The Social Policy Association’s Tax and Social Policy Group are holding an event on Tax and Poverty on the 5th December in Glasgow. More info and link to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/poverty-an...

Interesting new report from Carnegie UK on public perceptions of the UK tax system: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

New blog from group members Agustin Redonda (Council on Economic Policies) and Adrian Sinfield (University of Edinburgh) on tax expenditures (aka tax reliefs): social-policy.org.uk/spa-blog/blo...

At @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social and interested in the intersection between tax and social policy? Come along to our sessions: 3pm Thursday (SLB/102): Symposium on poverty, inequality and the role of taxes in social policy 9am Friday (SLB/118): Roundtable on tax & Labour's first year in power

If you are working in an area of relevance to taxation, even if tax is not your central focus, and would like to join the group or to receive further information please contact Micheál or Sally: Micheál Collins: [email protected] Sally Ruane: [email protected]

A new blog co-authored by Agustín Redonda has just been published by @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social on tax expenditures. These are tax reliefs designed to pursue social or economic objectives - a welfare policy often overlooked in policy debates. Read more 👇 social-policy.org.uk/spa-blog/blo...

New blog post by Professor Adrian Sinfield of the Tax and Social Policy SPA group (@taxsocialpolicy.bsky.social). Topic: "Wealth Inequality, Tax and Social Policy". Read here: social-policy.org.uk/news/wealth-...

A new blog published by @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social from Professor Adrian Sinfield following our event on Wealth Inequality, Tax and Social policy: social-policy.org.uk/news/wealth-...

We are looking to offer a symposium on tax and social policy at this year's @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social conference. We'd love to hear from you if you plan to present a paper which involves a tax dimension. Contact [email protected] by Friday 7th March. More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

I'll be launching my new(ish!) @policypress.bsky.social book on Wednesday 19th February @lseinequalities.bsky.social and discussing ideas in it with the brilliant Armine Ishkanian, Rajiv Prabhakar and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social. Hope to see some of you there!: www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

We had a fantastic event yesterday at our @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social Tax and Social Policy event on Wealth Tax &Social Policy. Thanks to @pollytoynbee.bsky.social for chairing a great panel discussion in the afternoon session. We'll be blogging about the event soon. Follow us to keep up to date!