Phillip Inman

Senior economics writer - The Guardian.
Author of Guardian e-book The Financial Crisis - How Did We Get Here

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

New Blog from the Blackstuff - why making things still matters and what Britain needs to do next.
@MakeUK_ @SMMT @CommonsBBCom @unitetheunion https://t.co/xz99DoOgyH

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

And another thing......https://t.co/BhsTeDtVfM

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

https://t.co/j0Rw7lU49Z

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

@MerrynSW Probably all the decisions in Britain, whether in business or politics, that @MerrynSW decries were made by people who were excellent at exams. Probably things will get better when people who were given extra time achieve high office

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

Thinking about @UKbudget2025? @StewartWood has. He shows how partisan politics can influence an MPs reaction to budget leaks and kite flying https://t.co/fbptrlqKfL

[Stewart Wood @StewartWood]

In light of criticism Rachel Reeves has received for not telling us all in advance of the Budget about improved tax receipts, here is a salutary reminder of how Chancellor George Osborne handled his big surprise announcement in the November 2015 Spending Review. #Budget25 1/7

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

@stephenkb When 1997 came around, the @Conservatives had achieved an almost balanced budget by hollowing out the public sector and they had the same, only worse in the 14 years to 2024. I think every Labour government deserves huge sympathy for the poverty-inducing legacy they inherited

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

@stephenkb I would characterise the last 80 years very differently. Each time @UKLabour has won a majority the inheritance, usually from the @Conservatives, has been terrible. Whether it is a bankruptcy in 45 or currency/balance of payments crisis in 64 or budget/inflation crisis - 74

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

While we wait for Reeves's announcement about abolishing youth unemployment, here are the eleven schemes that previous government have introduced to abolish or at least reduce youth unemployment -
by colour of Govt

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

@Chris_Boarland Nice to hear from you Chris. I should say lots of people are taxed at 40% and "bother". Maybe you do lots in your community, or look after grandchildren, etc. But if not, you will fall foul of my plan for National Service for all retired people. Then you would work for free

[Patrick Barkham @patrick_barkham]

"Imagine flattening an irreplaceable grade I listed building like the Royal Albert Hall, replacing it with karaoke machines in various towns and then telling the public this is a ‘win-win’ for architecture and music" https://t.co/hpbRyOCY4M

[Ash Paul @pash22]

It’s not poverty that’s breeding the new populism: It’s wealth via @phillipinman https://t.co/sUaDMGoEca

[𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 📰 @ukpapers]

🇬🇧 Reeves Calls For Global Free Trade Fightback To Protect UK Economy

▫New measures announced to help tariff-hit British firms amid ambitious plans to foster closer ties with EU
▫@tobyhelm @phillipinman @itsjamestapper
▫https://t.co/Y6uPEw1oKG

#frontpagestoday #UK @ObserverUK 🇬🇧

[Isabella M Weber @IsabellaMWeber]

Get ready for the shortage economy.

[Romesh Vaitilingam @econromesh]

If Trump’s trade policy is the earthquake, the longstanding hardships confronting the US middle class are the tectonic plate shifts that made it inevitable; but tariffs aren’t the solution - they're an excuse for not doing things that would actually help https://t.co/uU2mLuZwiy

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

Parliament has been recalled tomorrow to nationalise British steel at Scunthorpe. Important decision by Labour govt. Steel is an integral part of manufacturing.

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

@DenisMacShane I mean, this medium

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

@DenisMacShane Why? That is a conversation that goes beyond the capacity of this medium

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

https://t.co/cTmSPfO6kL

[Phillip Inman @phillipinman]

@Simon_Nixon Surely, you must consider the possibility that @siralexyounger arrived at his viewpoint independently 🙃

[Robin Brooks @robin_j_brooks]

We just got the last data point for German industrial production ahead of the Feb. 23 election. It's a disaster and some are now in overdrive explaining how this isn't the fault of SPD or Grüne. Of course it is. Both parties failed to confront Putin. This is the direct result...