Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics/statistics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply.
Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
Jonathan Portes
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How is this any better than Russia advertising building developments on the rubble of Mariupol?
Keir Starmer Urged to Stop London Event ‘Promoting Land Grab’ in Occupied Palestine – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/k...
📖 World of Labour - New article "Do anti-discrimination policies work?" by Marie-Anne Valfort
Do anti-discrimination policies work? Legal safeguards, employer accountability, evidence-based HR practices, & policies that empower at-risk groups are all needed.
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At moments of crisis, leaders have a responsibility to speak to, and for, their country.
The PM should be on the airwaves, telling the stories of the children, teenagers and families who have been burned out of their homes; naming those responsible; and leading a national fightback against them.
This was a race riot.
Families were driven from their homes. People were targeted because of who they are and where they come from.
Words matter. Those who fuel hatred and division bear responsibility too.
We have more in common than that which divides us.
Human rights groups urge ministers to shut down 'Great Israeli Real Estate Event', promoting sales in illegally occupied West Bank settlements
bylinetimes.com
(Evaluation conducted independently by National Centre for Social Research for Home Office. I was one of the external peer reviewers)
seen multiple versions of this today and can we not? do you know how many entirely friendly people have been issued visas by *all* the home secretaries? my wife was issued a visa by theresa may. you get where this talking point will end up when the people doing the rioting see it, right?
Evaluation of the 56-day move on process (vs the existing 28 days) for refugees shows it improved outcomes/likely to have been good value for money and recommends extending the initiative.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Peter Jukes
IZA@LISER
Robert Saunders
Evaluation of the 56-day move on process (vs the existing 28 days) for refugees shows it improved outcomes/likely to have been good value for money and recommends extending the initiative.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
To all my colleagues still using X: is this not enough evidence that you must stop using it?
In the course of today, His Majesty’s Government will do both of the following things:
- moan loudly about X and blame it for the grotesque scenes in Belfast;
- create huge amounts of content for X to monetise
To govern is to choose.
