Centre for Policy Studies: Going for Growth Conference
Zoom Webinar
Friday 11 September 2020 -
16:15 to 17:15
The panel considered what past cycles of recession and recovery can teach us about how to protect people hardest hit by the pandemic, whilst reshaping a stronger economy for all of us, exploring questions such as
- What useful lessons can we heed from the past 40 years of recession and recovery?
- Which of our recent responses to the pandemic have had greatest impact and should be carried forward?
- How do we make sure those people and places that were left behind in previous recoveries aren't left behind in this one?
- Does the government have to choose between economic growth and levelling up, or can it do both?
Panellists were:
- Guy Opperman, MP, Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion
- Helen Barnard, Acting Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Dr Gerard Lyons, Economist
- Nick King, Head of Business Policy, Centre for Policy Studies (Chair)
- Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham