Giving Evidence to the Treasury Select Committee Sunday, 18 June, 2023 I was called as an expert witness to give evidence to the Treasury Select Committee. The topic for the session was "Intergenerational Inequality and Social Mobility. The session lasted almost 2 hours, and covered pensions, housing, mortgages, education, AI, tech, levelling up, transport - and more! It as challenging, but fascinating. You can watch the full session here. As I mentioned in the clip... Articles
Podcast with former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls 12th April 2024 I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Ed Balls , in my role as Deputy Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. Ed co-hosts a weekly podcast, Political... Articles
Campaigning ahead of Elections in 2024 7th April 2024 I have been a Conservative Party member since I was a teenager and have campaigned in local elections, by-elections, mayoral elections and general elections... Articles
Launching a data and AI policy manifesto 2nd April 2024 With a general election fast approaching, manifesto season will soon be upon us. In my role as Global Head of Policy at the Open Data Institute, we decided to... Articles
Writing for the Evening Standard on Data and AI Policy 25th March 2024 Last week I was delighted to launch a Data and AI Policy Manifesto in Parliament. We were joined by a really impressive panel: Julia Lopez MP, Minister of State... Articles
Podcast with AI and Tech specialist, Adrian Joseph OBE 14th March 2024 I had the privilege of hosting AI and tech specialist, Adrian Joseph OBE on the Social Mobility Commission podcast to talk about data, AI and social mobility... Articles
Think-tank panel on data and social mobility 12th March 2024 It was a privilege to speak on this think-tank panel that brings together two of my favourite topics - data and social mobility! As we say at the Open Data... Articles
International Women's Day at No 10 11th March 2024 What a privilege to celebrate #internationalwomensday with these amazing and inspirational women. It was great to hear from Victoria Atkins and Gillian Keegan... Articles
Thank you to The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP 9th March 2024 Theresa May has been an incredible public servant, committed constituency MP, and dedicated campaigner for 27 years. Her work on ending modern slavery and human... Articles
Thoughts on the budget - for AI and tech 7th March 2024 Earlier this week, the Chancellor announced the Government's 2024 Spring Budget and it contained several policy announcements on tech, data and AI. Amongst them... Articles