Louise's areas of expertise include living standards, pay, employment, forced labour, labour markets, skills, working with employers, services and local government, immigration, and slavery. She studied Biological Sciences at St. John's College, Oxford. Her background is in education having previously worked on developing widening participation activity at the University of Oxford after starting her career as a science teacher.
Email: louise.woodruff@jrf.org.uk
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