Yep! (Via the excellent new book Prosperity through Growth.)

Thank you, Harry Phibbs! (Cc Douglas McWilliams)

👨‍🍳 The Dusty Knuckle Bakery turns a profit—and turns lives around. They actively hire ex-offenders and young people at risk, offering training, routine and responsibility through work. 💬 We met Abdil, who told us about his journey from leaving prison 'looking for a change in

My co-founder at the The Jobs Foundation , Georgiana Bristol is absolutely right - with unemployment now at the 5%, the Budget must not punish businesses and job creators

🤝 We were delighted to be joined by Andy Haldane CBE, President of the British Chambers of Commerce, for the latest in our monthly breakfast series. Andy was previously the Chief Executive of the Royal Society Of Arts, and is the former Chief Economist at the Bank of England,

Yesterday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that over the past year, public sector pay rose by 6.6%, compared to a 4.2% rise in the private sector. Yet in the Budget, the Chancellor appears set to raise taxes on the private sector to fund even more public spending. If this approach continues,

It was a pleasure to have Andy Haldane, president of the BCC, join us this morning at the The Jobs Foundation breakfast, sharing his perspective on the current state of the UK economy as we head towards the Autumn Budget. We were also joined by Octavius Black, Chair of the

👴 "My grandfather was very pro what Thatcher was doing. That's where my entrepreneurism comes from" Matthew Elliott on his formative influences👇

At the Smart Thinking think tank awards Jimmy McLoughlin 🐑 notes the rise of politicians heading institutes and suggests for Labour politicians Angela Rayner (Institute for Housing), Wes Streeting (the Leadership Institute) and Keir Starmer (Jobs Foundation)

The economy grew by just 0.1% in Q3, while GDP per capita showed no growth at all. Britain isn’t getting richer, we’re falling behind. Later today, I will be leading a debate in the House of Lords on the impact of the Government’s economic and taxation policies on jobs, growth

Most public policy campaigns take months or years to come to fruition. I'm therefore delighted Rachel Reeves already seems to have taken the advice from myself and many House of Lords colleagues yesterday to shelve her plan to raise the income tax rate, as reported in the Financial Times.