As Labour conference wraps up, I've done a piece for the Swingometer looking at their record in the polls so far. Visual summary below... swingometer.substack.com/p/labour-how...

A changing electoral landscape is putting us in uncharted territory ✍️ @robfordmancs.bsky.social

Keir Starmer performance tracker: Is the PM making progress towards his key policies? news.sky.com/story/keir-s...

Finances feeling tight? New figures on disposable income help explain why news.sky.com/story/a-disa...

NEW! In Liverpool for Labour Conference... Starmer is concentrating on Reform but Labour shouldn't mistake their threat on the right, even in Leave voting heartlands. Our new analysis w/ @martamiori.bsky.social explains: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Some lovely polling published by the Policy Inst at KCL today on partial quotations www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-insti...

Waiting for the bailiffs but nowhere to go: Sharp rise in disabled people facing homelessness news.sky.com/story/waitin...

As the number of people killed in Gaza exceeds 60,000, Sky News' Data and Forensics team identifies a pattern of attacks on families during the deadliest days since the war began. Click here for more ➡️ trib.al/yHqW3Ea

How England won the tournament against all odds - in numbers. England had just a 1% chance of winning the tournament when 2-0 down with 12 minutes to go against Sweden... news.sky.com/story/liones...

As @pressgazette.co.uk features this week, we're looking for another data journalist to join our award-winning and growing Data and Forensics team at Sky News. If you've got the skills and passion to investigate, innovate and add insight, apply here: sky.talent-community.com/projects/dat...

Sky News is hiring journalists to expand its data and forensics team as part of its plan to produce more premium journalism that people might pay for pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/s...

New Health Foundation research finds people who wait longer for NHS treatment attend A & E more often after actually receiving it. news.sky.com/story/impact...

How Tesla’s benefit from state subsidies is threatened by Musk’s row with President Trump. news.sky.com/story/elons-...

Government draws link between good weather and small boat crossings - but they are rising during bad conditions too news.sky.com/story/govern...

What DOGE promised under Musk and what was actually delivered. news.sky.com/story/how-el...

Labour say there's been a 'massive increase' in NHS appointments - this begs to differ news.sky.com/story/labour...

NHS waiting list increases for first time in seven months news.sky.com/story/nhs-wa...

Restrictive immigration approach by Labour government builds on Conservative rollbacks news.sky.com/story/restri...

Pope Leo XIV: How does the new pontiff compare to his predecessors? news.sky.com/story/pope-l...

Latest piece for @thehousemag.bsky.social: on fish and chips and motorway service stations, and what it tells you about politics... www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

The Pope's legacy, popularity and possible successors in charts and numbers news.sky.com/story/the-po...

Two hours of terror: Sky News investigation reveals how Israel's deadly attack on aid workers unfolded news.sky.com/story/two-ho...

Israeli troops shot at medics from as close as 12 metres, audio analysis suggests news.sky.com/story/israel...

🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country? Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades. What’s going on? 1/7 @thetimes.com Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...

Rising demand for social care, special educational support and temporary accommodation is eating up council budgets with more than two fifths saying they are at risk of effective bankruptcy within two years, warns National Audit Office news.sky.com/story/counci...

How changes to employer NICs, business rates etc are already affecting lower paid workers who the government said it was protecting. news.sky.com/story/low-pa...

Using flight tracking data, CCTV and recordings of air traffic control, Sky News' Data and Forensics Unit examines the events that led to the Washington plane crash. news.sky.com/story/tracki...

I'd love to see a proper analysis of how we're going to find the people to build the third runway at Heathrow, several new reservoirs, 1.5 million houses and various other new infrastructure without mass imigration.

A look at the new ONS projection that the UK population is set to grow by 5m by 2023. Net migration is the primary cause and the rate would be the highest in Europe for the first time. news.sky.com/story/uk-pop...

Revealed: the first official reconstruction plan since the ceasefire agreement from Gaza's Hamas-run municipal governments news.sky.com/story/reveal...

Child sex abuse and grooming gangs: What we know, and what we don't, from the data news.sky.com/story/child-...

Ok time to start making predictions. Great opener from my excellent colleague (and BGE 2024 co-author) Paula. I’m going to use BBC projected national shares as the yardstick for Reform performance. UKIP got 23% PNS when same areas were up in 2013, I think Reform will be this - so I’ll go 25%

Sir Keir Starmer's milestones: What are they, what's missing and how easy are they to achieve?https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmers-milestones-what-are-they-whats-missing-and-how-easy-are-they-to-achieve-13267412

Our 7am analysis for Sky News on #Election24... news.sky.com/story/us-ele...

Check out our analysis of #Election2024 for Sky News - maps and charts galore... news.sky.com/story/us-ele...

After a year of war, one in every five buildings in Gaza has been destroyed (21%). That's 10x worse than Mariupol, 7x worse than Aleppo. We spoke to Palestinians about the places that meant the world to them. news.sky.com/story/a-year...

My overview of the polling for the US presidential election for Sky News news.sky.com/story/can-we...

Delighted that our paper on who gets shortlisted and subsequently selected for winnable seats (with @robfordmancs.bsky.social @martamiori.bsky.social) is finally out journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... In short we found that selectorates still discriminate against women and ethnic minorities