Tax and Social Policy SPA group

Poverty and Tax Conference - SPA Tax and Social Policy Group The Social Policy Association's Tax and Social Policy Group's annual conference is on the theme of Poverty and Tax.

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:

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Public perceptions of the UK tax system - Carnegie UK

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

Blog: Tax Expenditures: Challenges and Opportunities in the UK and Beyond - Social Policy Association By Agustin Redonda (Council on Economic Policies) and Adrian Sinfield (University of Edinburgh). — Earlier this year, the first in-person conference of the Social Policy [...]

New blog from group members Agustin Redonda (Council on Economic Policies) and Adrian Sinfield (University of Edinburgh) on tax expenditures (aka tax reliefs):

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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: ml.collins@ucd.ie

Sally Ruane: sruane@dmu.ac.uk

Blog - Shedding Light on the Use of Tax Expenditures for Social Spending - Social Policy Association By Flurim Aliu and Agustin Redonda, Council on Economic Policies, Zurich, Switzerland. — Keywords: tax expenditures, social spending, fiscal policy, government transparency  When we think [...]

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.

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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-...

Blog - Wealth Inequality, Tax and Social Policy - Social Policy Association By Adrian Sinfield, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, University of Edinburgh. Adrian is a member of the SPA Tax and Social Policy Group — Why [...]

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

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Tax & Social Policy Group (Social Policy Association) on LinkedIn: Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Research Network -… The Social Policy Association’s Tax and Social Policy Group would like to hear from anyone who is hoping to present a paper which involves a tax dimension at…

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 sruane@dmu.ac.uk by Friday 7th March.

More info:

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Wealth, poverty and enduring inequality: let's talk wealtherty Public event at LSE | Sarah Kerr, Armine Ishkanian, Rajiv Prabhakar, Mike Savage | Weds 19 February, 6.00 to 7.30pm

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!