Liam

Work in social care. Born in the Mid West & raised in the West Midlands. Passion for social issues. All views my own.

[Dario Perkins @darioperkins]

such a cool chart. The UK just has no highly-productive mid-sized cities... look at the gap in the middle of the orange bubbles

[Oliver Lewis @DrOliverLewis]

The Supreme Court has abolished the 'acid test'. Here's a short video explainer. https://t.co/rV334NCIS2

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

NEW: ‘Help to Buy’ schemes mainly increased affordability for higher earners living in cheap areas, with limited impact on social mobility

🧵 @beeboileau, @lucas_conwell and @levell_peter’s new research examines the impact of Help to Buy on housing affordability: [THREAD]

[Benjamin Butterworth @benjaminbutter]

This person’s home has quadrupled in value and is rented out, presumably at thousands of pounds a month, yet thinks he is a victim of this economy.

People like this extract from our economy, not contribute to it. The country will be better off when this isn’t normal.

[Liam @LiamFouts]

@Dmdav1 Except it wouldn't.
UK wealth tax: high risk and anti-growth - Tax Policy Associates https://t.co/ysBHv7wdxa

[Theo Bertram @theobertram]

We can't fund social care through council tax. We have to reform both.

[England Rugby @EnglandRugby]

The people's champion 😍

@JoeMarler | #CelebrityTraitors

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

The fundamental problem:

58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.

67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.

In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.

[Chris Giles @ChrisGiles_]

Perhaps spending cuts aren’t as easy as people say

https://t.co/OB1GKwSn3O

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

New post just out:

"On the edge"

On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.

(Free to read)

https://t.co/454qTFoLVn

[Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey]

EXC: English councils will still be poorer in 2029 than they were in 2010, according to the IfG.

Report finds councils are increasingly providing social care and little else. Libraries, youth services, parks, all falling by the wayside.

https://t.co/CVr2lLQAPX

[Theo Bertram @theobertram]

In my view, this chart explains the rise of Reform better than any other

[Ian Birrell @ianbirrell]

Social care - as always, the Cinderella public service that gets treated so dismissively by governments of all political hues https://t.co/c6W2D16snT

[Liam @LiamFouts]

@prformativcontr @garyseconomics I agree he's good at talking to his base, but is he convincing people on the fence? When faced with reasonable Q's on how to implement a wealth tax, there was nothing. The left needs to be better at being prepared for the holes in their arguements beyond "we'd do it better".

[Alfie Potts Harmer @ahtralfie]

There is a strange phenomenon where people who have to rely on the welfare state for the first time and discover it to be cruel / inadequate immediately assume that it *must* be far more generous for everyone else, rather than it being cruel / inadequate for most people.

[Resolution Foundation @resfoundation]

Graduate salaries have stagnated while the minimum wage has risen, leading to convergence between the two.

Two decades ago, the median graduate in a ‘graduate job’ had a salary 2.5 times that of a minimum wage worker, by 2023, the typical graduate earned 1.6 times a minimum wage worker.

[Jack Shaw @JackTShaw]

Birmingham City Council has settled its equal pay dispute at a figure "substantially lower" than the £760 million estimated. Isn't it concerning that Birmingham was required to sell assets of that value based on figures that have now not materialised? https://t.co/nCyfCzwnk0

[James @TypeForVictory]

Reminder that local government is now in a state of collapse because parliament has obligated them to pay for care and didn't cap it, provide cash, or let them raise it.

Some councils paying £30,000 a week PER CHILD for care.

[Rosie Beacon @BeaconRosie]

Absolutely excellent read on SpAds. Just insane these briefs wouldn’t be eligible for a single adviser

[Jack Shaw @JackTShaw]

A Public Interest Report was published today which explains why Woking Borough Council issued a Section 114. The summary is worth reading in full: