Analyst at Centre for Cities. Industrial policy, economic growth and cool stats.
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Yunze Wang
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My goodness, Ed Luce is furious
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UK tax has gone up significantly over the last 25 years
But the tax paid by the average UK worker has not
This apparent miracle was achieved by taxing “other people”: higher earners, capital, property, banks, etc
The strategy has run out of road
A 🧵 on what happens next.
Giles Wilkes
Dan Neidle
Crushingly predictable. I honestly wonder sometimes whether these 'Red Wall MPs' might be the death of Labour.
You have to admire the chutzpah of the BBC’s response to the Trump lawsuit
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Particularly as it elides quite different sectors and challenges. Are you willing to let water bills rise to cover additional investment? How do you reduce the cost of building? What exactly is smarter regulation?
This is a 10 year approach (which is good) but how do you manage a spike *now?*
Great to see a MP engaging like this but a piece that raises more questions than answers.
As a approach this isnt that far off the govts - tho maybe nods towards more direct delivery. What are the different mechanisms we're considering here? How do you manage short term inflationary pressures?
The chair of the Red Wall caucus of Labour MPs has called on ministers to keep British oil and gas in the energy mix as the government's net zero p...
