Steve Dodd @Steven__Dodd
Researcher @LancsDHR Lancaster Joined November 2009-
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New data on farms and inheritance tax: a third of farm estates over £1.5m aren’t farmers but wealthy people avoiding IHT by sinking money into farmland. The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
“This is another pretty tragic betrayal of another generation of families who thought that they were going to be looked after properly.” Rachel Reeves’ decision to scrap the social care cap is "extraordinarily disappointing”, says Sir Andrew Dilnot. 📻 shorturl.at/NHTx9
My book is out today! So today's post is an exclusive extract. It's from the chapter "Contract Killings" - on our growing reliance on a handful of private companies to deliver state services, even though they keep messing up. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/con…
NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results. Read @nridpathecon @Sarah_Cattan @carneiro_econ’s report, funded by @NuffieldFound: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…
The level of taxation in the UK is pretty middling by international standards. Where the UK does stand out is the extent to which we kept taxes relatively flat between the financial crisis and Covid, in the face of demographic change and weak growth. Now, we're playing catch-up.
in light of the astonishing stagnation of real wages and productivity, evoking narratives of decline is contemporary Britain is an exercise in nostalgia. This is like nothing we have ever seen before. Check out Chartbook #184 and sign up (for free!) adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-18…
Delighted to share our global systematic review of school-based peer education interventions to improve adolescent health which reports on 73 studies in 19 countries. bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… (1/5)
Really recommend this @geoffmulgan piece for @ConversationUK which argues we need far better collective imagination to deal with the polycrisis we are in. He also argues social science today is too focused on critique and incremental change. Views? theconversation.com/british-politi…
So why won't @UKLabour back #ProportionalRepresentation and what do democrats do next? @Compass prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/labou…
I have written about Rishi Sunak's calamitous Covid track record, which might be about to get even worse. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"Ultimately, people need to be able to isolate without fear of a substantial damage to their work, income, family, or caring responsibilities" @mugecevik @jackiecassell @sdbaral Alex Crozier #BMJEditorial ow.ly/gfaY50DkpOS
🦠 ANTI-VIRUS: THE COVID-19 FAQ 🦠 Tackling the worst Covid Sceptic myths and detailing the track records of prominent Covid Sceptics. Made by me, @NeilDotObrien, @salonium, @StuartJRitchie, @Birdyword, @MrRBourne and others. Please read and RT! covidfaq.co
One oddity of this govt is that it's doing so little to help capitalism in general but so much to enrich its spivviest and most rent-seeking elements.
One oddity of this govt is that it's doing so little to help capitalism in general but so much to enrich its spivviest and most rent-seeking elements.
Looking at this scatter plot of Covid mortality and GDP loss across EU, rather than a trade off, you might be tempted to say that there were simply some countries that handled the crisis well and others that did not. ft.com/content/71c8a6…
Remember when I said I was going to need your help... For the millions who do not have the platform to be heard. Let's stand as a 'United' Kingdom to #endchildfoodpoverty Sign the petition today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5542…
According to the recently released SAGE papers👇, keeping universities open plays a greater role in spreading Covid-19 infection -- ~0.3 (0.2-0.5) increase in R -- than any other activity, apart from keeping secondary schools open -- ~0.35 (0.2-0.5). 1/ assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
The UK government has repeatedly promised a “world beating” test, track and trace system. Nine months on, it hasn’t arrived. It’s left many asking: who’s to blame? @MatthewdAncona looks at what led to Britain's disastrous response. torto.se/33uuYIp
Map of most common second languages show the remarkable global diversity across London’s electoral wards.
Map of most common second languages show the remarkable global diversity across London’s electoral wards.
Anna Clarke @AnnaClarke_____
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Time's Up For The Tes... @timesupfortest
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HistoryGeek26 @philmartin26
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Quassim Cassam @QCassam
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Nancy Preston @NancyPreston16
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ideacity @ideacity
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Dr Michael Cole @mscole18
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Anna Clarke @AnnaClarke_____
3K Followers 963 Following Director of Policy and Public Affairs at The Housing Forum. Now mainly posting on Bluesky. https://t.co/1oFXhAX7uX
Alex Chalmers @chalmermagne
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Dan Wang @danwwang
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Matt Kilcoyne @MRJKilcoyne
13K Followers 8K Following Policy. Tech. Data. AI. Trade. Housing. Migration. Caledonian, Cheshire/Clwyd border. British. Live, Laugh, Love!
Archie Hall @ArchieHall
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Marc Warner @MarcWarner10
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Louise Perry @Louise_m_perry
47K Followers 2K Following "ludicrous crackpot" and host of @maiden_podcast I make good use of the notification filters so I might not see your reply
Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon
64K Followers 2K Following Vice-president of a snooker club and doctor of economics. IEA. Views my own.
Tom Ough @tomough
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David Lawrence @dc_lawrence
8K Followers 4K Following UK growth & progress @britishprogress. Previously Labour PPC, @ChathamHouse Research Fellow & @JesusOxford. Views my own.
Centre for British Pr... @BritishProgress
5K Followers 185 Following The Centre for British Progress is a non-partisan think tank on a mission to accelerate and shape an era of British growth and progress; evolved from @UKDayOne.
@aspaglayan on bsky @aspaglayan
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Inference @inferencemag
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Labour Growth Group @LabourGrowth
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The Skeptic @TheSkepticMag
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Alan Levinovitz @AlanLevinovitz
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Tom Harwood @tomhfh
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Philip Aldrick @PhilAldrick
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Andy Summers @Summers_AD
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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @JeevunSandher
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Coffeezilla @coffeebreak_YT
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Comprehensive Future @comp_future
3K Followers 3K Following We're campaigning for a secondary school system with fair admissions & no more 11-plus. Children are more likely to succeed in high quality all-ability schools.
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