Ash Singleton

comms, public opinion, R/stan, progressive policy, food, @bbc6music, that sort of thing. views my own, obvs 🌈

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

NEW: Ground rents paid to freeholders on properties in England & Wales to be capped after Keir Starmer overruled Treasury concerns about impact on institutional investors. 

The cap will be set at £250 a year for each property, and change to a “peppercorn” sum after 40 years.

Legislation will also ban new leasehold flats while existing leaseholders will get right to switch to commonhold to give greater control over properties.

Angela Rayner, former deputy prime minister, had urged PM in not to water down plans amid concerns, while dozens of Labour MPs had threatened to rebel.

[Ash Singleton @ashsingleton]

.@Jess4Lowestoft and @Jenny4SuffCoast are two of the best people, with a really deep belief in our duty to serve others. It's been great to be a v small part of their incredible teams for the last week - they're going to make such brilliant MPs 🥹

[Henry Zeffman @hzeffman]

Sir Keir Starmer is the prime minister

[The Health Foundation @HealthFdn]

🧵THREAD: Health must be at the centre of parties’ manifestos for the General Election, @JenniferTHF says in today’s @FT (£-wall) ⬇️
https://t.co/Sodk6xqwSR

Read on to find out why these priorities are important (1/5)

[Joe FD @joefd.bsky.social @joefd]

Labour "nanny state" plan - how it was reported in 2024 vs in 2014. What's changed?
- planned announcement not a leak
- no 'party split' angle
- focus on kids
- nod to patriotism
h/t @ashsingleton

[Luke Raikes @lukeraikes]

Should have started building it in the North first…

[The Health Foundation @HealthFdn]

Our analysis finds that the UK spent around one fifth less per person than comparable countries in the EU14 over the past decade, reported by @BBCRosAtkins on @BBCNews 📺

See our full analysis on UK health spending 📊⬇️
https://t.co/wir8RGJ7pD

[Ash Singleton @ashsingleton]

Great event. Most struck by Darzi's comment that there's little-to-no interest in social determinants of health in No10/HMT 🥲 #stateofhealthandcare

[IPPR @IPPR]

'A fairer country is a healthier one, and a healthier country is a more prosperous country'

(Lord) @Ara_Darzi makes case for putting greater economic value on our health and intros IPPR's Commission on Health and Prosperity- to a packed #StateofHealthandCare conference

[Ash Singleton @ashsingleton]

What's happened to UK health spending since 2010? Our latest analysis in the FT:

"The UK’s total healthcare budget was £187bn per year, on average, between 2010 and 2019. It would have needed to have spent £227bn to match the average across the EU14 over the pre-pandemic decade"

[FT UK Politics @ftukpolitics]

UK health spending over past decade lags Europe by £40bn a year https://t.co/AjbfkndUQL

[Will Grimond @WilllJG]

Struggling to see how the RSA’s position on this is sustainable.

[RECLAIM @RECLAIMproject]

📢Are you working-class and in the charity or think tank sectors? We would love to hear from you! At RECLAIM, we will soon be launching a report on class diversity in the charity and think tank sectors. Please fill out our short survey below.

[Luke Raikes @lukeraikes]

'Climate campaigners have a stark choice – keep talking their own language and actively put off the wider population, or build a strong popular coalition that goes far beyond their comfort zone'

Me for @IndyVoices @Independent on @BenCooper1995 @thefabians new report

[Ash Singleton @ashsingleton]

Apply for my job!!

[The Royal Society of Arts @theRSAorg]

We’re looking for a Head of Media and Public Affairs to communicate clear and effective messages about the RSA's Programmes to a wide network of stakeholders, with a focus on influence and impact.

Applications close 9am 31 January.

https://t.co/wHTpC27EAo

[Ash Singleton @ashsingleton]

Great to see @TheSun cover new @theRSAorg research on energy bills and economic insecurity. If progressives want to keep voters on side with decarbonisation, we need popular policies and can't limit support to just a few households:

[The Sun @TheSun]

Boris Johnson risks losing Tory voters by keeping VAT on energy bills https://t.co/upCADCep5e

[Mirror Politics @MirrorPolitics]

Covid key workers hardest hit with tough Universal Credit cuts, experts warn
https://t.co/uQzJejpXau

[The Guardian @guardian]

Lack of sick pay for all threatens Covid plan, UK thinktank warns https://t.co/dzpOUuCFGz

[Steve Akehurst @SteveAkehurst]

Wrote something on why most of the time, we can’t “reframe” public opinion - we’ve got to go with the grain of it to communicate effectively.

One for #wonkcomms.

https://t.co/TXgyFa7SHE

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

The service & sacrifice of those who keep London safe & running deserves to be recognised. If I'm re-elected, key workers including nurses, firefighters & teachers will be first in the queue for the thousands of new genuinely affordable homes being built. https://t.co/z60mBfJKSd

[The Royal Society of Arts @theRSAorg]

Today we’ve released new research revealing that ethnic minorities are twice as likely to face discrimination in local services and that ethnic minority groups have been hardest hit by Covid-19. [thread]

https://t.co/Md1OHSbLrm
#RSAchange