Budget 2021 expert reaction: 'this budget is a missed opportunity'

By Jonquil Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University
Alexander Tziamalis, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Sheffield Hallam University
Andrew Cumbers, Professor of Regional Political Economy, University of Glasgow
Despina Alexiadou, Chancellor’s Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the School of Government and Public Policy, University of Strathclyde
Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi, Senior Lecturer at York Business School, York St John University
Jonny Munby, Principal Lecturer (International), Teesside University
Karl Schmedders, Professor of Finance, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Lisa Scullion, Professor of Social Policy, University of Salford
Mark Williams, Reader in the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London
Phil Tomlinson, Full Professor in Industrial Strategy Deputy Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
Suzanne Withrington, Principal Lecturer in Business Engagement and Enterprise, Teesside University
W David McCausland, Professor of Economics, University of Aberdeen

Rishi Sunak has unveiled his second budget as UK chancellor a year into the coronavirus pandemic and during the worst economic collapse in centuries. Our panel of experts offer their views on what he has announced. We’ll keep adding updates as the day goes on, and you can also follow @ConversationUK on Twitter.

Tackling inequality

Despina Alexiadou, Senior Lecturer at the School of Government and Public Policy, University of Strathclyde

This budget steers the future of the country still further towards a liberal market economy like the…

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