Assembling a team of elite super brains to make policy decisions that any single 19th century British factory owner could come up with on the spot

Incentives to invest in capital by raising cost of low-paid employment looks to be paying off 2 questions now: how to support workers in these sectors transition and how to manage costs in sectors that will continue to be labour intensive, such as social care

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"Lunch is for wimps" is the sort of thing you say when you have convinced yourself the median voter is Del Boy

Some professional news, in the New Year I will be joining the BMA to lead their economic analyst and policy support team Really excited to be taking on this role and working on health policy at this critical moment for the NHS and our wider health system

There is nothing a new social care commission will tell us that we don't know Either the gov should intervene to transfer resources to a sector which fails to attract investment in our hyper-marketised economy or admit that it is not a priority

Phew, good thing the purpose of these tariffs is to secure a fair and balanced trading relationship

Significant cuts would further erode state capacity across key areas which would also damage our economy and security Unless resources are directly transferable to defence, it would also not likely address the constraints gov faces We need a new approach to fiscal policy

Trying to re-allocate real resources to a sector within the UK, while cutting a budget that is mainly used for purchasing resources that the UK does not compete for, reflects a really deeper structural issue with the flawed way this government approaches economic questions

European leaders have made statements that are critical of how Israel is waging war in Gaza while continuing to supply the weapons being used to kill, maim, and burn people who end up in our hospitals. Their hypocrisy is fuelling suffering in Gaza ⬇️ msf.org/eu-hypocrisy-f…

#Gaza : Palestinian lives have been so devalued. It is now the routine to shoot & kill desperate & starving people while they try to collect little food from a company made of mercenaries. Hundreds of people have been reported killed since the “Gaza Humiliation Foundation”

The UN Human Rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory calls on the Israeli Defence Forces to immediately cease its use of lethal force around food distribution points in #Gaza, following repeated instances of shooting and killing of Palestinians seeking to access food

There is no moral case for pushing thousands of families into poverty, and the lasting damage this will have on households and communities, as well as the health impact on the NHS means there isn't an economic case either

Deeply distressing but vital journalism exposing the suffering inflicted on the people of Gaza and the work of brave doctors

Don't know why we expect the public to have a rounded and well informed view of the benefit system, when ministers can routinely make ridiculous claims on national media without being challenged

The only thing encouraging sickness are the decisions this government is taking that will push hundreds of thousands of people into poverty

If you were trying to design a terrible tax policy, you would struggle to outdo this Exacerbating inequality, reducing UK competitiveness, undermining public services, and ultimately handing the mega wealthy from across the world huge benefits in return for pennies

Hard to imagine how much this is going to harm these communities Claiming you want to support employment and then facilitating an economic shock worth hundreds of millions of pounds is absurd