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gavin-kelly.bsky.social
Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation Previous lives: Chief Executive & Exec. Chair, Resolution Foundation Founding Chair, Living Wage Commission Deputy Chief of Staff, 10 Downing Street Council of Economic Advisors, HMT
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Just awful. I was in No 10 when HPV was introduced - there was such excitement about the possibility of eradicating cervical cancer over a generation.
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Via this well-reported piece by @shaunlintern.bsky.social & @joeydurso.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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The post-Covid rise of anti-vax views: 1 in 3 people think there are undisclosed harmful effects.
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Thanks D - looking forward to the new book.
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Research by Silvia Avram @iseressex.bsky.social www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...
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But you also need government willing to try out new policy at necessary scale & duration to allow medium-term benefits (& costs) to materialise. And then be willing to act decisively on the evidence. Let's see what happens on Sure Start.
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Link to the report. ifs.org.uk/publications...
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To date I've been pessimistic about the level of ambition that we will see (mostly because of 'who pays', but also thin end of the wedge arguments re sectoral collective bargaining). Let's see if that changes now.
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Link: cepr.org/voxeu/column...