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From policy announcements to political positioning, the Labour conference in Liverpool was followed closely by the IfG team.
Current debt rule should go But technical/accounting fiddles like this will just shift problem - perverse incentives/Treasury-think will inevitably return. Much better for govt to commission a proper external/independent review - get it right this time www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A many more people are disenfranchised by individual registration though. Round be much better to go for that/ automatic registration of attainers at schools is the lowest hanging fruit that would make the biggest difference
Received wisdom etc 👇 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2024/09/18/women-in-politics-are-less-risk-averse-than-men/
Women are often assumed to be more risk averse than men, but is this also true of politicians? Drawing on a study of candidates in Portuguese elections, Pedro C. Magalhães and Miguel M. Pereira fin…
PhD funding announcement Full scholarships for Social Science PhDs in Scotland from 2025/26 announced: www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentships...#Criminology#PhDChat
I hope they’re all ok!
We have jobs going @bennettinstitute.bsky.socialwww.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48356/www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48357/@productivity.bsky.social programme
I agree, otherwise no one sane will ever go with the necessary cuts. I’m not optimistic otherwise. The job market has for a while been sending a strong signal we over-supply and yet we’ve not cut in response
Shameless ethnonationalism/racism from Jenrick "A nation should put its own citizens first. But when half of all social housing in London is occupied by those born abroad, it's clear this isn't always happening." Vast majority *are* British citizens - but not "British" for Jenrick t.co/0ddk7nasHZ
my boring take on the Sue Gray row is government should highlight how many government workers get far higher pay than the PM: “the number of mandarins taking home salaries ranging from £150,000 to £200,000 now stands at 260, up 85 on last year, with a further 50 civil servants on £200,000 or more”