Past Events

This virtual Ask the Expert event, held in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) explored the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable children in the UK.

At this event, the Social Market Foundation launched a new policy paper from Conservative MPs Bim Afolami and Laura Trott. The paper – ‘Accelerator Zones: how to turbocharge economic opportunity across the UK’ – sets out a new blueprint for accelerating university-led local growth and innovation across Britain.

At this Social Market Foundation virtual Ask the Expert event, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), we were joined by Co-Director of the Productivity Insights Network, Professor Philip McCann, Lead Economist at Midlands Connect, Henry Kelly and Shadow Minister for Sport and Culture, Alison McGovern MP.