Data journalist @TheEconomist covering everything under the sun, but now with a British focus.
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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…
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…
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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🗳️📈🇩🇪 We have just launched @TheEconomist’s German election poll tracker.
This is where things currently stand ⬇️ economist.com/interactive/20…
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#economicsfest: How can the UK’s new government kickstart the economy? by @JamesFransham - JUST PUBLISHED on the Economics Observatory buff.ly/4eCjRPX @bristolideas #EconTwitter
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...
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…
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…
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…
#SeatWatch
Who is the "Earl Elvis of East Anglia" ?
economist.com/interactive/uk…
A few MRPs dropped overnight; so this really is our final prediction... 🧵
A 204-seat majority
economist.com/interactive/uk…
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!)
