Torrin Wilkins

Founder and Director of @CentreThinkTank

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

My appearance on the @APPGGapsSupport evidence session talking about those who were refused furlough. I spoke about the impact it has on people not given support from the government and the @CentreThinkTank paper looking at a solution. https://t.co/DSG7EGDJL9

[Centre Think Tank @CentreThinkTank]

🗳️ In our latest interview, we looked at unpaid carers and the social care workforce.

🎙️ We spoke to Baroness Pitkeathley OBE, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.

👩‍⚕️ They discussed the social care review and free care.

Listen to the episode here: https://t.co/ARnEzRVRij

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

For each, we need to tackle the root cause and not just rely on markets. If you want to lower energy bills, start by building renewable energy projects and regaining our energy independence. If you want to tackle welfare spending, tackle the underlying issues.

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

This is a very good overview of the proposals set out by Tony Blair. I am not sure his proposals are very centrist; he is simply placing more faith in markets.

Instead I think we need to focus on the root causes of these issues🧵

[Stewart Wood @StewartWood]

You may or may not agree with Blair’s agenda, but it is a radical deregulatory & economically liberal one. It puts its faith in technology & business, and sees Government’s primary role as facilitating their expansion. Regulation is seen as growth-inhibiting throughout the essay.

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

Welfare spending is a similar story. If we want to reduce it, start by building more homes and lowering housing benefit costs. Spend on mental health services to catch people earlier and give them the help they need.

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

It is also hard to exaggerate how serious getting this right is. More social care provision will save people from being stuck waiting in a hospital, freeing up hospital beds. Fixing social care supports the NHS.

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

Social care has been handed to councils without the funding to match. I think it is time we had a national social care service with local branches, funded by the national government.

[Gina Miller @thatginamiller]

1) A cross-party settlement on adult #socialcare funding

2) Twelve years of ducking it has to end

3) Genuine fiscal devolution: councils need revenue tools that match their statutory duties.

Multi-year funding settlements. You cannot run children's services or #SEND on annual cliff-edges.
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[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

After all, the national government can raise money from multiple sources. This will be more necessary than ever with an ageing population.

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

@Rhw1961Roger @TheHirstComment You do not 'import' people, you import goods. People are not tradeable objects.

You can cut immigration levels but that does not fix the backlog of people who need a home. We would still need to build millions of new homes.

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

Building on brownfield sites is not enough, and this will make the housing crisis worse.

If we want to end homelessness and give everyone a home, we need to build millions of homes.

Time to replace our broken planning system with zoning and build some garden cities.

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

Building on our beautiful green spaces is wrong on every level. 🌳

[Centre Think Tank @CentreThinkTank]

Watch our video outlining some of the transport projects proposed in our new report. It includes new train lines linking north and south Wales and a true Wales-Ireland gateway to boost growth.

Read the full report here: https://t.co/iaIyTTmiWw

[Centre Think Tank @CentreThinkTank]

In our interview with @LFarnz, she spoke about teaching skills inside prisons.

This is vital to reducing reoffending rates and supports economic growth.

Listen to the full interview here: https://t.co/6JfgGkJ3H9

[Centre Think Tank @CentreThinkTank]

As a member of this coalition, we welcome the renewed focus on reforming the Office for Budget Responsibility. Reforming the OBR would be a concrete step towards supporting sustainable economic growth and strengthening the foundations of our economy.

[Centre Think Tank @CentreThinkTank]

🎙️ In this interview, @TorrinWilkins spoke to @AllisonCGardner, MP for Stoke-on-Trent.

❤️‍🩹 They discussed the future of health and social care.

👩‍⚕️ The conversation included how we can fix social care and community healthcare.

Watch the interview here: https://t.co/9IpmEOPNrg

[Centre Think Tank @CentreThinkTank]

As part of a new paper on devolution by @fairnessfdn, our Director, @TorrinWilkins, was interviewed on the future of devolution and how the mayoral system should evolve.

Read the full paper here: https://t.co/Yn1WfCIZJI

[Torrin Wilkins @TorrinWilkins]

A good agreement and something which can be run alongside the existing Turing scheme. The next step is re-joining EFTA, the single market and a whole host of other EU programmes.

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+  🇪🇺🇬🇧

We have concluded negotiations for the United Kingdom’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027, making further steps in our renewed EU-UK Strategic Partnership.

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