Chants of “shame” demonstrating nicely how effective Sunak’s strategy is

Not sure I buy the IFS analysis that Labour’s package of worker rights will mostly be passed through to workers via lower wages. There are a number of issues that the note hasn't engaged with and, in their absence, the prediction of wage effects is in my view not substantiated.🧵

Brentford player comes on and... England equalise immediately. There's no such thing as coincidences

A new dawn The Labour Party Congratulations Joe Powell MP our new Kensington & Bayswater MP And well done team Kensington & Bayswater Labour🌹 We are all very proud!🌹

What a night, what a campaign, what a candidate Joe Powell MP 🌹🌹 We did it Joe!

Removing the 2-child cap would do more than any other single measure to reduce child poverty and health/education inequalities. Hope the taskforce comes to a resounding recommendation that empowers the government to act, despite the notable omission in Labour's manifesto.

He is so good

A hard early pitch for the youth vote. Would have loved to be on that zoom call

Fascinating new polling from Afrobarometer that seems to show democracy is only valued where it delivers. Food for thought for the progressive realists among us in the development world thetimes.com/world/africa/a…

Incredible scenes from Dhaka over the last few days. We usually hear a positive story of development in Bangladesh but this piece from Fahmida Khatun explains how the government failed to make sure ordinary people saw the benefits of growth thedailystar.net/opinion/views/…

Interesting analysis of Labour’s fractious coalition that voted against the direction of decline in July and the need to now unite voters around a the govt’s vision for delivery. Worth reading the full piece from Tony Blair Institute for Global Change for the full polling institute.global/insights/polit…

Fantastic conversation about the threats from emerging technologies. Thanks to our great panel Dan Aldridge MP @steve_race Brittney Smith OpenAI Susie Hargreaves and Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) for supporting

Had a great time organising this Labour Digital panel. Fantastic to speak on the need to improve connectivity to achieve Labour’s growth mission alongside such a knowledgeable panel Sasjkia Otto Chris Bryant Chi Onwurah 💙 Ed Taylor CityFibre Steve Edwards Which? Matt Howett

Everyone saying “no we can’t let the NHS use a proper joined up digital patient database, it’s all part of a plot to privatise British healthcare and sell your data” should be forced to read the dozens (hundreds?) of case studies like these bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…

A Budget to fix the foundations and deliver change.

FBPE the book!! 🇪🇺🫡

Extremely exciting news!! Renewal is relaunching with a fab editorial team Lise Butler David Klemperer Morgan Jones Jack Jeffries - and I'm so pleased to be part of the relaunch issue! Subscribe and support this important place for big ideas 🙏

Quality early years provision is a crucial tool to make society more equal and support communities. In my piece for Renewal I talk about why we have to make more than just an economic case for childcare.

What does progressive tech policy look like? In our piece for the The Fabian Society Sasjkia Otto and I are optimistic about the UK's future as a tech power - as long as we proceed with a healthy dose of scepticism about the status quo and refuse to abandon our progressive values.

Sunny morning in North Kensington chatting to residents, helping with local issues and delivering my annual report. If you haven’t received a copy yet you can read it online here: indd.adobe.com/view/0042b235-…