Kevin McKeever @kevinmckeever

Newcastle raised me, now London pays me 🌹✝️🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪🇬🇧 🐶🐾 bio.site/kevinmckeever North East / London Joined February 2009

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Torsten Bell @TorstenBell

4 days ago

These Tory MPs are going to be furious when they find out who was in power when employment in offshore oil and gas HALVED between 2014 and 2023. The Conservatives are doubling down on being a cheap Reform tribute act rather than a serious party

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Kevin McKeever @kevinmckeever

3 weeks ago

Erm, who’s gonna tell them that model isn’t working out so great? US and Russia ‘plan West Bank-style occupation of Ukraine’ thetimes.com/article/edd388…

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Dan Tomlinson MP @Dan4Barnet

4 weeks ago

"Per capita GDP growth less impressive", well there's an understatement! Adjusting for population growth, the UK economy is still smaller now than it was at the start of the decade. We won't be able to turn things around if people keep pretending that everything is fine.

Andrew Neil @afneil

4 weeks ago

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Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane

a month ago

This is the greatest argument I’ve heard for why electric vehicles are better than gasoline-powered cars.

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Robert Colvile @rcolvile

2 months ago

(Another, shorter way of putting the above is that you can have all the planning permissions you like, but people will only build if it's viable to build. And in London today, it isn't.)

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Robert Colvile @rcolvile

2 months ago

As a result, we restrict opportunity to the rich - while everyone else suffers. Please give it a read, especially if you're in the housing department... thetimes.com/comment/column…

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Robert Colvile @rcolvile

2 months ago

But the bigger problem now is the new Building Safety Regulator. This is trying to sign off every single building, one by one. Which it doesn't have the expertise or resources to do. So many, many projects are getting stuck - or not put forward at all. x.com/rcolvile/statu…

Robert Colvile @rcolvile

4 months ago

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Robert Colvile @rcolvile

2 months ago

(Here's the impact assessment, which suggests a cost:benefit ratio of 294:1. And as I've written elsewhere, those numbers didn't even include the loss of residential floorspace, so the true figure should be an order of magnitude higher assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6605c8cd…)

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Robert Colvile @rcolvile

2 months ago

@MoliorLondon As I and others have pointed out, deliberations around the new second staircases rules froze the market for years, then they were implemented at a height which effectively killed the traditional mansion block - with literally zero evidence that any lives would be saved.

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Robert Colvile @rcolvile

2 months ago

The Government says London needs to build 88,000 homes a year. Last year, it started 3,990. My column today is on the urgent national crisis no one is talking about - the collapse of housebuilding in London (1/?)

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PRWeek UK @prweekuknews

2 months ago

Lowick founder launches public affairs consultancy #pr #comms buff.ly/UPxB25j

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Majid Rahman @MajidurR

2 months ago

Have your say on the DLR extension to Thamesmead (@Royal_Greenwich), help unlock improved transport infrastructure, the local economy and potential for more housing and improved placemaking for new and existing residents.

TfL @TfL

2 months ago

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Luke Tryl @LukeTryl

2 months ago

This is fascinating looking at who would Brits vote against. Reform lower than I might have thought. But what jumps out to me is a quarter of Tory voters would pick Reform as the party they would vote against, doesn’t suggest you can add them together like Lego bricks.

Ed Hodgson @edhodgsoned

2 months ago

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PubAffairs @PubAffairs

2 months ago

News: @kevinmckeever and @nathanparsad launch strategic #PublicAffairs consultancy - Hedry - to help organisations lead through change --> read all about it on the #PubAffairs industry #news page: tinyurl.com/5a228wf8

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Angus Parsad-Wyatt @anguswyatt

2 months ago

Very proud of my husband @nathanparsad - and his business partner @kevinmckeever - on the launch of their new public affairs and communications consultancy today, Hedry. They’re going to do great things. Find out more: hedry.co.uk

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Dan Neidle @DanNeidle

3 months ago

Just on Times Radio talking about the Green Party wealth tax proposal. The usual populist stuff about magically raising lots of money from Other People. But in reality the Green Party manifesto raised marginal income tax rate to *72%* for a graduate with three kids earning £60k.

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Luke Tryl @LukeTryl

3 months ago

Look at how stark this: Reform has clear leads among voters who have the lowest life satisfaction, while Labour is ahead among those with the v.highest life satisfaction.Further evidence rise of Reform being driven by “I may as well roll the dice” dissatisfaction with status quo

Ed Hodgson @edhodgsoned

3 months ago

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Labour YIMBY @yimbylabour

3 months ago

The moral case for planning reform could not be clearer, as @chriscurtis94 highlights We want to see a world where children aren’t growing up in temporary accommodation and families aren’t saddled down by obscene energy bills That’s why we’re builders, not blockers

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Luke Tryl @LukeTryl

3 months ago

This is a popular policy with the public - requiring new homes to have solar panels fitted by default and to have heat pumps is supported across the political spectrum - including by a plurality of Reform UK voters.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero @energygovuk

3 months ago

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Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist

3 months ago

Iain is correct. We still live in the shadow of the financial crisis and collapse in growth that followed. Median earnings today are at least £10k below where they would have been if continued on previous 50 year trend. From that has followed a lot of our political dysfunction.