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[Martin O'Neill @martin_oneill]

You perhaps wouldn’t realise from its title, but this piece by Mathew Lawrence ⁦@DantonsHead⁩ & Sacha Hilhorst ⁦@Sachahilhorst⁩ is magisterial survey of the emerging limitations of the Starmer / Reeves approach to economic policy. Recommended! https://t.co/CDXqDTsFSt

[Melanie Brusseler @BrusselerMel]

it's @Cmmonwealth internal reading week, commencing with https://t.co/ICSxIg5x9L

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

What is Great British Energy — and how can it go further?

GBE is a crucial first step that can help deliver Labour’s clean power mission & cut bills

We proposed a public energy company in 2022. To build on GBE's potential, we recommend investment ambition & a clear retail offer

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

The King's Speech has confirmed GB Energy will be a “new, publicly owned energy production company which will own, manage and operate clean power projects up and down the country” — not a private financing vehicle.

This is a crucial, welcome commitment.

https://t.co/MZO7GbbMis

[Carys Roberts @carysroberts]

Some personal news, as they say!

It’ll be tough leaving @IPPR as I’ve loved leading a fantastic team with huge impact.

But I’m honoured & excited to be asked to help shape and deliver such a critical policy agenda at the heart of the new government. Can’t wait to get stuck in!

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

We shouldn’t muddle through the Thames Water crisis.

Ending "sticking plaster" politics means grasping the root cause: the failure of water privatisation.

The solution: returning Thames Water to public hands

@ellieshearer & @ewan_mg in our new briefing:
https://t.co/ZSzdsHnS3q

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

Thames Water is an early challenge to the government’s commitment to end sticking plaster politics.

The best route to ending the crisis is returning the water industry to democratic public ownership.

Our Senior Research Fellow @ellieshearer spoke to @TinaDaheley on @BBCRadio2 about how to deliver real change.

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

https://t.co/MZO7GbbMis

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

There has been substantial debate about the design of GB Energy.

Our latest briefing from @ailyas_k sets out what it should and should not do if it is to deliver on its promise to deliver a fairer, faster, more cost-effective energy transition.

https://t.co/MZO7GbbMis

[HelenCraik 💙 @helencraik]

@BrusselerMel Sounds fab. But we do have an election on here. So it's crisps (chips?) and scotch eggs until 4an

[The BREAK–DOWN @break_downradio]

Then watch our first episode with Bretts Christophers, where he explains why we can’t rely on markets and the private sector to deliver a clean energy future.

https://t.co/GPCQqRjnXk

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

Community power gives people a genuine stake in the clean energy transition.

But its growth has been stunted: with community-owned energy falling from an 81% growth rate in 2016–2017, to just 2.4% in 2020–2021.

Our new report sets out an essential model for kickstarting community power and a future of genuine democratic ownership of the energy transition.

[Mathew Lawrence @DantonsHead]

Time flies! @Cmmonwealth launched five years ago today 🎂

Thanks to our supporters + the wonderful team who have built CW together, it has been quite a journey.

Proud of what we've achieved, excited by what is to come. Here's a preview of upcoming work.

https://t.co/Tp2ud7KRrP

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

NEW: For the Centre for Democratising Work @AmeliaHorgan spoke to @daliagebrial about the boundaries of work, racialisation and platform capitalism.

https://t.co/ssxQ9XIgHt

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

“Based on socialised ownership, investment and planning, Common Wealth claims that its vision for GB Energy would bring ‘significant savings’ to the public purse”.

@pollybindman at @EnergyMonitorAI on our recent report on public power.

https://t.co/rEcJ4UjdAZ

[Future Economy Scotland @FutureEconScot]

Study reveals massive carbon inequality across Scotland: average carbon footprint of lowest-income households at 8 tonnes of CO2e-a-year is a quarter of that of highest-income households, which are responsible for 32 tonnes of emissions. @UniversityLeeds
https://t.co/rvHNr81pCa

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

If Labour heeds this Budget's political constraints it will limit the possibilities of our energy future.

Our Senior Researcher @BrusselerMel on the 2024 Spring Budget.

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

Urgent investments in green industries have been ignored.

Our Senior Research @KhemRogaly on the 2024 Spring Budget.

[Common Wealth @Cmmonwealth]

We need higher investment in public digital infrastructure to allow us to build AI for public good.

Our Senior Research Fellow @ellieshearer on the 2024 Spring Budget.