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Benefit levels in the UK

Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 30 March 2023 to 23 May 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • : Deven Ghelani, Policy in Practice; Sir Iain Duncan Smith; Dr Stephen Brien, Social Security Advisory Committee; Professor Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Matthew Oakley, Social Metrics Commission
  • 8 March 2023: Iain Porter, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Robert Joyce, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Ryan Shorthouse, Bright Blue; Peter Kelly, The Poverty Alliance; Nicholas Timmins, Institute for Government; Professor Ashwin Kumar, Manchester Metropolitan University; Professor Donald Hirsch, Loughborough University
  • 17 May 2023: David Stickland, Benefits Training Company; Dr Steffan Evans, Bevan Foundation; Professor Stephen Sinclair, Glasgow Caledonian University; Ciara Fitzpatrick, Northern Ireland Cliff Edge Coalition; Kirsty McHugh, Carers Trust UK; Tom Lee, Child Poverty Action Group; Ken Butler, Disability Rights UK; James Taylor, Scope
  • 28 June 2023: Ben Twomey, Generation Rent; Balbir Chatrik, Centrepoint; Francesca Albanese, Crisis; Dr Carin Tunåker, University of Kent; Ben Beadle, National Residential Landlords Association; Timothy Douglas, Propertymark; Professor Peter Kemp, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Sheila Haig, City of Edinburgh Council
  • 19 July 2023: Andrew Harrop, Fabian Society; Mike Brewer, Resolution Foundation; Rebecca Deegan, Association of British Insurers; Iain Mansfield, Policy Exchange; Emily Farchy, OECD; Céline Jaeggy, UNEDIC; Kristoffer Lundberg, Government of Sweden
  • 13 September 2023: Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University; Carers UK; New Economics Foundation; Rethink Mental Illness; Money Advice Trust; StepChange Debt Charity; Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales
  • 6 December 2023: Mel Stride, Department for Work and Pensions; Katie Farrington, Department for Work and Pensions; Katherine Green, Department for Work and Pensions