If the govt tried to shield incomes and demand entirely from the current cohort, rather than just redistribute, the BoE would find itself pushing back with higher rates, as, to repeat, the economy can't magic more supply to meet unchanged demand.

I missed this: Govt published LPC's remit for the 2027 minimum wage rates on Monday (the rates coming in next month are already set). Main take-away is Govt wants a more cautious approach to the youth rates. It has dialed up the 'worry about employment' bit of the remit. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Crikey (Source: reporting from the Tories' Spring Conference in Harrogate - www.thenewworld.co.uk/patience-whe...)

“This technology disrupts humanities-trained—largely Democratic—voters, and makes their economic power less. And increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters.” —Palantir CEO Alex Karp newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

Opposition to the United States' military action against Iran has risen by 10pts among Britons over the last week Support: 25% (-3 from 2 March) Oppose: 59% (+10) yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

It's too early to know if the Iran war will lead to a 2022-style energy price shock. But in any case the Treasury should urgently build new infrastructure to support households with energy bills: it can't wait until crisis hits. I've sketched out some early thoughts open.substack.com/pub/georgeba...

I love how Ipsos show the margin of error on their charts. Should be industry standard!

This is just the most incredible chart... if the UK government implements current policies on taxes and benefits, public debt is stable (contrary to what the OBR always mistakenly tells us) My column as.ft.com/r/e69f1407-e...

If the Iran war leads to a spike in energy prices, the government will have to intervene to support households who will struggle most with bill increases. NEF head of social policy @georgebangham.bsky.social says in response to the spring statement.

To be fair to Mr Farage, stopping the people who won’t vote for you from voting is quite good election tactics. The rest of us need to to recognise this is the first step in delegitimising the election process. The “we did win this election” approach. /1

The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost

"It's unfair to blame people for not having jobs, when the jobs simply aren't available." @georgebangham.bsky.social talking about the benefits system and work on BBC One's Sunday Morning Live

Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens. Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading. homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...

And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Excited to join @neweconomics.bsky.social today as Head of Social Policy, focusing on living standards, housing, social security etc. (and also to start saying things online again, now I’m no longer a civil servant!). Please do get in touch if you’re interested in working together!