Addressing the Cost of Living Crises across the Public and Private Sector
with James Plunkett, Executive Director of Advice and Advocacy, Citizens Advice Bureau and Anne Fairweather, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Hargreaves Lansdown
With inflation on the rise, increasing energy and consumer goods prices, sat alongside a rise in National insurance and shortly, council tax too, a large amount of attention has turned to the cost of living crises and its impact on the British citizen. Policy makers and private sector alike are looking for solutions to help ease the burden on lower and middle income households.
To discuss how the Cost of living crisis is impacting, WIG has invited the Citizen Advice to discuss how the crises is impacting the population, and discuss potential options available to both public and private sector to help those most at risk from rising costs. You will also hear the private sector perspective on how a leading organisation is seeking to support their customers throughout this challenging period.
Join this session to:
- Understand how the cost of living crises is impacting the lower and middle income citizens across the UK
- Discuss potential options to help ease the cost of living burden for those most at risk
- Hear how the private sector is looking to develop the resilience for those at risk of the cost of living crises
- Get forecasts on how the situation may develop
As Executive Director of Advice and Advocacy, James oversees our work to improve the experience we give our clients, including through the use of digital technologies and data analytics. James also leads functions including communications, external affairs, our statutory role as consumer champion in the energy and postal markets, and policy research.
James joined Citizens Advice in October 2014. He was formerly Director of Policy at the Resolution Foundation, where he established and led influential studies into living standards and the minimum wage. James worked previously at 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office and has been a strategy consultant in the private sector and a Kennedy Memorial Scholar at Harvard.
Anne Fairweather joined Hargreaves Lansdown in March 2021 as Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy. She leads campaigns on financial resilience and engaging retail investors. Anne has a long career in policy roles in London and Brussels. Over the last decade she has specialised in financial services policy issues for the British Bankers Association, Nest Pensions and Nationwide Building Society. Outside of work from 2016-2022 she was an independent Councillor in the City of London Corporation, working on issues from education and open spaces management to representing the financial and professional services sector on policy and trade issues.