Tom is a Research Economist in the Income, Work and Welfare sector, having joined the IFS in 2020. His current research areas include living standards, poverty and inequality, the tax and benefit system and the labour market. Before joining the IFS, Tom worked in the insurance industry, in actuarial consulting.
Education
BA (1st Class) Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford, 2019
MSc (Distinction) Economics, University College London, 2023
Why do we care about inequality? What should be done about it? This lecture explores the debate over which inequalities the government should act to reduce, and why.
Official statistics released by DWP today show that by February this year there were 5 million Universal Credit (UC) claimants – double the number seen pre-pandemic.
At this event, IFS researchers presented the key findings from their latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
This report examines how household incomes were changing in the UK up to the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how other measures of household living standards have changed over the course of the pandemic.
In this pre-released chapter from our annual flagship report on living standards, poverty and inequality, we look at the impact the pandemic has had on the labour market.
Today, the Department for Work and Pensions released the latest official statistics on household incomes, poverty, and income inequality. This observation looks at the key findings from those statistics.