Extreme Wealth. Bringing together insights from the latest research, the review examines what research across political science, economics and sociology tells us about how extreme wealth causes harm, and whether the evidence identifies ‘tipping points’ that could inform the setting of an Extreme Wealth Line.
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