Brendan Scott

UK Economics & Government managing editor for Bloomberg News. Ex-@SCMPChina, @nypost. Previously in Singapore, Hong Kong. RTs ≠ endorsements. Opinions my own.

[Brendan Scott @BrendanScott]

📡Work & Life News 🇬🇧: I'm heading to London in April to be Bloomberg's managing editor for UK Economics and Government

They told me it would be a nice, quiet posting after 10 years covering China

@business/@economics/@politics/@BloombergUK

[Brendan Scott @BrendanScott]

@michaelkruse @ChrisCillizza To be fair, they lived through a very similar thing just four years ago.

[Brendan Scott @BrendanScott]

Please join me in congratulating Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) on his appointment as Bloomberg's Westminster political editor
https://t.co/Uy2kPgG1dm

[Brendan Scott @BrendanScott]

Keir Starmer's got to win at least 125 seats to become Britain's next PM. @EamonFarhat and @elashton dive deep into the data to show why he's running the campaign he is. https://t.co/9I0f9na8XJ

[Bloomberg UK @BloombergUK]

To get back into power after 14 years in opposition, the UK Labour Party has to win over voters who are older, richer, and more likely to be White https://t.co/ZYeA6zvna3

[Brendan Scott @BrendanScott]

Sharing a Sunak brew with the latte-sipping establishment elite in Manchester #ToryPartyConference https://t.co/IJYoAAJniL @bloomberg @RenewableUK

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

NEW: Advisers to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are increasingly concerned the Bank of England risks raising interest rates too much in the coming months, potentially pushing the UK into an unnecessary recession

Story with @PhilAldrick @Joe_Mayes >> https://t.co/yTRtdjDI9j

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

NEW: @BloombergUK Saturday read

— Tories tell Sunak to radically change his strategy and Cabinet after by-election defeats, not just double down on his 5 pledges

— call for big reshuffle and new retail policies at conference on tax, net zero, migration

https://t.co/mYUlciZzLY

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

NEW: @BloombergUK Saturday read

— our survey of economists predicts inflation will drop half a percentage point to 8.2% when June data is released on Wednesday

— but govt officials are very cautious as forecasts have undershot for months

https://t.co/Kw8qBi1czF

[Chiara Albanese @chiaraalbanese]

++ China will be at the core of talks at the upcoming G7 summit, where leaders are mulling to announce ‘Economic Coercion’ ++

All here, by ⁦@alexwickham⁩ ⁦@AlbertoNardelli⁩ ⁦@jendeben⁩ 👇🏻 https://t.co/QWb2ZUgp2I

[Adam Blenford @adamblenford]

Local elections tell us something about the national mood. But what? @LucyGJWhite asked @robfordmancs and @ProfRosieCamp to decode what Thursday's votes mean for Sunak and Starmer https://t.co/Z6CrZ8loPp

[Ellen Milligan @EllenAMilligan]

NEW: The most senior civil servants in the UK Business Department intervened to protect their staff after officials raised concerns about what they described as former minister Alok Sharma’s volatile and intimidating behavior https://t.co/XgALDapCtm

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

NEW: @BloombergUK Saturday read

Rishi Sunak’s allies say he achieved Job 1 of his premiership in his first 6 months: stabilising the Tories and starting to close the polls

But they warn Job 2 in the next 6 months is far harder: avoiding getting stuck

https://t.co/4hGNcqotfA

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

NEW: @BloombergUK Saturday read on the Raab fallout

Civil servants are considering filing formal bullying complaints against two more ministers

Ministers are thinking back over every cross word or criticism they’ve uttered to officials, a minister says

https://t.co/owlQv8QgZj

[Ellen Milligan @EllenAMilligan]

NEW: As Westminster braces for a report into Dominic Raab's treatment of staff, we reveal new bullying allegations against ex-Cabinet Minister Alok Sharma.

Four senior officials who worked closely with Sharma between 2020 + 2022 spoke to @BloombergUK https://t.co/bX7mfqrdyF

[Sabah Meddings @sabahmeddings]

The CBI scandal has pushed the lobby group into an existential crisis - with members questioning if it really provides value for money.

Vince Cable says he clashed with the CBI over women on boards and high pay as biz secretary. With ⁦@Joe_Mayes⁩ https://t.co/8E3MOvFwLp

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

NEW: @BloombergUK Saturday read

Rishi Sunak is considering cutting inheritance tax at the next election, according to people familiar

Senior Tories think this could be the secret weapon to close the polls

https://t.co/Pc9IzpVGk2

[Brendan Scott @BrendanScott]

China's incredible shrinking premier https://t.co/5MQ1FZxsKF @LucilleLiu/@bpolitics

[Selina Wang @selinawangtv]

It's only becoming harder to speak to any leadership in China. Two Sessions used to be rare chance to doorstop top leaders. After yesterday's plenary, literally had minutes to speak to delegates as they were walking out, majority refused (or some literally ran away)

[ClaraFerreiraMarques @ClaraDFMarques]

Personal news klaxon 📣: Today was my first day as managing editor for the absolutely fabulous @business commodities and energy team in Asia. Sad to leave my @opinion colleagues, but excited to be back in news at this incredible time!