Billy Huband-Thompson
@billyhubt
Lead Researcher @Demos. Formerly @TheCfEY @TeachFirst. Mediocre saxophonist, terrible runner.
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This #WorldParkinsonsDay , I'm thinking about the long road to diagnosis, the challenges of coming to terms with the disease, and the hope offered by medical developments and support networks.
A couple of years ago, I wrote a short thread reflecting on our experiences👇
Delighted to have made my debut for LSE British Politics and Policy on the importance of intellectual traditions in policy making.
The less the parties have understood their own history, the more limited the intellectual room for manoeuvre has become.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…
As we near the election, there's real momentum around the need for prevention in public services.
Join us on April 24th to discuss how to convert this momentum into a prevention revolution.
🗣️Anita Charlesworth of The Health Foundation, Lord Bethell & Delyth Morgan
eventbrite.co.uk/e/demos-delive…
🚨Join us next Tuesday to discuss how to navigate generative AI in an election year: from what tech companies ought to be putting in place to how political parties should react.
🗣️Nighat Dad, Dr Jeffrey Howard of Digital Speech Lab & Ellen Judson
eventbrite.co.uk/e/synthetic-el…
A pleasure to host this morning's panel on how better data can drive social mobility, in partnership with Social Mobility Commission.
Great insights from the panel Resham Kotecha, Louis Hodge and Paul Gerrard (Co-op), chaired by Polly Curtis. Such a rich discussion - thanks for joining us!
How can employers & policymakers better use data to drive social mobility? Join Demos & Social Mobility Commission
to discuss this and more tomorrow morning.
🗣️Resham Kotecha, Louis Hodge & Co-op Public Affairs Director Paul Gerrard
Attend in-person or online⬇️
eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-bett…
New research from us Action for Children today looks at children in poverty despite their parents working full time.
Around 300,000 families - or 500,000 children - are in poverty despite all parents working full time. independent.co.uk/news/uk/rishi-…
It has been a great privilege of my life to have worked with Merope and paul laity on #marthasrule . It has taken leaders from across the NHS, the independence of Patient Safety Commissioner, and powerful journalism - but above all the bravery and determination of Martha's family
NEW: Schools serving disadvantaged children have faced the biggest funding cuts.
Our annual education spending report, funded by Nuffield Foundation and with a special focus on geographical differences in spending, launches today.
Read the report ⬇️ifs.org.uk/publications/a…