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William Somerville

Senior Policy Analyst
wsomerville@migrationpolicy.org

William Somerville is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, where he works on the International Program.

Previously, he worked for the Commission for Racial Equality, the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office, and the Institute for Public Policy Research.

He has managed over 20 research projects and has over 25 publications to his credit. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper and has edited five welfare rights and best practice books. His most recent book, Immigration under New Labour, was published in 2007.

He holds a first class degree from Leeds University and a master's with distinction in social policy from the London School of Economics, where he was awarded the prestigious Richard Titmuss Prize.