Work Matters 2025: A Budget for economic and labour market renewal?

On Wednesday 19 November 2025, the Work Foundation at Lancaster University hosted an event on ‘A Budget for economic and labour market renewal?'. The expert panel of speakers reviewed the latest labour market and inflation statistics, and what it meant for workers, businesses and communities ahead of the Autumn Budget. Speakers included: Helen Barnard, Director of Policy, Research and Impact, Trussell Suren Thiru, Economics Director, ICAEW Duncan Weldon, economist, broadcaster & writer Ben Harrison, Director, Work Foundation at Lancaster University.