In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask the Expert seminar, Dr Simonetta Longhi, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Reading and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA), presented a brief overview of ethnicity pay gaps in the UK and discussed a number of possible explanations for the observed differences.

In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask the Expert seminar, Dr Lucy Mayblin, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield, assessed the evidence on whether welfare support and labour market restrictions attract asylum seekers to Britain.

The impact of audit services are far reaching, potentially affecting millions of everyday consumers through their jobs, pensions, investments, savings and public services.

Probate fees are due to change unless there is a formal objection.

Alcohol duty must be among the most incoherent and badly-designed parts of the UK tax regime.

This Ask the Expert talk given by Dr Maria Abreu was a textbook example of how academic expertise can illuminate complex problems of public policy.

The latest instalment of our ESRC-sponsored ‘Ask the Expert’ series included panellists: Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Rt Hon David Gauke MP, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform; Frances Crook, University of Glasgow’s Professor of Criminology & Social Work; Fergus McNeill and University of Nottingham’s Senior Research Fellow; Dr Philippa Tomczak.