Andy Burnham is due to give a speech on fiscal devolution. We know it matters for growth, and that England is super centralised. Our proposal for fiscal devo is the metro mayors should get to keep some: -Income tax -Corporation tax - More business rates Quick thread below:

Frustrated with the election pundits talking as if votes only 'swing' from one party to another. I did some analysis of the results, and my modelling (based on votes only, not polls) suggests that the largest movement since 2024 local elections (by a long way) is from 'Did Not Vote' -> Reform

Where can I go to explore or exercise, away from roads? 🚗 I put together a quick tool to map areas of exercise (according to the Strava heatmap) that are not near a road. Here's an example of Winchester. (a few more in thread 🧵)

Too many people can't walk to the pub, shops, school, doctors or to see friends of family because there is no safe way to go. 7 in 10 agree we should be able to use field margins if there's no safe alternative www.theguardian.com/environment/... buildstories.slowways.org/life-or-deat...

Everyone knew AI was the wrong tool for the job when it was suggested, now those who pretended it would be fine will have to try harder pretending.

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