Welfare reform, universal credit and labour supply Wednesday, 11 September 2013 (One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA) Programme 09:30 Welcome 09:40 Stephen Brien (DWP): “A government perspective” 10:00 Stuart Adam (IFS): “Do the UK government’s welfare reforms make work pay?” 10:35 Coffee 10:55 David Phillips (IFS): “How might labour supply respond to the changes in financial work incentives?” 11:30 Fran Bennett (Women’s Budget Group & University of Oxford): “Universal credit: assessment, claims and payment, in principle and in practice” 11:55 Panel discussion 12:25 Closing remarks IFS hosts two ESRC research centres