I only recently found out that gum disease is linked to diabetes, heart problems and worse pregnancy outcomes.

Its also linked with poverty.

We cant get healthier without addressing inequality.

New long read from The King's Fund 👇kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Missed our event on AI and educational inequality or want to watch it back? 🤖👇

Not sure about the Thatcher throwbacks but let's clearly welcome Rachel Reeves focus on labour market insecurity and regional inequality at tonight's Mais lecture. Can Labour achieve this though without committing more spending? I'd say no...

Looking forward to speaking at this on Wednesday, come through 👉 progressive-policy.net/events/ai-in-e… 🤖

Important new report from The King's Fund
'The NHS has a role to play in addressing poverty, both as an employer and as a provider of public services [but] can only treat the symptoms of poverty; broader government, economic and civic society action is needed to treat the causes'

Proud of this project Ben Franklin and I did with Toby Lewis and David Buck

tldr: ICSs can tackle poverty by 1) Including poverty measures in shared outcomes frameworks 2) Embedding poverty into pop health strategies 3) systematically sharing poverty data between partners

New research from Joseph Rowntree Foundation and The Guardian updates my blog for #IWD2024 and calls for 'social licensing' of nurseries

'nurseries backed by investment companies ...reported double the profits of other private providers and seven times those of non-profits'
theguardian.com/money/2024/mar…

'With the right flow of information, the right feedback loops and the right incentives, [AI] technologies could have a large and beneficial impact on education'

New paper by Roger Taylor out today📰👀
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Happy #International_Womens_Day 💪

.Centre for Progressive Policy's Ross Mudie telling it like it is:

'The big things that have happened since 2010 are a ...massive decreases in central government grants – and an increase in the statutory services'

Not diversity training and consultant spending ...

As ever, best to read the Office for Budget Responsibility analysis to work out whether this #Budget2024 is realistic. Key thing is unprotected depts - will they be able to deliver more than 2% real terms annual cut? This would rise to 3.6% if defence and ODA rises in line with govt ambitions.

Struggling to justify todays farce of a fiscal event with a response

Agree with much of this from Olly Bartrum and co - the short sighted and surface level current system of fiscal rules is making a mockery of public finances.

We need longer term thinking, a bigger role for the OBR and more scrutiny of their models too

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/st…

Accessible, affordable childcare is key to inclusive growth🚀

Building on Centre for Progressive Policy research, we're teaming up with IGN member Liverpool City Region and Learning and Work Institute for an exciting project to support childcare recruitment and retention in the region 🙌
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Businesses might be anxious about worker rights but its not like the current model works particularly well...

weak growth and declining living standards (esp. compared to other countries) suggest its worth trying out an alt. to low wage-low security work
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1. How do we close Britain's regional divides? After a year of writing with Ed Balls, Nyasha Weinberg, Esme Elsden and Anna Stansbury, today we publish our thoughts on what needs to be done. A🧵...
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.Child Poverty Action Group say child poverty is rising despite increasing numbers of working parents & UK is middling internationally.

This is not a sign of a functional economy!

benefit reform, early years support, good work, health prevention, childcare are ALL needed

#inclusivegrowth

Good new report out from Resolution Foundation laying bare the fiscal fiction of tax giveaways in the Spring Budget based on further cuts to unprotected depts. Would mean spending at 70% of 2009-2010 levels on per capita basis. Key chart below...

Interesting that The Labour Party are looking at using citizens assemblies to develop ideas around further devolution

In the citizens jury Centre for Progressive Policy ran last summer we found that there’s broad support across the public for fiscal devolution in particular