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Tom Watson MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party & Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture,

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  • Tuesday, 21 May 2019
  • 09:00
  • Duration: 13 mins
  • Publication date: 14 Jan 2020
  • Location: Conference, Portcullis House, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event The Future of Work: Setting the Vision

About the session

With the UK at a crossroads and the pace of technological change increasing, now is our chance
to review priorities and shape the future of work we want.
New statistics show that the Fourth Industrial Revolution (‘4IR’) is affecting communities, sectors and regions with huge variation. How can we ensure that the full potential of the 4IR is achieved to create better jobs, ease worker transition and spread benefits across the UK?

Building on the Government’s Good Work Plan, we’ll be exploring the connection between good work and healthy lives, communities and the economy with the UK’s foremost experts. Aligned with Sustainable Development Goals on poverty, good health, decent work and economic growth, we aim to identify the foundations needed to create the best and most sustainable future for good work in the UK.
The conference will use the IFOW’s Good Work Charter as a frame for discussion, as well as reference The Health Foundation’s Healthy Lives Strategy. Opinium will publish exclusive new polling at the event.
Setting out the UK’s vision for the future of work, the conference aims to take stock of where we are now, articulate a vision for the best future work possible in Britain and discuss practical steps to achieving this.

Keywords:
  • Community
  • Economy
  • Future of Work
  • Health
  • Job
  • Learning
  • Productivity
  • Skills
  • Technology
  • Work
  • Work experience

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    Tom Watson

    Deputy Leader of the Labour Party,Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTom Watson MP is Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and MP for West Bromwich East. Tom worked in the trade union movement until 2001, when he was elected Labour MP for West Bromwich East. Tom served as a Minister for Tony Blair and worked at the heart of Downing Street with Gordon Brown. In September 2015, Tom was elected as Labour’s Deputy Leader. In 2016 took the post of Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Tom’s major projects include The Future of Work Commission. Tom is currently settingup an independent commission intotackling obesity and stemming the riseof type 2 diabetes.
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