Anand Menon

Director @ukandeu Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

I did a lecture on what Brexit has done to British politics https://t.co/OblakHvHfB

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Our latest voting intention sees a cross over. Labour move ahead by 4. Their first lead since March 2025 & highest share since Nov 24

🌹 LAB 28% (+4)
⏩ REF 24% (-2)
🌳 CON 22% (nc)
🔶 LIB DEM 12% (+1)
🟢 GREEN 8% (-3)
🟡 SNP 2% (nc)

N = 2061| Dates 24-27/7| Change w 22/7

[2030 Prosperity Alliance @2030ProspAllUK]

🛣️📷 Britain can get back on a stronger economic path, but tinkering around the edges will not be enough.

Speaking to Adam Boulton on @TheTimesRadioUK , @anandMenon1 set out three lessons from countries and leaders that have successfully delivered reform.
Listen below ⬇️

[David Smith @dsmitheconomics]

My Sunday Times piece: With Andy Burnham talking openly about possible tax changes, the chancellor faces an uphill task in preventing pre-budget speculation even worse than the past two years:

Chancellor John Healey must keep a lid on budget speculation

https://t.co/EFQB8PclOH

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[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

Good politicos perhaps but bad economics. Not least in defence where fragmentation as much as insufficient spending accounts for European weakness.

[John Healey @JohnHealey_MP]

You will see this as a determined drive that you have not seen before from a British government.

Buying British not “if possible”, but by design. So every procurement pound supports British jobs, British apprenticeships and British skills. https://t.co/9orb94QfLc

[Ben Zaranko @BenZaranko]

For every £1 spent by the DWP on employment support for young people, around £25 is spent paying them benefits. A rebalancing from passive to active support is on the cards. What could that look like? What questions does it raise?

I went to Sunderland to find out 👇

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

@anna_damski @robfordmancs It’s an interesting one. You think about it - a lot - when your parents might need it then you (well, I) try desperately not to think about needing it myself.

[Robert Ford @robfordmancs]

Encouraging. Social care is a disaster zone which generates so much needless suffering and financial distress for families, and also wreaks havoc with local government finances. This move could reform social care and liberate local councils at one stroke.

[Robert Ford @robfordmancs]

New Swingometer! A preview of next week's Greater Manchester by-election, by far the largest by-election Britain has ever seen: https://t.co/quP22xOyEQ

[Rowland Manthorpe @rowlsmanthorpe]

Reliably informed that the decision to scrap DSIT originated in the Cabinet Office, where Antonia Romeo wants to have control over AI - although of course it was signed off by Team Burnham, who don't see AI as a major priority

Apparently this goes right back to Starmer's decision to move GDS away from the Cabinet Office and into DSIT

Not just the politicians who play politics

[Amy Gandon @GandonAmy]

To put it more bluntly, you cannot counter a sledgehammer (right wing populism) with a group hug.

[Resolution Foundation @resfoundation]

Before the referendum, the European Investment Fund was the single largest investor in the UK venture capital market, supplying over a third of the capital raised in the UK between 2011 and 2015.

The EIF put billions into the UK each year, a gap which the PuFins are only starting to fill ⤵️ https://t.co/zTfFEB3gjG

[Hamish Falconer MP @HFalconerMP]

I am honoured to take up this vital role and was glad to have a productive first conversation with @MarosSefcovic.

Britain’s relationship with Europe is vital for both of us. I look forward to the work ahead to strengthen it to deliver jobs, security and growth.

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

What should Andy Burnham do? @adrianwoodridg

[LUFCDATA @LUFCDATA]

Happy 71st birthday to Leeds United icon Marcelo Bielsa. 👑 #LUFC

[Rachel Wolf @racheljanetwolf]

This is a fascinating report discussed by Hague today, by @anandmenon and Oli Bater and Shivani Menon in my team. I learned a lot from it, and the video interviews in the case studies are brilliant. https://t.co/161U6YBXr8

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

@dinosofos The Midlands can have South Yorkshire.

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

So. Two Leeds MPs out of the cabinet. My worst fears about ‘Manchesterism’ being realised

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

Say what you want about the ‘reset’ - and I’ve been critical - Nick worked tirelessly to get it over the line. And now all those relationships will need to be rebuilt. Doable, certainly. But will hardly add impetus to the process.

[2030 Prosperity Alliance @2030ProspAllUK]

“Britain is steadily going bust, but it is not an ungovernable basket case.”

@WilliamJHague cites @anandMenon1’s recent paper for the 2030 Prosperity Alliance in @thetimes. The debate is moving. Now this generation must deliver serious, sustained reform.

https://t.co/dZpJFCoXUJ