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Former Executive Director @IPPR . Enjoy knotty problems. London-based; heart in a corner of SW England. Views my own

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Carys Roberts

2 months

Some personal news, as they say! It’ll be tough leaving @IPPR as I’ve loved leading a fantastic team with huge impact. But I’m honoured & excited to be asked to help shape and deliver such a critical policy agenda at the heart of the new government. Can’t wait to get stuck in!

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Congratulations to @carysroberts & @rachelstatham_ who have both been recruited into the Downing Street Policy Unit! We're sad to see them go, but delighted to announce that @harry_qp has been appointed interim executive director. @Voa1234 |

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Carys Roberts

4 years

Household analogies like 'maxing out the credit card' are intuitive but misrepresent the economic reality, badly, to the public. Today we've published a letter from 24 economists, calling on the BBC to avoid using these analogies in its reporting:

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This Is Just To Say I have not answered the emails that were in my inbox and which you were probably hoping I'd answer Forgive me they were numerous so long and some so old

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5 years

✨📢Personal news!📢 ✨ I'm hugely excited to be appointed as the next IPPR Director. There's never been a more important time for bold & compelling ideas and I don't think there's a better team than @IPPR @IPPRNorth @IPPRScotland to develop them. Can't wait to get stuck in!

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🚨 BIG NEWS - The new IPPR Director is Carys Roberts Our highly talented chief economist will now lead our progressive policy making in the 2020s We can't wait for @carysroberts to get started! 🥳🎉🙌

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I thought the media had come a long way in recognising austerity as a political choice & not an economic necessity But it's been extraordinary to see the speed at which the public conversation (with honourable exceptions) has pivoted to spending cuts as difficult but unavoidable

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4 years

Just two of the country’s top ten richest people feature in the top ten tax payers. My letter to the editor is in @thesundaytimes today on the need for tax reform as the UK rebuilds post-pandemic👇

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Oh, we've irritated @GuidoFawkes . Yep, we think that large (eg larger than ordinary gifts) transfers of wealth should be taxed after the first £125k. So I guess if you regularly get £125k christmas presents, yeh this might affect you.

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IPPR Proposes Taxing Christmas & Birthday Presents

£186 billion hand out to 25 year-olds and taxes on lifetime gifts.

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3 years

Masks are annoying, but I'd rather wear one than have long Covid, or give other people long Covid Something very 'I'm alright, Jack' about middle-aged ministers taking away minor inconveniences for the double jabbed before everyone/the young have been able to get their two jabs

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5 years

Leaving aside how this figure was arrived at I’m seriously losing patience (& it’s not just the Conservatives) with ‘X would cost EVERY HOUSEHOLD £Y’. That might be true if our entire tax system were a poll tax. Thankfully it’s not. Statements like this are misleading at best.

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🚨 Labour’s £1,200,000,000,000 spending plans have been exposed 💸 Jeremy Corbyn would cost every UK household £43,000

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✨📢NEWS!📢 ✨ I'm very excited to say that I'll be leading the Centre for Economic Justice @IPPR as Associate Director & Chief Economist, working with the fantastic economy team ( @graceblakeley @rachelstatham_ @emsie40 @lesleyfrankin + some brilliant new joiners TBA)

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5 years

It is fundamentally unfair that income from wealth is taxed less than income from work. Our tax system works for the wealthy at the expense of ordinary people.👨‍⚕️👮‍♀️👨‍🏫 We've released new figures showing ending this unfairness could raise £90bn over 5 yrs:

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4 years

Facebook abruptly pulling the plug on its European services = great opportunity for natural experiment to see its impact on society, wellbeing and democracy? 🤔

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Marietje Schaake

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4 years

Imagine that the only way you can do business is by not being regulated. I hope shareholders are taking note.... Facebook Says it Will Stop Operating in Europe If Regulators Don’t Back Down ↘️

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5 years

We didn't get a 38 hour work week/28 days leave by chance but through bargaining, campaigning & policy ✊ Let's use automation to reduce working time- to relieve the double shift that many women face & make time for people of all genders to care for others

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4 years

In media news today: a man worth £100m to £500m is the new chairman of the BBC and a man worth £630m is bankrolling a US-style talkshow channel all to better serve people currently unheard. Right.

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2 years

Hunt equating fiscal responsibility with lower spending - all feeling very 2010 They are NOT the same thing Cutting spending on investment, public services & income support undermined the foundations of our economy We need good spending choices + higher taxes on the wealthy

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4 years

What we choose to talk about and how we describe it matters, for good public debate and to hold politicians to account. That's true for the media themselves and also for those who publish research and comment in the media. It's a debate that urgently needs improving.

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4 years

The real story last week wasn't national debt. Borrowing costs actually went down £20bn & a large part of the debt is to the Bank. We should have been talking about the missing fiscal stimulus given scale of crisis & unemployment reaching 2.6m next yr

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The Chancellor's Challenge: delivering a stimulus for post-pandemic recovery | IPPR

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3 years

This is extraordinary. Not sure it even holds up on a cost-benefit basis (anyone done the figures on this?) Most of all, we really do need to talk about the Treasury and its power across government

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Alex Wickham

3 years

NEW: The govt suppressed access to sick pay for people isolating at the height of the pandemic, emails between senior civil servants reveal Treasury instructed officials to conceal from the public how the furlough scheme could help those isolating

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6 years

When income from wealth grows faster than the economy, the wealthy pull away. To stop growing inequality we should: 👉collectively own a Citizens’ Wealth Fund 👉reform the land market 👉support employee ownership 👉tax income from wealth & work equally

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2 years

Spending cuts will likely be deeply damaging to family incomes, public services & the UK economy. It’s critical that claims they're necessary (even if regrettable) are tested. There are 3 main arguments against spending cuts being essential:

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Autumn Statement: Jeremy Hunt plans billions in spending cuts

Jeremy Hunt will reveal on Thursday how he will plug an estimated £55bn gap between revenue and spending.

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3 years

How it started vs how it’s going (My mum & dad lived on this estate in the 80s & periodically check out the prices with wide eyed astonishment)

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4 years

While I do really want to go to the pub, reading about the expected lockdown easing mostly has me asking: when will I be able to share a meal with my family in my dad's kitchen? I imagine many feel the same, yet we only seem to talk about enabling the exchange of money.

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5 years

The Conservatives have said they will raise the employee NICs threshold to £12,500 over time & claim this will put £500 in everybody's pocket. This simply isn't true. The policy would give the highest income households more than £10 a week on average & the lowest income just £1.

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5 years

Rail fares in the UK going up 2.7% (more than £100 for many commuters). Meanwhile in Germany, long-distance prices falling by 10% to encourage train travel and cut carbon emissions. 🤷‍♀️ #RailwayFare

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Carys Roberts

5 years

Income from wealth should be taxed like income from work. This isn't just about fairness (why should someone who works for their income pay more than someone who doesn't?). It would make it harder to avoid tax by shifting income & bolster the tax system:

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Just tax: Reforming the taxation of income from wealth and work | IPPR

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5 years

Some important tax proposals in Labour's manifesto would align CGT and income tax rates and increase tax on dividends. These would raise revenue, reduce avoidance, and increase equity and efficiency. Would also affect some outside top 5%. Me in @thetimes

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4 years

Like a bingo card of bad economics - from 'there is no money left' to maxed out credit cards. Meanwhile a missed opportunity to discuss whether the policies announced will build a fair, strong and green economy.

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Laura Kuenssberg talking absolute twaddle on #PoliticsLive . Repeating the "no money left" nonsense from 2020. Talking about "maxed-out national credit cards". @BBCPolitics this is an utter disgrace and totally irresponsible. Please educate your reporters in basic economics.

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4 years

New @IPPR paper out today on the children of the pandemic argues that to avoid deepening inequalities and poverty, we need: 🌈Paid parental leave 🌈Boost to child-related benefits 🌈Priority green space access for kids with no garden 🌈Broadband & devices for those without them

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Millions of children should not be unfairly disadvantaged by the measures to combat #covid19UK Our new report calls for an emergency support package to save the ‘children of the pandemic’ from becoming its unseen victims 🚸🦠THREAD 1/6

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3 years

A whole day of discussion on how wealth and the income is generated is taxed more lightly than income from work 😀 Some reading if this has caught your interest:

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4 years

This is outrageous and shows the danger when people who should be accountable can hide behind mystified technology. This was not a mutant algorithm or even an algorithm with a mistake in it: the problem was its design, and that was done by humans with human biases

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Boris Johnson tells students their grades were 'almost derailed by a mutant algorithm' 'You couldn't see your teachers, you couldn't see your friends, you couldn't sit your exams, your grades were almost derailed by a mutant algorithm 'I know how stressful that must have been'

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4 years

While the letter is to the BBC, which has a mission to inform & educate, use of these analogies is widespread across the media. Q for economists: how can we describe the reality accurately and accessibly? We're missing narratives - see Times coverage:

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BBC ‘misled viewers’ on scale of national debt

Twenty-four leading economists have complained to the director-general of the BBC that it misled viewers about the scale of government borrowing.The group, mai

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5 years

So I’d argue policing women’s speaking in public is quite boring 😏

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@carysroberts Fascinating talk on today's Woman's Hour, Carys, but with EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE starting with So, missed most of it in throwing radio across the room

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3 years

In which the Telegraph clocks that people with time and secure incomes are more likely to start businesses, and this can be good for the economy Next up: maybe we should rethink our highly conditional and meagre social security system? 🤷‍♀️

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💷 "I turned £1k of furlough money into a £55k company." The number of firms set up by teenagers rose by almost 20% during the pandemic, with the constraints of lockdown spurring their creativity and inspiring business success. We meet two (a #thread 👇)

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5 years

The thing about the Tim Leunig row is that he says things you’d expect an economist to say. They will often be correct (in a narrow sense), but have no consideration of place or politics. Someone give the Mail an undergraduate econ textbook and they’ll have headlines for days

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4 years

A lot of power handed to employers tonight. Docs tomorrow must include urgent clarification on what happens if someone can’t return to work because of childcare, to avoid a big setback to gender equality in the workplace.

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2 years

We've heard a lot about wage price spirals & wage restraint recently, & less about profit But we need to look at both profits & wages to understand who's winning and who's paying We've dug into the figures with @Cmmonwealth :

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🚨NEW: As inflation has soared, wage earners have been losing out while many firms’ profit margins have increased Our new paper with @Cmmonwealth argues that profit restraint measures must be part of the policy toolkit to tackle inflation. Thread 1/5

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5 years

We didn’t get a 38 hr week and 28 days statutory leave by chance: it took campaigning, bargaining and policy. As @johnmcdonnellMP announces plans to reduce working hours through ⬆️ leave entitlements, check out our video on the argument in favour:

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6 years

Today I found out the wealthy buy woodland to avoid inheritance tax (exempt) income tax & CGT (on timber) plus stamp duty (if you bundle up random woodland with resi property it counts as mixed use) And there we were thinking the rich just liked trees & land management 🙄🌳🌳🌳

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5 years

Economic growth is going to those with the most wealth. Time to: 👉Shift power to workers 👉Tax all income the same 👉Minimum wage = living wage 👉Citizen’s wealth fund to collectively own shares 👉Corp gov for long-term success 👉Boost employee ownership

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Dividend income for holders of UK shares jumps to record £19.7bn

Huge first-quarter rise driven by special payment from miner BHP

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4 years

A difficult but important thread to read. Chronic neglect of the social care sector must, surely, finally, be politically unfeasible on the other side of this

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What's going on in social care? (thread) I spent the day in Hove, talking to social care providers and relatives of those in care. Everyone knew that this was a sector in crisis before. It's still in crisis but now with a lot of fear thrown in. #COVID19

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5 years

The right-wing media today is grinding into gear to attack a recent report by @GeorgeMonbiot & others recommending a lifetime gift tax to replace inheritance tax. The @IPPR Commission on Economic Justice called for this:

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4 years

A comment like this shouldn't be retweet worthy but in our political culture needs repeating again and again and again

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Jonathan Portes

4 years

IMF Chief Economist @GitaGopinath - "Fiscal stimulus *is* fiscal responsibility"

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8 months

There is an alternative…

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6 months

📢 Some big and exciting changes in the IPPR team coming up! It’s a critical time for progressive policy and thinking, with IPPR at the heart of that. Our new joiners bring huge expertise and experience to the team and I’m thrilled to work with them 🧵

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4 years

This is why the 'trade-off' between health and economy is false. Public and economic health go hand-in-hand.

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3 years

Utterly depressed by the stories many are sharing today of being a woman in public. We all seem to have them. One of mine is that on my way to work on a tightly packed tube about 5 years ago, I realised a man had his hand between my legs. One more reason I cycle to work.🚴

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Ash Sarkar

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I can't remember the first time I was targeted on the street - mostly cos it started so young, and I can't think of a time when it wasn't a part of just being in public as a woman. It happened when I was in school uniform, it still happens in broad daylight as well as at night.

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@GuidoFawkes @HCDayantis 1) Our tax system is based on money being taxed multiple times as it passes through the economy (eg VAT/income tax) 2) Family is important but you are not one & the same as your kids. Our proposal is a single tax on the recipient

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5 years

Sixty per cent want to see the government run the economy differently, and just 2% think it should leave the economy as it is. All parties should take note 🧐 @guardian coverage of our polling:

Are voters ready for Britain’s economy to be rewired?

Labour’s plan for free broadband is one of many high-spending promises made by both sides: and they seem to be popular

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4 years

Whether tax rises are self-defeating depends on what you tax, when you do it & what you spend it on. Once the recovery begins we could try taxing unproductive economic activity to raise low-incomes & rebuild public services ravaged by 10 years of austerity, that underpin economy

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Sajid Javid warns Boris Johnson not to go for ‘self-defeating’ tax rises to balance books in wake of coronavirus economic crisis

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The richest 100 people in the UK have the same wealth as bottom 19 million- we must redistribute wealth @Tim_Roache @GMB_union @IPPR #EconomicJustice . Read our report on why:

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Wealth in the twenty-first century: Inequalities and drivers | IPPR

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4 years

New NAO report shows top 5 UK banks have made £1bn on Bounce Back Loans, 100% backed by the state. Risks socialised; profits privatised, again. We called for lower caps on interest rates in May: @oeufling @L__Macfarlane @shreyagnanda

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Who wins and who pays? Rentier power and the Covid crisis | IPPR

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6 years

Real earnings have fallen, CEO pay is rising 6X faster than wages & the transport sec is trying to sort rip off rail fares by picking an inflation measure that's on its way out, rather than addressing housing costs or maintaining staff's real wages. Another day in the UK economy.

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6 years

@GuidoFawkes @HCDayantis But talking about the rare instances where extremely valuable jewellery has v high sentimental value is a distraction: at the core of our proposal is the recognition that the UK's economy and tax system favours those with assets, and who has them is often an accident of birth

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3 years

I have enormous respect for @oeufling 's decision to step back from the @IPPRNorth Director role. It takes real courage to prioritise health & respect our limits. Of course, I'm very sad she won't be leading the team, but can't wait to work with her as an Associate Fellow.

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Christine Berry

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Some of you may have noticed I’ve been AWOL recently. Since July I’ve been struggling with burnout, anxiety and depression and have had to take the incredibly difficult decision to step back from becoming the next Director of IPPR North. 1/7

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6 years

Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world. Looking at how he got there tells a story of the economy in 2018. My blog for @openDemocracy

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2 years

Had fun dissecting the UK's economic model & discussing how to achieve a stronger, fairer, greener economy with @Ed_Miliband @GeoffLloyd & @TorstenBell (Though give 2 think tankers free rein on all economic policy & they'll talk for a while, so I'll see what made the cut!)

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How bad is the British economic situation?👀 🚨Spoiler alert🚨it’s pretty awful. @Ed_Miliband & @GeoffLloyd talk to @carysroberts @IPPR & @TorstenBell @resfoundation about how we got here and some of the solutions for a better future. 🎧

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6 years

Today I've published an @IPPR paper with @graceblakeley and @LukeSMurphy calling time on the UK's system of wealth taxation, that does too little to reduce wealth inequality, fails to capture economic rents and distorts investment

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Very honoured to be on this year’s 100 Women In Westminster list from @TheHouseMag , alongside so many brilliant women! #WiW100

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The UK economy is failing, with political consequences. We need bold ideas on the scale of previous shifts in the economic common sense. That’s why I’ve joined nearly 100 economists incl @rodrikdani @MazzucatoM @stephanygj @PikettyLeMonde to sign this:

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4 years

This headline was three and a half weeks ago. Outrageous that the government is pinning this on individuals.

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FINAL CALL!!! 📢📢📢 When I first applied for a job at IPPR, it took a friend to make me write the application, as I thought I didn't have a chance and maybe it wasn't for me anyway. My advice: if you're feeling unsure - get an application in, you have nothing to lose.

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IPPR

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📢 We're Hiring!! 📢 IPPR is looking for a creative economist to lead our Centre for Economic Justice - working to craft and champion policy for a prosperous, just and sustainable economy ⚖️🌿📈 Find out more and APPLY HERE 👇

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5 years

I've written for @guardianopinion on the @CBItweets 'research' into Labour's nationalisation plans, the flaws in its analysis, how those flaws extend to our national accounting rules, and claims to trustworthiness in public debate:

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Labour’s nationalisation plans should be debated – but not with misleading figures | Carys Roberts

The CBI’s flawed analysis ignored all the benefits of the party’s flagship policy, says Carys Roberts, chief economist at the Institute for Public Policy Research

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I’ve written for @guardianopinion about *that* £1.2tn figure, as well as how judging economic credibility purely on costings is austerity logic and distracts from big economic policy questions:

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In 2020 @IPPR sent a letter to the BBC, from 24 economists, asking them to reconsider their coverage of fiscal events, especially inappropriate use of household analogies. This excellent piece by @Anoosh_C describes the subsequent review of reporting on tax & public spending:

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New! BBC journalists face changes to their economy coverage within 2 months - as economists fear a return of the austerity narrative. My report:

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6 years

@GuidoFawkes @HCDayantis Yes, it is. That's not to deny the additional personal value of gifts, but a gift that has value & which can be sold is literally a wealth transfer. The vast majority of gifts of that kind would not count towards the taxable total as they'd be small & would only be taxed >£125k

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Did the Chancellor, seriously, actually, cut tax on domestic flights in the week before COP?! That is outrageous, and a real dereliction of responsibility and leadership #Budget

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2 years

The costs of inflation should be shared fairly. So why all the talk of wage restraint, and no mention of profit, up 34% in large non-financial firms since before the pandemic? My piece on @IPPR @Cmmonwealth research on profits by @carsjung @chrismwhayes :

Firms are driving up inflation - why doesn't Johnson talk to them about restraint? | Carys Roberts

The government expects workers to shoulder the burden – while price spikes mean huge windfalls for some companies, says Carys Roberts of the IPPR

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✨Today we launch the final report of the @IPPR Environmental Justice Commission✨ It's a blueprint to address the climate and nature crises fairly, 2 yrs in the making & involving 84 citizens' jurors across the UK: #IPPRNetZero

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Whole state punishment when what’s needed is whole state support to help people far from the labour market and in ill health.

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Carys Roberts

5 years

I've seen some people on twitter asking for good news... here you go!

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Hugh Reilly

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5 years

Some good news in global health! The last patient at #Ebola treatment centre in Beni, DRC, went home. @UNICEFDRC

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3 years

Important moment as G7 agree to back a global minimum tax. The rate should be higher - but it’s first step to end the race to the bottom that empowers & enriches multinationals over governments. Our paper earlier this week called on Sunak to back a deal:

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Ending the race to the bottom: Why the UK should seize the opportunity to support a global minimum...

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Hi twitter, I've got some news: from October I'll be starting @shared_assets as Head of Research, making the case for land to be used for the common good & researching how we make that happen (alongside IPPR work). Very excited to join the land movement!

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@GuidoFawkes @HCDayantis Ha! How many kids have you got? At £6k each you must have expensive Christmases 😏🎄

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Signatories include @sjwrenlewis @jdportes @DanielaGabor @rodrikdani @moorehl @RSkidelsky @johnvanreenen @AlasdairMSmith @susanamynewman @UofGVC @stephanygj @GADymski @mcmahonecon

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2 years

Anyone else secretly hoping twitter does cease to exist and nothing replaces it, so that we can all get our attention spans back?

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5 years

Why does wealth inequality matter? 💥wealth inequality is very high 💥wealth generates income and confers security, opportunity and power 💥 wealth inequality is destabilising if the wealthy invest speculatively #wealthmonth

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2 years

The Chancellor is keen to emphasise how few problems he can fix But tomorrow in his Spring statement he has a chance to avert a real crisis for many families, currently on track to plunge many into poverty and debt Failing to act is woefully unambitious for those families. 🧵

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3 years

Hugely excited to announce that Christine Berry ( @oeufling ) will join us in autumn as Director of IPPR North & member of IPPR’s senior management team A real thought leader in progressive policy & politics with heaps of experience in research & advocacy. Follow her if you don’t!

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IPPR North

3 years

Christine Berry has been appointed Director of IPPR North 🎉 As the North’s leading think-tank, our independent research has influenced the policy agenda for almost 2 decades. We're excited to continue making a difference for regions like the North with Christine's leadership 💪

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4 years

If we're back to daily press briefings, can we have daily vaccination figures? Hold the gov's feet to the fire and give everyone motivation to get through lockdown. At this stage, I'm also pro a running vaccination ticker in lit-up drones above parliament #lockdown

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Local government dropped from the department title... The government’s levelling up agenda so far has been a centralising one. But to succeed, it’ll need to handover power to local government and communities

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3 years

Confirmed: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will become the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities As we reported was under discussion on Thursday

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Government by leak to the papers has the upside that we can all feel as involved in the decision as the cabinet 🙃

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2 years

Income from wealth should be taxed like income from work. @IPPR has called for: 👉 CGT & dividend income tax rates = main income tax rate 👉 alignment of income tax & NICs 👉 proportional property tax 👉 LVT on business property 👉 gifts (above life threshold) taxed as income

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2 years

A short thread on the history of direct taxes over the last century. The 1906 Liberal government introduced the principle that "unearned income" should be taxed at a higher rate than "earned income". This was bad news for rentiers and capitalists. Better news for workers 1/

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3 years

With so many Ukrainians left with no safe option but to flee their homes, warm words must translate into sanctuary. The UK must provide safe routes to our country & rethink the Borders Bill that criminalises refugees simply seeking safety. I've signed this on behalf of @IPPR :

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Refugee Council 🧡

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3 years

More than 50 charities, NGOs & aid agencies have today backed a letter, in @thetimes , urging the Government to show leadership in supporting the people of #Ukraine following the invasion by Russia. We must welcome Ukrainians seeking safety with open arms.

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4 years

Welfare payments are inadequate in COVID times. They’re also inadequate in non-COVID times. Sunak’s in denial again - both on length of the pandemic, and what it’s revealed to people about the role of the state in protecting us all from hardship when things don’t go to plan

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Steven Swinford

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4 years

Sunak and other ministers are concerned that if they legislate you extend the £20 uplift there is a risk it will become permanent The £500 lump sum is seen as a way of ensuring that it is temporary and helping those must in need as the recession deepens

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3 years

Really enjoyed spending the day in Middlesbrough, Stockton and Redcar, speaking with @bbcnews @itvtynetees @channel4news about levelling up. A few thoughts on the white paper (what else!) 🧵

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4 years

Powerful, passionate and authentic words from @AndyBurnhamGM . The past few days constitute an extraordinary moment not just for GM but for the future of England's mayors, local leaders and english devolution. Adds to the list of 'never going back' moments Covid has given rise to

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BBC News (UK)

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“Even now I am still willing to do a deal” Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said it was the government who “walked away from negotiations” "At no point today were we offered enough to protect the poorest people [through winter]," he adds

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Some thoughts from the past few weeks on how to be a man and a feminist ally 💪 (based on experiencing and observing some people who mean well getting it wrong - hopefully this is far enough away that you won't be too offended by my subtweet thread)

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3 years

Looking forward to this! 👇

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Owen Jones

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3 years

Just how bad is Britain's economic situation - and how grim is the winter going to be? We're joined tomorrow - SUNDAY - at 12pm by a ridiculously prestigious panel: @L__Macfarlane @carysroberts @adam_tooze SET A REMINDER 👇👇👇👇

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New report from @carsjung and me showing that cuts would be unnecessary and harmful. Instead, a sensible fiscal plan would: 👉invest to grow the economy 👉support households, businesses & public services 👉tax the winners of the pandemic and energy price shock years

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Carsten Jung

2 years

NEW: It would be wrong for @RishiSunak to make spending cuts. In a cost of living crisis, the government should continue to support households & businesses and bolster public services. Our new report shows that we can do more, while balancing risks to the economy. (1/10)

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5 years

Lots of discussion today on our proposals & what's fair. I think it's unfair when someone on the min wage pays more tax than their boss. And when people working 2 jobs to put food on the table pay more tax than someone who got lucky on the stock market.

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5 years

Great to see @UKLabour have committed to tax income from wealth like income from work. This was a key proposal in the @IPPR Commission on Economic Justice to tackle inequality between those with assets and those without. Our report on capital gains tax:

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Just tax: Reforming the taxation of income from wealth and work | IPPR

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Carys Roberts

4 years

Economically illiterate from the IEA.

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Laurie Macfarlane

4 years

“When the wealth-creating part of the economy shrinks, the wealth-consuming part has to tighten its belt.” It’s very telling - and shocking - that the IEA views nurses and the NHS as “wealth consuming”. Even more so during a pandemic.

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4 years

Why not enforce distancing rather than close park entirely? This is really tough on families without outdoor space. If they’re going to shut parks, councils should ensure priority access for children without gardens, as we @IPPR argued this week.

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4 years

Despite clear advice, over 3000 people spent today in Brockwell Park, many of them sunbathing or in large groups. This is unacceptable. Unfortunately, the actions of a minority now means that, following police advice, Brockwell Park will be closed tomorrow. #StayHome

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6 years

I don’t have the anecdotal evidence but academic studies show that actually the single most common feature of successful entrepreneurs is having capital given to you by parents (large or small, but big enough for security so you can take risks) #richlist

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4 years

. @carsjung and I have a new paper out today on the need for an ambitious fiscal stimulus to rebuild a fair, strong and green economy. Top lines here 👇

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Carsten Jung

4 years

NEW: The stakes in this week’s spending review couldn’t be higher. If @RishiSunak does too little, we are faced with an economy permanently damaged by the pandemic. Instead, he should deliver a substantive fiscal boost for 2021/22. Here is how it could work. 👇 (1/5)

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It's absolutely devastating that Muslims and People of Colour are fearing leaving the house today because of the very real threat of far right violence. We can be better than this as a country, and we must be.

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4 years

Refreshing to hear Patrick Vallance talk about need for vaccinations globally in response to a global pandemic, including low and middle income countries. Our public health depends on the health of others.

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4 years

NEW paper from @ericlonners & @MkBlyth for @IPPR on gov support for corporates: 👉Take an equity stake, with guarantee of jobs 👉Place the shares in a wealth fund to improve corp governance, sustainability & wealth distribution in med & long term

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Beyond bailouts | IPPR

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Carys Roberts

3 years

I'm late to this but @MESandbu 's piece on Bailey's reasons for calling for wage constraint is excellent. 'It is so ingrained to ask how wage demands affect inflation that it is easy to miss the equivalent question about margin and profit protection'

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Carys Roberts

3 years

Potentially a very significant moment for proponents of electoral reform 👀👇 (If that’s you, look out for upcoming @IPPR research on how to improve our democracy)

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Sharon Graham

3 years

Today, @unitetheunion Policy Conference voted to support Proportional Representation for the first time in our history. Our political class has failed working people and our system is broken. It is time to change our democracy. #UPC2021 #JobsPayConditions

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Thrilled that @LukeMLabour will be the next MP for Basingstoke - couldn't ask for a more kind, expert and dedicated politician. Though, we'll miss him very much @IPPR !

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