Labour cannot afford to write off the generations building Britain’s future. If the Government cannot reforge the link between effort and reward, then young people will go elsewhere at election time. @chriscurtis94.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/53f6...

UK governments have to stop treating young people "as the balancing item in every fiscal and political calculation and start rebuilding a deal in which effort is rewarded, housing is attainable and opportunity is not rationed by age."👏 @chriscurtis94.bsky.social

"We can't keep loading costs on to this generation and expect them to turn up for us". Excellent column by @chriscurtis94.bsky.social on why Labour needs a reset with younger people. www.ft.com/content/53f6...

Have written for the @financialtimes.com about how decades of government policy has pushed integenerarional unfairness, and the political and economic cost of us not fixing it. www.ft.com/content/53f6...

On financial insecurity and Labour's losses: We showed in Feb 2025 Labour losing young insecure voters to Greens, mid-life/older to Reform: www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit... And we explain how econ insecurity is a push factor, magnifying other reasons for vote losses: www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit...

Here @chriscurtis94.bsky.social tells the sequence, thinking and analysis actually behind ‘hero voters’, inc. how my research @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social on economic insecurity w/ @rosedegeus.bsky.social informed understanding of the economic basis of electoral coalitions pre-2024.

Have been a bit frustrated by some of the conversation about Labour's voter coalition. I've written about who the "Hero Voters" actually were, how we won them, and what we need to do to earn their support next time. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/who-actual...

Great to see this issue getting attention from MPs. But also: look mum! There I am, in Hansard!

📣 "We no longer live in a two-party system, and if we continue to have an electoral system that doesn't acknowledge that fact, we will have, as Professor @robfordmancs.bsky.social says, elections that lead to even more chaotic and unpredictable results." 👇 @chriscurtis94.bsky.social

Should the government reform student loan repayments? 🎓 + Are the Conservatives wrong to focus on voters lost to Reform? ➡️ Labour MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social & Former Scottish Conservative Leader Ruth Davidson will discuss on the show tonight #Peston

Reform don't want to regulate your landlord. They don't want to regulate your employer. But they do want to regulate your sex life.

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Solving the student loan 'scam' 💰Labour MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, economist Kate Ogden & head of education and social policy @danihpayne.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss the long-simmering row over student finance 🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4qof0H8

Good that my Labour MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social marked 60 years from Labour's White Paper on The University of the Air by telling OU staff and students that the OU's open policy remains 'vital'. Contrast with Reform which wants to cut educational opportunities.

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments: One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

It was wonderful to spend time with Hospice UK, Willen Hospice and their Chief Executive Kate Broadhurst in Parliament this week alongside fellow Milton Keynes MPs @chriscurtis94.bsky.social and @callumandersonmp.bsky.social

If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe cst.org.uk/donate-now

Showing off MK’s robots to Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson with @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @callumandersonmp.bsky.social and Pete Marland at Great Linford Local Centre in MK while chatting pro-growth tax reform for small businesses Read about it: www.mkfm.com/news/local-n...

Great to see my analysis below featured in @chriscurtis94.bsky.social article for @newstatesman.com Article: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Of course

When I read articles like this I remember when I popped into the local cafe in Stewartby the day after the announcement for a coffee. The owner said they had a journalist vox-popping in there the day before, trying to find someone who opposed the project... www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...

Given the current debate, sharing my favourite cartoon from @stephencollins.bsky.social The Optimist Mouse

A day after the allotment society itself stepped forward to almost entirely debunk it. Is there a single NIMBY cause they won’t attach themselves to? We’ve yet to find it!

It's giving strong "my little brother stole my last KitKat" energy.

Looking for Edinburgh Fringe recommendations, if anyone has any thoughts for what I shouldn't miss.

Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation. Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

"I think a lot of things are shit. We need to un-shitafy it as quickly and as radically as possible." Labour MP Chris Curtis says Farage "could be running this country" if the gov't don't urgently address the public's concerns. @maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social - Many thanks for helping my student Eleanor have an amazing day in Parliament!

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social is absolutely right - this is urgent. It's families in temporary accommodation and people struggling to pay their energy bills who are facing the consequences of our failure to build homes and energy infrastructure.

Reform DOGE is a very good thing tbh. It should be encouraged. Let them see where the money is actually going and then still pretend there are billions to cut on woke.

Good

Perfect example of why monorails are just dumb. You shouldn't need this much infrastructure at ever switch. x.com/HowThingsWor...

Dan is right (and it’s why Gary S frustrates me so much - it’s very much “try this simple trick to fix society that only impacts people you hate”). Ultimately we are probably not at the revenue maximising top rate of tax, but there v likely is a rate where the revenue sign is negative.

Britain’s economic decline is an emergency – like war or a pandemic. If we don’t put an end to it, Nigel Farage will be Prime Minister. The system is addicted to inertia. It needs shock therapy, now. @chriscurtis94.bsky.social and others tell @jessicaelgot.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 1/2

I don't know if I am going mad, but it won't let me skip this.

It's happened again: the Conservatives have spun a number that would be a disaster for their party to lose (this time, 542) and they've managed to beat it.

11) Ending the long term employment disputes with nurses, teachers, junior doctors, Heathrow security staff, criminal barristers, Arriva bus drivers, and BT workers. 12) Handling the Farage riots in an exemplary way 13) The statesmanship of Starmer when handling Trump and the EU. etc. etc. etc.

1) Renters right bill 2) Biggest employment rights package in a generation 3) Billions of pounds extra into our NHS, with waiting lists falling month on month 4) Punishing water company bosses who dump sewage in our rivers 5) Bold planning reforms so we can get Britain building again

Tragic but true

Ever wondered what happens to your exam papers after you’ve finished with them? Well, we had the pleasure of welcoming @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, the constituency MP for Milton Keynes North, and members of our Student Advisory Group, to show them behind the scenes.

First marathon ✅ Thanks for all the kind messages and for all those who have donated and supported.

Love, love, LOVING Kemi Badenoch, of all people, warning against “trawling social media for things someone might find offensive.”

Amazingly, proof of the “get out there” strategy here - YouTube algorithm just served up this theme park channel (113k subscribers), and @chriscurtis94.bsky.social unexpectedly turns up as a guest! MPs should do more of this! youtu.be/EEZFkDPQ5S4?...

Final long run before the London Marathon. Please do consider supporting if you can, in support of the fantastic work done by Willen Hospice 2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/chris-cur...

Final long run before the London Marathon. Please do consider supporting if you can, in support of the fantastic work done by Willen Hospice 2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/chris-cur...

ICYMI - we published a new report on rebalancing the country endorsed by @chriscurtis94.bsky.social of the Labour Growth Group and @jowhitemp.bsky.social of the Red Wall Group. Below are my 5️⃣ favourite charts from the report. 🧵

Great evening in the Terrace Pavillion for the Labour Together and Portland Parliamentary staffers reception, recognising the hard work of Labour staffers. Rousing speeches from @jonashworth.bsky.social, Claire Reynolds, Steve Morris, @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, and @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social

Lovely to be back in #Exeter today to support our wonderful candidates in the county council elections & MP Steve Race.

💫 We’re launching the Centre for British Progress Our founding essay: Rediscovering British Progress is a case for growth that drives shared progress, rooted in Britain's values and industrial heritage. It all starts with a postcard from 1870 👇 britishprogress.org/articles/red...

Reform of the State is a precursor to economic growth. As @chriscurtis94.bsky.social says, the risk of keeping the status quo now "significantly outweighs the risk of reform". Our report with @labourgrowth.bsky.social sets out key steps that would allow for a more nimble, effective Whitehall.