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How can R&D investment support the most vulnerable at home and abroad?

📹 Watch today’s discussion with @andrewmitchmp live from the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester 👇

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This Thursday, join Onward, Gates Foundation and Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP to debate how R&D investment can support the most vulnerable at home and abroad.

⏰16.00-20.00
📅Thursday 11th April
📍 Science and Industry Museum, Manchester
🎟️Register: ukonward.com/events/rd-for-…

'Culturenomics' will define our next political era - must read from James Kanagasooriam thetimes.co.uk/article/cultur…

🍰This week on the Onward cake trolley: vegan(!) brownies from Cake or Death.

Despite some initial suspicion, these dairy-free treats won over naysayers.

Team Onward rating: 8.67

Great Adam Hawksbee column on the crucial question England’s mayors always have to answer cityam.com/how-am-i-doing…

We don't talk enough about the role of demographics in driving tax and spending.

My new post looks at how demographics helped Mrs Thatcher, but have left politicians since 2010 trying to run up the down escalator financially: A quick🧵:

Fantastic The Media Society / Prospect event THIS THURSDAY: join Eleni Courea, Rob Ford, Katy Searle and Sam Woodhouse to discuss how we cover general elections – from debates, to interviews, to election night.

Tickets (students/unwaged free): eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-media-so…

⚖️ The final Rwanda showdown is fast approaching and it's going to end up where it always was: a fight with the ECHR.

Rishi Sunak needs to be prepared for a bloody battle and to put tackling illegal migration first.

Latest i newspaper column inews.co.uk/opinion/leavin…

🍰 This week on Onward cake trolley: Red Velvet from Marks and Spencer.

The return of a red-tinged office favourite, albeit with a little more disappointment. Although the substance was tasteful, the topping was deemed too sweet and sickly.

Team Onward rating: 7.4/10.

📢 On #PoliticsHub with Trevor Phillips…

🔴 Director of Onward Sebastian Payne
🔴 Former Labour Party political adviser John McTernan
🔴 Former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon

⏰ 7pm
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📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

I wonder if we’re going to look back on this era of children’s unfettered smartphone/online/social media use and wonder what we’ve done to a whole generation. Haidt very compelling here and more convincing than his critics 👇

Incredibly special to see Donald Campbell’s Bluebird at the Ruskin Museum. Met Bill Smith of the The Bluebird Project project years ago and it’s amazing to see the fruits of his two decades of work to restore this amazing machine. Hope it runs again on Coniston Water soon.

👮‍♂️ Are we facing a moment of 'British carnage'?

No, but London is facing a serious crime and knife problem, as witnessed in the awful Beckenham train attack. We need to talk about why Sadiq Khan hasn't done more to tackle it.

Latest i newspaper column trib.al/qiv7n2i

UK emissions still falling at a reasonable pace. Replicating 2023’s annual drop for the rest of the decade would be enough to meet our 2030 target of a 68% reduction vs 1990. But the lack of progress in some sectors puts this and future targets at risk…
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👮‍♂️ Are we facing a moment of 'British carnage'?

No, but London is facing a serious crime and knife problem, as witnessed in the awful Beckenham train attack. We need to talk about why Sadiq Khan hasn't done more to tackle it.

Latest i newspaper column trib.al/qiv7n2i

🍰 This week on the Onward cake trolley: chocolate ganache from Cafe Concerto.

High hopes of a stronger-than-expected showing were dashed this morning. An overly sickly topping was coupled with a soggy interior, despite the overall high quality.

Team Onward rating: 6.9/10.

Later I’ll be on Times Radio with Sebastian Payne - tune in for Think Tank Thursday at 11.50!