The Covid shift
Carys Roberts (2008, PPE), Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), has co-written a report titled, 鈥淭he Covid shift: Working time in manufacturing, engineering, shipbuilding and aerospace.鈥� She has also contributed to a new ABI and Fabian Society policy report, 鈥淏etter Off: Recovery and Reform in the Post-Coronavirus Economy.鈥�
The report argues that it is a pivotal moment for work and an opportunity to examine the way we work, particularly in sectors (like manufacturing) where flexible working is less commonplace. It makes five recommendations including extending the Job Retention Scheme, investigating flexible working further and introducing a new Bank Holiday in recognition of the contribution of key workers.
The report examines key economic policy priorities for the left after the COVID-19 crisis and ensuing recession and explores how these policies should be designed to reshape the British economy in the long term. Carys’s essay discusses what a progressive tax system after COVID-19 should look like. The report also includes contributions from Will Hutton, Seema Malhotra MP and Huw Evans.
Prior to becoming Director of IPPR earlier this year, Carys was IPPR鈥檚 chief economist and head of the organisation鈥檚 Centre for Economic Justice. She worked on much of the policy research and analysis that informed the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, and its final report听, published in September 2018.
Carys was featured in the second instalment of the , celebrating the diversity of careers pursued by young Univ alumni, and can also be found on听.
Published: 4 September 2020