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The latest cover of @theeconomist features a tool that I built which takes a forensic look at Britain's electorate. (1/10)
economist.com/leaders/2024/0…
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Net migration has fallen dramatically over the past few years; but people are still irked by immigration. What's going on? My latest: economist.com/britain/2026/0…
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Which company should you work for if you want to get ahead?
To find out The Economist has created a new index with the Burning Glass Institute, a think-tank.
Explore how 151 of Britain's biggest and most well-known firms are rated, here:
economist.com/opportunity-in…
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James Fransham retweeted
🗳️📈🇩🇪 We have just launched @TheEconomist’s German election poll tracker.
This is where things currently stand ⬇️ economist.com/interactive/20…
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James Fransham retweeted
#economicsfest: How can the UK’s new government kickstart the economy? by @JamesFransham - JUST PUBLISHED on the Economics Observatory buff.ly/4eCjRPX @bristolideas #EconTwitter
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You think the two-child cap is the cause of poverty? Some new research -- from my elder brother and colleagues -- demonstrates that the overall benefit cap in concert with cost of housing is the biggest impediment to reducing poverty ↓↓↓
Our new research on the benefit cap, published today by @CASE_LSE and reported by @guardian, shows that thousands of families are being put at risk of destitution by a policy that drives family incomes down to very low levels theguardian.com/society/arti…
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One (surely!) straightforward policy win for Labour -- dig up some money and fix the fact that it now takes four months to book a driving test.
Easier to get growth going if young people can drive to work...
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About 28m Britons who could have voted at last week's general election chose not to.
(20m non-voters + 8m not on electoral register)
Why not?
Some combination of apathy and disillusionment.
wethink.report/news-hub/news…
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One-in-three people don't contact their GP when they're ill because they don't think they'll be able to acess them.
Perhaps most of this has few long-term consequences for health; but maybe we're storing up worse health down the line...
more charts here: kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/a…
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Though pollsters got the "narrative" of the election spot on; last week's GE was the biggest polling miss since 1992. My latest:
economist.com/britain/2024/0…
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How shallow was Labour’s victory? @JamesFransham and I dug into the results economist.com/britain/2024/0…
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A few MRPs dropped overnight; so this really is our final prediction... 🧵
A 204-seat majority
economist.com/interactive/uk…
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But there's likely to be a few surprises.
Follow our live results page from 10pm BST here:
economist.com/interactive/uk… (free to view!)
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