let no one tell you there isn't a recruitment problem in the UK public sector

especially where people have valuable data skills

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The FT general election model is live! It’s got a fairly clever trick: using the local swings picked up in the 2019-2023 British Election Study data to work out local volatility, so swings aren’t uniform. (1/2)
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Britain's planning system hammers growth at every turn.

Labour have pledged to reform it and get Britain building again. Can they do it?

Here's my take on Labour's plans to make it easier build critical infrastructure.

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It's Monday, which means the latest episode of #TheEconomicsShow has dropped! I was *so* excited to record this episode with Emily Oster. 🧵

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I don't think a single journalist noticed it, but Labour's Darren Jones made quite an interesting announcement on infrastructure yesterday afternoon.

They've pledged to merge the Infrastructure Projects Authority and the National Infrastructure Commission.

Some thoughts.

Just amazing how much of UK policy debate is 'you need to accept poorer standards in every area of your life to help us work around this problem caused by a consistent failure to build enough of anything'

Interestingly I don’t think this is the case now. Modelling here at Focaldata suggests more modest Labour lead of 5-7% is enough for a majority. Now apparently called the “Election cat” James O'Malley

One train every 100 seconds 😍

Reminds me I must bring a copy of War and Peace to get through while waiting for trains in NYC and DC next week

NEW: These are the battlegrounds that could decide a US-China war over Taiwan.

Working with Kathrin Hille and Demetri, our latest visual story explores five military contests that would help define the outcome of a conflict.

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Aaaaand we’re live! Episode 1 of #TheEconomicsShow is with Jason Furman on the topic of US government debt

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Absolutely buzzing 😀