🌟 We're hiring!

Join the Centre for Progressive Policy as a Policy & Practice Officer.

If you're passionate about shaping impactful public policies and fostering inclusive growth, this is the role for you!

🗓️ Deadline: May 27th
🔗 More info: progressive-policy.net/about-us/caree… #Hiring

Delighted to contribute to this SMF essay collection on Labour's emerging economic agenda, curated by Aveek Bhattacharya and Neil Lee.

I share findings on infrastructure from recent work with Anna Stansbury and Ed Balls: it's a barrier to thriving economies well beyond London and the SE

Our research reveals the stark impact of #austerity on UK #fertility rates.

Deprived areas saw a 10% sharper decline compared to affluent ones since 2011.

How can #policy change this trend? Explore more in our latest blog ⬇️!

progressive-policy.net/publications/u…

IMF's latest estimates forecast UK’s debt to continue growing. This is a stark reality check for us. As Institute for Fiscal Studies puts it, 'if we want to spend similarly to other countries, we will need to tax similarly too'. This has been CPP's longstanding argument.

ifs.org.uk/articles/spend…

Save the date!

On the 8th May we are hosting a lunchtime webinar on how innovative childcare and early years provision can fuel inclusive growth for communities.

Sign up & find out more ➡️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-child…

EVENT | Making childcare work: learning from Liverpool City Region

Join us on Weds 8 May at 1.00pm to learn more about how innovative childcare can fuel inclusive growth.

🎙️Annabel Smith, Ben Franklin, Lucie Stephens & Liverpool City Region

🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-child…

While countries are increasingly pursuing industrial strategies, the sectoral approach remains predominant globally. But when same sectors perform differently in different places within a country, as in the UK, we need to take a place-based approach to industrial development.

Not getting to obsessed with fiscal rules -@thePowerTest new episode is out and looks at all things fiscal for labour.

'In the face of an incredibly challenging fiscal and geopolitical environment, Reeves’ Mais lecture marks a substantial departure from the status quo in UK economic policy.'

✍️ CPP's Ben Franklin looks at Rachel Reeves's vision of inclusive growth. ⬇️
progressive-policy.net/publications/a…

EVENT | Education and AI Webinar🤖

Join us next Weds 20 March at 12.00pm to find out more about:
🏫Adopting AI-tutoring tools at schools
👩‍🏫Building teacher trust in AI tools
🖥️Personalising & integration in career related gov services

➡️ Sign up free : eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-in-educat…

Very much enjoyed being interviewed by The Guardian's Archie Bland on the crisis in local government, with a spotlight on recent government comments on 'wasteful spending' on consultants and diversity initiatives, for today's First Edition 👉 theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Metrics that matter - part of our #smarterspending series. The latest blog from Tanya Singh explores the challenges of measuring performance in the #publicsector productivity numbers. Read here ➡️progressive-policy.net/publications/m…

In our 'Funding Fair Growth' report at Centre for Progressive Policy, we emphasized the need for the UK government to tax more, not less! Glad to see IMF echo the same sentiment.

progressive-policy.net/publications/f…

South Korean cities like Gwangju, Jeonju, Tongyeong, and Busan are proof that culture can fuel inclusive growth. A new amazing report by my colleagues on how the UK can leverage the power of culture for economic prosperity. 🇬🇧 #InclusiveGrowth