CEO @nesta_uk, Chair @b_i_tweets, Governor @healthfdn. Ex International Rescue Committee & co-founder @RESCUE_Airbel
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NEW REPORT on GB Energy, and the role of the state by @nesta_uk and @Baringa. This work underpins some of what is being announced today. 🧵 nesta.org.uk/report/the-role…
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It appears that the @nesta_uk report on this is what is driving the rethink.
Nesta argues that abolishing gas standing charge (and increasing unit cost) will reduce bills for the majority, though will increase on wealthiest households, and that it supports electrification by improving incentives - what is known as the “spark gap” pushing it down to 3.18 (it’s 2ish or below in France/ Scandinavia). Threshold for benefit would be below 12000 kWh a year. No exchequer cost.
Typical household saving £22 a year, after netting out increase in unit costs, it says.
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Always super interesting to chat with @RGurumurthy about policy in Britain
How can Andy Burnham bring the UK’s essential services under public control?
Nesta’s @RGurumurthy & @tonycurzonprice explore how government can improve essential services, rethink its market role and rebuild public trust in our latest podcast ep.
🎧: bit.ly/4fOYHQf
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Build more homes. Attract global talent. Simplify tax. The route to growth will involve “liberalism’s respect for markets... and social democracy’s belief in an active state,” writes @RGurumurthy
prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
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The government is adrift. The next PM needs a plan. For Prospect, @RGurumurthy wrote one
prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
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As older brother I’d say “Always” is questionable…but it’s a good read
Always worth listening to Ravi Gurumurthy - especially when the debate about policy is more open.
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Agreed. His ‘market socialism’ is another way of describing Andy Burnham ‘s business friendly socialism. The liberal left is beginning to cohere around a coherent 21st century liberal social democratic programme. Something of a moment!
Always worth listening to Ravi Gurumurthy - especially when the debate about policy is more open.
prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
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Always worth listening to Ravi Gurumurthy - especially when the debate about policy is more open.
prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
With Burnham winning, the focus now should be on what a new PM must do to drive economic growth. My essay in Prospect sets out an approach which combines muscular collective action by the state and more dynamic markets prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
Check out this podcast discussion on a plan growth between me and @PhilipJCollins1
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Build more homes. Attract global talent. Simplify tax. The route to growth will involve “liberalism’s respect for markets... and social democracy’s belief in an active state,” writes @RGurumurthy
prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
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My boss, @RGurumurthy has written something rather more interesting than most people manage, on what a Labour government could look like and ACTUALLY DO - prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
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On the latest episode of the Prospect Podcast, editor @PhilipJCollins1 and guest @RGurumurthy discuss what changes the current government could make to re-energise the country, and debate everything from housing to data
prospectmagazine.co.uk/podca…
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On today’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @RGurumurthy joins editor @PhilipJCollins1 to discuss his cover story for this month’s issue—how Britain can prosper again
prospectmagazine.co.uk/podca…
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AI for science could be more impactful than chatbots. It is already helping win Nobel prizes and accelerating drug development and materials discovery.
Today we published an essay about why it matters, how it’s happening and its implications. Let’s look at it like economists.
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‘One reason that electricity prices are high in the UK is that gas sets the marginal price more often than in any EU nation’
< From this useful piece, which offers a fuller explanation nesta.org.uk/blog/uk-househo…
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What are the different evidence-based paths to halving obesity?
Check out our ‘Blueprint’ project, where we’ve reviewed thousands of papers and rated interventions based on their costs, benefits, impact on obesity, and the strength of the evidence. blueprint.nesta.org.uk/
2) It is feasible and cost-effective to adopt radical action on obesity so halving obesity as a goal should be established in 10 yr health plan, with a body - akin to Climate Change Committee - set up to monitor progress and recommend any policy changes.