Tory heartland is increasingly in the Midlands, not the South Despite the ebb and flow of the Tory party since WW2, the Midlands keeps steadily increasing its prominence within the coalition. GE2024 was a clear continuation of this trend

“Entrepreneurship is the path to fuel this country’s growth.” Great piece by Jimmy McLoughlin 🐑🇺🇦 on why the new Govt needs to back Britain’s entrepreneurs thetimes.com/article/3d8721…

Universities have great convening power - to host donor networks, connect them to local causes and charities, and bring in volunteers and businesses to support local community work. More on this from Adam Hawksbee for the Kerslake Collection of essays 👇

As always, brilliant defence of philanthropy by Prof Beth Breeze. Her book ‘In Defence of Philanthropy’ is packed with stories and statistics of how philanthropy has long been supporting British society.

Out today - Onward and Focaldata diagnosis on the Conservative losses in the general election. Summary thread and link to full slide deck below 👇🏼

I founded the WiTT Forum in 2021 to meet other women in policy & encourage more women into think tanks. Now, with the Forum over 100 members strong, I'm delighted to stand down as Chair & hand WiTT over to two excellent new Co-Chairs, Ellen Pasternack and florence! 1/3

🚨New Onward Report: The UK is back to 2% inflation. But stability does not equate to security: we remain exposed to future gas price shocks. Target Practice outlines an Inflation Stability Strategy to protect the economy.🧵(1/12) ukonward.com/reports/target…

“We are being torn apart by a meek liberal consensus at the top of society and a cowardly nascent racism at the bottom. People only seem capable of calling out one and not the other.” A brilliant read by James Johnson

Check out my colleague Phoebe Arslanagić-Little’s brilliant new campaign “A New Deal for Parents” - calling for better parental leave and pay and all things to make sure young people are not priced out of parenthood.

I'm biased - but this was the most eye-catching graph in Phoebe Arslanagić-Little's New Deal for Parents report we previewed today. British dads (plus their partners & newborns) get a terrible deal on statuary paternity leave, far worse than in most other OECD nations, bar Chile. 1/2

At the New Deal for Parents, we say improving the parental employment rights system will make it easier for people to become and be parents. Does anyone think that 2 weeks of Statutory Paternity Leave is enough? Here I am on BBC News (UK) calling for SPL to triple to 6 weeks.

Disappointing to see from the Govt that promised a 'partnership with business'. Non-Exec Directors bring vast commercial expertise that departments could greatly benefit from, especially in the early months of a new Govt. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

🚨New Onward report: ⚡️Electric Feel ⚡️ The EV transition is making good progress with 5x more EVs on our roads than 4 years ago. But some barriers remain. Onward’s new report shows how the Government can take the race to the next level.🧵(1/11) ukonward.com/reports/electr…

⚡️Kickstarting the electric vehicle transition was a success of the last Conservative Government. My piece in ConservativeHome explains how and why the Tories should maintain support for the transition in opposition. conservativehome.com/2024/08/19/ell…

🚨 New Onward research 🚨 Universities in the Golden Triangle spin out far more companies than others around the UK. It’s not simply down to their pedigree, but because their 'partner funds' are putting rocket boosters under their spin-out capabilities. Here’s how… 🧵 1/11

Council tax is one of the most regionally regressive taxes in the country. Tim Leunig’s paper for Onward proposes a novel and practical alternative - a proportional property tax. Find the full report here: ukonward.com/reports/a-fair….

A v enjoyable read from Emma Revell

Very excited for the new role - drop me a line if you'd like to chat about Onward's future plans for research And if you'd like to come work with me (and chat research every day of the week), apply to become our Head of Research here: ukonward.com/head-of-resear…

Really looking forward to this.

How an economist optimises their morning routine ift.tt/tbWC3ix