samalvis.bsky.social
South West native, currently AD of Climate, Energy @IPPR - Climate/Econ policy (views mine)
Green industrial strategy | Bazball | @BristolBears
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Agree with one, though it is definitely the publics major concern still. Price level more than price rises I think remains an issue. On wages those I think it's harder than that, we go quite a lot into them in the paper e.g.
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And @josephevans.bsky.social on the labour market implications bsky.app/profile/jose...
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Loads more on Industrial Strategy yesterday from @ippr.org colleagues - reflecting the huge amount of work they've put into supporting government.
@harryqp.bsky.social's topline and @praneshippr.bsky.social's assesment of the contents
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2️⃣Without showing voters something now, you won't be given the chance to deliver in the long-term. The Senate took Biden's chance away to do this. But in Spain and Australia things have gone better.
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1️⃣Ind. Strat. is the right long term platform to give more people a stake in the economy. But it is long-term. Even changing planning laws could mean factories take 10 years to build. There are ways to shortcut some of that - not least state capacity.
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Labour in opposition explicitly modelled its Industrial Strategy on Joe Biden's. Despite his election loss, they haven't gone backwards. But there are two things they're going to need to change - you can read them in full in our recent paper www.ippr.org/articles/its...
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I’m interested in what they think sweary is though. As a personal characteristic it’s gratuitous but as a rare emphasis to show you’re passionate about something? Wondering if you get more approval after than people would state up front. Maybe that’s just a proxy for caring about something…
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Yeh that’s totally fair I was more thinking if you’re picking a place to start that wouldn’t be mine
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It's fine because Lincolnshire County Council has a Flood and Water Management Scrutiny Committee...oh no wait, Reform Ltd. abolished it.
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Well yes and no, Bristol and SW Wales definitely also affected, but on the same time scales. Afraid it's not an either or. If you look at the link I include this is all 2030
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The UK electorate is a 00s Silicon Valley open plan office. No walls no barriers. Just a load of people meandering between vibes and undemarcated spaces.
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Such little policy!
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Yeh that's fair, it's a boost from when they abruptly cancelled it!
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This is a SERIOUS sized single investment.
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After an abrupt pause in March, sustainable farming gets a boost of £2.3b a year to the Farming and Countryside Program. Unclear whether it's directly for the SFI or through other schemes.
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- GB Energy/GB Nuclear getting closer, £8.2b now appears to cover both their budgets. Does that mean SMRs too?
- GB Energy will be a designated financial institution (means it can use the PSNFL investment powers through financial transactions)
- Financial transactions increase DESNZ capital by £9bn!
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Get really good at clicking on pictures of traffic lights and bicycles
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Our @ippr.org report builds on some excellent work by others not least @dtturner.bsky.social, and couldn't have happened without input from @americanprogress.bsky.social @fcoloninfl.bsky.social @thirdway.bsky.social @jsfreed.bsky.social @narayansub.bsky.social @azevin.bsky.social and many others
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3️⃣Effective economic change only works if we tell an effective story about change. Policymakers need to let go of message control and discipline in favour of a wider variety of authentic messages pushing in the right direction, on the right channels and from trusted spokespeople.
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2️⃣The UK needs to pair long-term reform with short-term economic policies that build trust/credibility - meeting voters where they are - something Spain and Australia have done effectively. Priority for this is energy bills. In public opinion rising wages loses to falling prices every time
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Some high-level findings (specifics in the report)
1️⃣Structural economic reform is the only way to rebuild trust. Industrial policy works - slowly. Key for 🇬🇧 - build state capacity to deliver fast and get ahead of labour shortages. Planning (permitting) reform helps but its no silver bullet
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We spoke to >40 people in the US, inc senior Biden officials and those developing policy for the Democrats. But we didn't stop there. Biden's wasn't the only progressive economic policy around - we also looked at how Germany, Australia and Spain managed economic change and what that means for the UK
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Congrats Becky that's ace