This week’s The Economist cover is a piece from Georgia Banjo and me on Britain’s “missing quarter of a million”. Not covid. But a decade of deaths. Read our editorial leader on what Britain can do to improve its flagging life expectancy. (a 🧵 1/8) econ.st/3ypqG3P

Buoyed by students, workers and humanitarian flows, migration to Britain reached a record high last year. But remarkably, after Brexit, the country has become far more pro-migration. My take: economist.com/britain/2023/0…

New study by Anders Bach-Mortensen, Ben Goodair and Jane Barlow explores growth in for-profit provision of outsourced children’s services and links with out of area and unstable placements. Find out more:

New The Guardian editorial citing our Oxford DSPI research. "Privatisation of children’s residential care in England over the past decade has resulted in worse outcomes. This has long been suspected... Researchers at University of Oxford have now supplied proof." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Hello you early birds... 2 more weeks to go to book the best rate at #BSPS2023- packed with new #demography research - looking to be a lively one! Full programme & booking: lse.ac.uk/international-…

N. American (🇨🇦🇺🇸) regions are more unequal than W. European (🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧)-measured by income share of the top 20% richest workers within a place. In Europe,🇩🇪regions visibly more unequal. Our new LSE CEP paper: tinyurl.com/hswsx9dz Centre for Economic Performance UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies UCL News LSE Inequalities

Council of @bspsuk strongly condems the suspension of Professor KS James, director of the International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS):