Good to see the focus on what teenagers themselves think about social media, drawing on recent polling we did at The New Britain Project and More in Common. And @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social is right - it's important this sits within a broader vision for childhood.

Good to see the focus on what teenagers themselves think about social media, drawing on recent polling we did at The New Britain Project and More in Common. And @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social is right - it's important this sits within a broader vision for childhood.

Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.

While Westminster wailed about coups and plots, last week @annacmcshane.bsky.social laid out another teething problem - what to do about babies. A popular discussion on the right, what does the left think about declining birth rates and how should we support families? nocows.substack.com/p/oh-baby

Wrote this last week @matthewholehouse.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/01/brit...

What should we do less of? The question that, in so many different contexts, we all like to duck. All the more so if the answer gets anywhere near private consumption.

Good to see the PM make explicit the link between cost of living and what is happening internationally. As I said in @labourlist.bsky.social last week, in a world increasingly shaped by war and instability, affordability and security are now inseparable.

Good to see the PM make explicit the link between cost of living and what is happening internationally. As I said in @labourlist.bsky.social last week, in a world increasingly shaped by war and instability, affordability and security are now inseparable.

A serious deterioration in US-UK relations will be a cost of living issue. This is not bizarre at all.

Germany, Sweden and Denmark are publicly debating conscription, food stockpiles and supply-chain resilience. We're still treating defence as a competing priority. The PM's not wrong to focus on foreign policy so much- but he needs to be much more upfront with the country on why.

Absolutely. Many places in Europe seem to 'get' that we're on the cusp of an existential threat more than we do. We're often told by those who know what they're dealing with that we're moving towards a war footing but neither public nor government have accepted that means no more business as normal.

What are politicians talking about?—If there is a lesson for the year ahead, it is this: trust is rebuilt not by saying more in increasingly convoluted terms, but by narrowing the gap between promise and proof… www.ft.com/content/6587... @annacmcshane.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Germany, Sweden and Denmark are publicly debating conscription, food stockpiles and supply-chain resilience. We're still treating defence as a competing priority. The PM's not wrong to focus on foreign policy so much- but he needs to be much more upfront with the country on why.

💬 "No British political leader has been willing to confront the public with the scale of the challenge now facing Britain, and Europe as a whole". ✍️ Anna McShane on how the government must confront the link between geopolitics and the cost of living crisis... Read more 👇

Herd member @annacmcshane.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com today setting out how politicians and the centre left need to speak clearly to people not in some weird totally remote language nobody understands. 👇

A much better read here than whatever the ‘stakeholder state’ is meant to be that’s well worth your time from @annacmcshane.bsky.social.

What politicians should think about in 2026? Excellent advice from @annacmcshane.bsky.social : „Narrow the gap between promise & proof“ www.ft.com/content/6587... What are politicians talking about?

More than half the country don’t know what Keir Starmer stands for. No such confusion on Farage. Even if they don’t agree.

Interesting polling for New Britain Project by More In Common via Anna McShane labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...

Is Angela Rayner planning her comeback? www.independent.co.uk/voices/angel...

Can anybody hear No.10? We checked. Most big government announcements are forgotten in a day. The only exception to this rule is Digital ID - which peaked 50 times higher than most other announcements and is still sustaining interest 3 weeks on.

Can anybody hear No.10? We checked. Most big government announcements are forgotten in a day. The only exception to this rule is Digital ID - which peaked 50 times higher than most other announcements and is still sustaining interest 3 weeks on.

It’s time for a much needed and overdue debate in order to secure the future of mainstream, democratic politics. There can be no holding back, no pulling punches, and no sacred cows. labourlist.org/2025/10/no-s... @ed-owen.bsky.social speaks about the show in @labourlist.bsky.social today.

Government has a lot of catching up to do with the public on immigration. Second episode of @nosacredcows.media out now!

We're the cows! Peter Hyman joins Ed, Charlotte, Anna and Lanae in our first podcast episode to lay out how the left itself is a sacred cow that needs to be slayed with its arrogance, complacency, and superiority all being sent to the slaughter house. nocows.substack.com/p/wearethecows

Oped by me in @financialtimes.com We keep saying growth is the mission. But unless we fix high-skilled visas, we’ll miss this moment - just like all the others. Nations that succeed in attracting best minds will gain a decisive edge: in AI, biotech, energy - the architecture of 21st century power

Oped by me in @financialtimes.com We keep saying growth is the mission. But unless we fix high-skilled visas, we’ll miss this moment - just like all the others. Nations that succeed in attracting best minds will gain a decisive edge: in AI, biotech, energy - the architecture of 21st century power

Labour’s breakfast club plan could be a legacy-defining success story, but only – says @annacmcshane.bsky.social – if lessons from the National Tutoring Programme fiasco are learned – and the pitfalls avoided: buff.ly/ID96Ckm #teaching #schools #edusky

Primary school breakfast clubs are in the news again for all the wrong reasons. Of course, listeners to my recent podcast with @annacmcshane.bsky.social and @beccapaddock.bsky.social will have seen this coming a mile off. Listen to our conversation here: insideyoured.buzzsprout.com/1874905/epis...

Those who voted for Brexit might be still sceptical of Europe but they’re not sceptical of security, control and sovereignty. Me for @labourlist.bsky.social this morn on how Labour can tell a new story about power in a post Trump/post Ukraine world that punishes isolation.

🇬🇧🇪🇺 "The Prime Minister's deal with Europe isn't about reopening old debates. It's a chance to start a new one." Anna McShane of The New Britain Project think tank on the UK-EU deal

Those who voted for Brexit might be still sceptical of Europe but they’re not sceptical of security, control and sovereignty. Me for @labourlist.bsky.social this morn on how Labour can tell a new story about power in a post Trump/post Ukraine world that punishes isolation.

Catch-up. This from Anna McShane on Mon is excellent labourlist.org/2025/05/immi...

Cadets give young people purpose, confidence and a sense of duty - but most state schools still don’t have one. Coverage on pg3 of today's @thetimes of our call at The New Britain Project to double CCF units in state schools by the end of this parliament 👇

Cadets give young people purpose, confidence and a sense of duty - but most state schools still don’t have one. Coverage on pg3 of today's @thetimes of our call at The New Britain Project to double CCF units in state schools by the end of this parliament 👇

Worth a listen if you're interested in Breakfast Clubs

Exactly as my recent podcast with @annacmcshane.bsky.social and @beccapaddock.bsky.social predicted. Insufficient funding and support for breakfast clubs in primary schools will only end one way. Have a listen to our conversation here: www.buzzsprout.com/1874905/epis...

“We are experiencing high call volumes at the moment. Your call is important to us.” If there’s a soundtrack to broken Britain, this might be it. It’s not just queues & forms - it’s a crisis of trust, and it’s moving voters. Me for LBC on New Britain Project report www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

‘Your call is important to us…’ but voters are losing patience. @greenmirandahere.bsky.social nails the issues in our latest New Britain Project report in today's FT Weekend. 'A call that ministers might want to answer before these voters hang up on the whole system.’ www.ft.com/content/93b9...

‘Your call is important to us…’ but voters are losing patience. @greenmirandahere.bsky.social nails the issues in our latest New Britain Project report in today's FT Weekend. 'A call that ministers might want to answer before these voters hang up on the whole system.’ www.ft.com/content/93b9...

“We are experiencing high call volumes at the moment. Your call is important to us.” If there’s a soundtrack to broken Britain, this might be it. It’s not just queues & forms - it’s a crisis of trust, and it’s moving voters. Me for LBC on New Britain Project report www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

@alisonjourno.bsky.social and @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social discussed our report Computer says no on @thismorningitv.bsky.social Especially good to hear highlighted our finding that it's women who report higher levels of frustration & time wasted - esp with booking GP appointments - I wonder why.

Our new report Computer Says No shows how broken systems - from GP bookings to council websites - is quietly fuelling frustration and reshaping politics. Most people get that the govt got a duff hand with cost of living and Trump. But this - gov can and should fix. @moreincommonuk.bsky.social

@alisonjourno.bsky.social and @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social discussed our report Computer says no on @thismorningitv.bsky.social Especially good to hear highlighted our finding that it's women who report higher levels of frustration & time wasted - esp with booking GP appointments - I wonder why.

Our new report Computer Says No shows how broken systems - from GP bookings to council websites - is quietly fuelling frustration and reshaping politics. Most people get that the govt got a duff hand with cost of living and Trump. But this - gov can and should fix. @moreincommonuk.bsky.social

Really brilliant report from @annacmcshane.bsky.social and New Britain, well timed for having just spent twenty minutes on the phone trying to book a follow-up appointment with my GP! www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

In my latest podcast episode, @annacmcshane.bsky.social from The New Britain Project warned that the Government's plan to roll out breakfast clubs in every primary school risks making the same mistakes as the National Tutoring Programme. Listen to the full episode here: insideyoured.com

Probably the best thing I’ve heard on Breakfast Clubs Everyone is hoping this will be a success But there’s a genuine concern that it’s going to be more complicated and more expensive that policymakers & their advisers think @annacmcshane.bsky.social @beccapaddock.bsky.social @tom-richmond.com

'We will all leave this webinar with 'now or never' ringing in our ears' @annacmcshane.bsky.social spking about the urgency around teacher retention & keeping experienced teachers in the classroom, as well as recruiting new teachers. #TLM2025

Women leaving the profession do so with a heavy heart - @annacmcshane.bsky.social speaking to the systemic challenges in education & the rise of experienced teachers leaving. Retention remains a critical issue.