
Sam White
@realsamwhite
Strategist, Campaigner, Chair of Foundations. Former Adviser to Keir Starmer & Alistair Darling. Passionate about sustainability & improving life chances
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08-03-2009 16:23:02
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It’s election time! Enjoyed debating with Claire Pearsall on BBC News (UK) today. Long campaign ahead but mounting mood in the country that it’s time for a change #generalelection


'My Dad would have turned in his grave.' Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, has hit out at the Sky News audience 'disrespecting' his factory-working father. 🔓 Become a GB News Member: gbnews.com/support


Starmer’s Avengers: How to win from impossible odds Rising from the 2019 defeat to a whopping 170 majority. What an incredibly narrow path to victory it seemed in those difficult early and middle days… Tackling the really big issues on BBC Breaking News channel


Talking to Yuan Potts on Bloomberg Bloomberg Politics today: Why Labour couldn’t wish away the two child limit… yet. What Alistair Darling really thought of Rachel Reeves. And why Rachel isn’t secretly Ethan Hunt.

Talking to BBC Politics last night about the scale of the challenge now facing the No10 Operation

I am delighted to join Foundations as the new Chair. Identifying the interventions that will make the biggest difference to families and children is such an important mission. We need champions of evidence-based policy making - now more than ever

IT’S KEIRMALA! – My take for LabourList on what a Kamala Harris/Keir Starmer partnership might look like if she wins the US election. Big thx to Jamal Simmons & Sam White for their insights labourlist.org/2024/10/govern…

Today sees a major step forward in evidence-based practice in children’s social care 👏Department for Education’s move to mandate family–led approaches by local authorities can help divert children from care and ensure they stay with their families where it’s safe to do so. This decision

Gov has moved to mandate Family Group Decision Making based on our trial showing that #FamilyGroupConferences before court proceedings are a cost-effective intervention that can keep children out of care & help them stay safely with their families. More: foundations.org.uk/our-work/publi…

🎙️ NEW ep. PMs and their Chancellors: How to survive no11 From Black Wednesday to Gordon Brown, austerity & more. Why Chancellor is the hardest gig in SW1. George Osborne Norman Lamont Theo Bertram Rupert Harrison Poppy Mitchell-Rose Sam White politico.eu/podcast/westmi…
