Immigration and UK Economic Growth

When:
November 13, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
2014-11-13T18:00:00+00:00
2014-11-13T19:30:00+00:00
Where:
Bishopsgate Institute
230 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4QH
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
The British Academy
020 7969 5200

The economic cost and benefit of immigration to the UK is widely discussed, but what is the reality? Do workers from overseas fill skills shortages? What is the evidence of the economic impact immigration has on housing and employment as well as access to education and welfare facilities at a local level? Is the overall effect of this impact negative of positive?

Chair: Rachel Lomax, Non-Executive Director HSBC

Confirmed Speakers include:

  • Professor Ian Goldin, Director of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
  • Professor Sir David Metcalf, London School of Economics
  • Sir Richard Lambert, former Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry
  • David Goodhart, founder and former Editor of Prospect magazine, Chair of Demos
  • Nazek Ramadan, founder of Migrant Voice and Migrant and Refugee woman of the year