John Hills will present new findings from the Social Policy in a Cold Climate programme of research on the ways in which patterns of economic inequality changed in the UK over the economic crisis 2007-13.  

A copy of Professor John Hills' report is available to download at Falling Behind, Getting Ahead: The changing structure of inequality in the UK, 2007-2013. 

An eight page summary of the report is available to download at Falling Behind, Getting Ahead: The Changing Structure of Inequality in the UK, 2007-2013 (Summary).

Dr Polly Vizard will present new findings on the patterns of inequality in London, and how the distribution of key economic outcomes - including income and wealth, employment and unemployment, earnings and wages, and educational qualifications - have changed amongst different population groups. 

A copy of Dr Polly Vizard's report is available to download at  The Changing Anatomy of Economic Inequality in London (2007-13).

An eight page summary of the report is available to download at The Changing Anatomy of Economic Inequality in London (2007-13) (Summary).

John Hills is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at LSE.  His research interests include the distribution of income and wealth, the welfare state, social security, pensions, housing and taxation. He led a review of fuel poverty for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (2011-2012), was Chair of the National Equality Panel (2008-2010), carried out a review of the aims of social housing for the Secretary of State for Communities in 2006-07 and was one of the three members of the UK Pensions Commission from 2003 to 2006.  He was Co-Director of the LSE’s Welfare State Programme (1988-1997).

Dr Polly Vizard is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), her research interests include equality, capability and human rights. She has carried out research for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Government Equalities Office and a number of NGOs including specific projects on recipients of social care in the UK, older people internationally, and the development of tools to measure ‘autonomy'.

Bharat Mehta is Chief Executive at Trust for London (@trustforlondon). Prior to taking up this post he was Chief Executive of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship (NSF, renamed RETHINK). He has also worked for the Medical Research Council; the National Council for Voluntary Organisations; and the Social Services Department of the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

The Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at LSE (@CASE_lse) focuses on the exploration of different dimensions of social disadvantage, particularly from longitudinal and neighbourhood perspectives, and examination of the impact of public policy.

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