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6. Ask The Expert: Future of Housing | 3 solutions for the next PM

With a new Prime Minister about to step behind the door of No. 10, is the time ripe for a new approach to housing in the UK? In this talk, SMF Director James Kirkup sits with Professor Christine Whitehead, Emeritus Professor of Housing Economics at the LSE and Jeffrey Matsu, Co-investigator, CaCHE; Senior Economist at RICS

5. Ask the Expert - Mental Health in Men and Boys with Prof Anne John

With suicide being the leading cause of death among men under 50 in England and Wales, there has rightly, in recent years, been a rising awareness of mental health issues that affect young men and boys. In this episode, James sits with Professor Ann John, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Swansea University to discuss this topic - how can the right support be provided?

4. Ask The Expert - The Transition to a Low Carbon Economy

 
 
 
 

3. Ask The Expert - The Ethnicity Pay Gap with Dr Simonetta Longhi

In this talk, Dr Longhi gives an overview of ethnic pay gaps in the UK and discusses the possible reasons for the observed differences. Particular attention will be paid to what the analysis of average pay gaps can and cannot reveal.

2. Ask the Expert - UK's Push and Pull Factors for Asylum Seekers

This talk explores the main reason given by successive governments for these restrictions on the economic rights and entitlements of asylum seekers: that they act as pull factors for disingenuous applicants.

1. Ask The Expert - Brexit: Options for Parliament

In the first episode of our Ask the Expert series, Director James Kirkup is joined by Professor Adam Cygan, Brexit lead researcher on Parties, Parliament and the Brexit Process at The UK in a Changing Europe.
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