Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This panel discusses our recently released paper Selecting the Best: Building a Future-Focused Immigration System.
Migration to the UK has skyrocketed since 1997, propping up a low-wage, low-productivity, low-growth economy. Whilst gross GDP has been artificially inflated by a larger population, GDP per capita and productivity rates have stagnated.
Our panellists debate and discuss how we can create a sustainable migration system which promotes global talent, ends low-wage dependency and supports automation.
The panel features Dr. Madeleine Sumption (Director of the Migration Observatory), Tom Jones (co-author of the paper and Conservative councillor), Katie Lam MP (Conservative MP for the Weald of Kent), Sam Bidwell (Director of our Next Generation Centre), and Sunder Katwala (Director of British Future).
This panel discusses our recently released paper Selecting the Best: Building a Future-Focused Immigration System.
Migration to the UK has skyrocketed since 1997, propping up a low-wage, low-productivity, low-growth economy. Whilst gross GDP has been artificially inflated by a larger population, GDP per capita and productivity rates have stagnated.
Our panellists debate and discuss how we can create a sustainable migration system which promotes global talent, ends low-wage dependency and supports automation.
The panel features Dr. Madeleine Sumption (Director of the Migration Observatory), Tom Jones (co-author of the paper and Conservative councillor), Katie Lam MP (Conservative MP for the Weald of Kent), Sam Bidwell (Director of our Next Generation Centre), and Sunder Katwala (Director of British Future).
