Bank of England economists Jack Leslie and Rupal Patel host this unique workshop aimed at current GCSE and A-Level students.

Join staff from the Bank of England at this one-off event to share your views on the economy and how it is affecting your spending and plans for the future.

Monetary Policy Committee member Catherine Mann provides an expert perspective on the economy and monetary policy, and answers your questions.

In this opening session, we respond to the latest events in an attempt to better understand why economic uncertainty has defined 2026.

Is Brexit a dividend, or a disaster? In this session, we reveal what economists have learned about trade, inflation, tariffs, and industrial strategy in the decade since the UK voted to leave the EU.

To inform how to seize the opportunities and address the challenges of today, we draw lessons from the policies from the past that have helped to advance or hold back the UK economy.

With AI-driven educational and labour market disruption and disquiet over mounting student debt, we assess the role and value of higher education degrees and ask: it is still worth getting a degree?

FT journalist Sarah O’Connor provides insights about how technological change and automation is impacting workers in this joint discussion with Heather Stewart (Guardian) and Sue Turner OBE.

Opinion polls suggest considerable public support for higher taxes on the rich. But would a wealth tax really be an effective way to improve the UK’s public finances?