It’s concrete industrial policy - not abstract macro economic policy - that the UK has to get right.

Ahead of our annual conference next month, Mark Hepworth The Good Economy previews his breakout session with a thought-provoking blog on Place-Based Impact Investment: Mobilising Institutional Capital for #LevellingUp. ied.co.uk/news_events/pl… #IEDConf22

Today's mini-budget will only increase inequality and poverty. Tax cuts handed to the richest 10% Govt’s borrowing to surge from £72.4bn to £234.1bn Imagine the economic growth if the money was instead used to alleviate poverty, build infrastructure. leftfootforward.org/2022/09/prem-s…

What do Financial Times readers think of the mini-budget? This is the most-recommended comment on our news story:

Me in The Mirror this morning - taking Truss on and suggesting she hasn’t a hope in hell of delivering growth mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

If I could do this interview again, I'd bring in these excellent points by Stephen Barlow - see thread x.com/SteB777/status…

Congratulations to Junji Takasago (Japan), our winner of the Natural Artistry category. Framing the choreography of a preening group of Chilean flamingos within the reflected clouds, he fought back his altitude sickness to capture this dream-like scene. #WPY58

There's a danger in what happened in the past three weeks since the mini-budget. That is that in the coming years, Chancellors of whatever stripe run scared of the bond markets, thinking they'll tolerate nothing other than 'balancing the books.'

Yesterday, Sarah Forster discussed the latest responsible investing opportunities, including #PlaceBased #ImpactInvesting, with @IamthatDan, Mark Mansley and Andrien Meyers CC at the Responsible & Impact Investing Summit. Photo thanks to Will Fox-Robinson.

I am so so sorry to hear that the brilliant Herman Daly - founding father of ecological economics - has died. His paradigm-changing work flipped my little econ head inside out & inspired me to write a book on rewriting economics… Here are just some of his big ideas 1/n.

Our co-founders Mark Hepworth and Sarah Forster also visited Dunoon Grammar this summer as part of a Place-Based Impact Investing project initiation with The Dunoon Project. They were hugely impressed by everything the School does to secure positive futures for young people!

Take a look at Sustainability for Housing's new website - the new online home for the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS). You'll find lots of new features and resources to support the SRS community. ➡️ sustainabilityforhousing.org.uk #UKHousing #SocialHousing #ESG

"If you cut that [spending] too much you actually make it worse" Economist Ha-Joon Chang warns against austerity, saying that Britain has failed to invest in "productive capabilities" over the past 25 years #Newsnight | bbc.in/2Ps915G

Our co-founders Mark Hepworth and Sarah Forster are at #KnowledgeNorthEast today to learn about investment opportunities in the North East. Do look connect with them, especially if you are interested in place-based #impactinvesting! #PBII

🏘️ He acknowledged that Britain needs more social housing 🏡 And warned that in the meantime we need to repair the condition of the homes we do have inews.co.uk/news/michael-g…

Together with The Good Economy we've assembled a panel of global specialists to share tips for investors who want to drive impact washing out of investment. Register for the first online event: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Be part of #BetterInvesting

Introducing our 3E Goal Framework for #PlaceBased #ImpactInvesting which maps players, places and projects by the three long-term societal challenges that face us all. lnkd.in/eE3HZ5rw

Nurses' pay? Making nurses and other public sector workers poorer is continuation of a trend. We seem to want an economy that tolerates, perhaps encourages, poverty in low paid workers. It's wrong-headed. To get the economy to grow, increase incomes of the poorest 60%.

Food banks are facing their most challenging winter yet. That's why I have donated to @TrussellTrust's emergency appeal to help keep food banks going during this crisis. Please join me and help provide emergency support to people facing hardship 👉 trusselltrust.org/appeal

What were the factors behind the rise and decline of the #NHS in England between 2000 and 2020? Our new report written by Sir Chris Ham is out now kingsfund.org.uk/publications/r…