Civil servant on DWP's Pensions Commission, from December 2025 until its final report in 2027. Tweets will be infrequent and objective.
Adam Corlett
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We are richer than ever and there are only two countries that are both as rich per person and as populous as the UK: the US and Germany. While America might be richer, we live longer and equally happy lives – and even the safest US state has a higher homicide rate than London.
An easy step people could think about is reducing warming aviation contrail effects above the Atlantic / Greenland, which we know can be done at very low cost by just tweaking a minority of flight paths
It's been a busy season of budget analysis for me. I will now be a lot quieter for a while: listening, reading, fact-finding, pondering. Happy holidays!
Worrying armchair learning about Gulf LNG production: there's almost nowhere to store it; it's hard to turn off; and it's slow to turn back on
It's astonishing how much cheaper a daily energy price tracker has been compared to the price cap, so far octopriceuk.app/tracker
Here is the Government's new animal welfare strategy: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Some UK government/parliamentary bodies are on Bluesky, like @electoralcommission.org.uk @ofgem.gov.uk @ofcom.bsky.social @thecccuk.bsky.social @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social @ukri.org @metoffice.gov.uk @ukparliament.parliament.uk
There is almost no trace of the Budget on bbc.co.uk/news – presumably HMT will count that as a win
Don't Panic: Britain is not broken. The UK can do better, but we shouldn't be too gloomy about things. If you look at the stats, there's a lot to be happy with (including how happy we are): adamcorlett.com/2025/11/30/d...
The number of children in poverty has probably hit new record highs this year, but will be significantly cut in 2026-27. New government projections: www.gov.uk/government/p...
