Jack Brown

Lecturer in London Studies, @policyatkings // @thestrandgroup. Tweets in personal capacity

[Jack Brown @jackwbrown]

So excited to be launching this pioneering new MA programme with the team!

Read @JonDavis73 Director's Blog below for more information on the MA and how to apply...

[The Strand Group @thestrandgroup]

Want to understand how government really works?

Applications now open for our first full Masters programme ‘MA Government Studies’ starting September 2024

https://t.co/4CukApVYHo

@policyatkings @KingsCollegeLon

[The Strand Group @thestrandgroup]

Join us on 23 July when @scitechgovuk Permanent Secretary & our Visiting Professor @emranmian will give his inaugural lecture on 'Building UK advantage in science and technology'.

Apply for places here: https://t.co/MzfDO6FrBO

[Jack Brown @jackwbrown]

Five London areas together paid more inheritance tax than Scotland and Wales https://t.co/YTJggYyhe2 via @ft

[Kevin McKeever @kevinmckeever]

@nathanparsad and I spotted a gap:

Nobody was covering London’s borough elections with the depth they deserved.

So we got @DaveHill and @lewis_baston at @OnLondon to fix that.

London Decides — a guide to all 32 boroughs going to the polls on May — is live and free.

https://t.co/r7WThL5PJ2

[Dave Hill @DaveHill]

National media have begun paying attention to the rumblings of a possible political earthquake in #london. They won't find a more detailed guide to the 32 borough contests than this by me & @LewisBaston: https://t.co/eOAyCCnKik @SamCoatesSky @lewis_goodall @ChrisMasonBBC @Peston

[OnLondon @OnLondon]

Had big fun recording this Political Business podcast with @lewis_baston @kevinmckeever and @nathanparsad: https://t.co/CcEyeFFrbp It's all about the definitive borough elections guide and what might be happening on ground as 7 May draws nearer.

[Jack Brown @jackwbrown]

Latest prediction of stripey chaos in London government

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Our London MRP, suggests Greens gaining significant ground across the Board and potentially able to usurp Labour in votes in Hackney, Lambeth, Lewisham, Enfield, Islington and Newham. Reform doing well in Havering and Bexley

[Jon Davis @JonDavis73]

Special masterclass for our postgrads with former student Stephanie Peacock, now Parliamentary Under-Sec of State (Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society & Youth) in Dept for Culture, Media & Sport - in the Treasury’s Old Chancellor’s Room.

How’s that for careers impact!

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

A vet holds a turtle during a checkup as it reacts dramatically.

[Jack Brown @jackwbrown]

A referendum to leave London?

Bromley voted 'Yes' to the creation of the Greater London Authority & London Mayor (with Bromley part of 'Greater London') by 57-43% in 1998

https://t.co/grrhwI7qJe

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

To modify the limerick about himself by Hennessy's great hero Clem Attlee:

There were many who thought him
a starter
There were few who thought
themselves smarter
From Clem Attlee's East End
This Times hack's way would wend To prof, lord and knight of the garter

[Jack Brown @jackwbrown]

London boroughs political map widely expected to look like Xmas wrapping paper post-May

[YouGov @YouGov]

YouGov's London council election MRP forecasts breakthrough for the Greens and Reform UK in the capital, but with close races in many boroughs

# of boroughs where party has highest vote share, central projection
Lab: 15 (-6 from 2022)
Con: 5 (-1)
Grn: 4 (+4)
LD: 4 (+1)
Ref: 3 (+3)
Oth: 1 (-1)

[Jack Brown @jackwbrown]

Enjoyed speaking to @MattChorley on BBC R5 Live - answering a question from actor Alex Macqueen about the Prime Minister's office in No.10 Downing Street. As you do.

[The Strand Group @thestrandgroup]

Delighted to announce a limited number of studentships for our prestigious MA Government Studies, starting in September 2026

To apply: https://t.co/RG0qm3P8CJ

[The Strand Group @thestrandgroup]

A superb end to this year's teaching.

Join us for 2026/27: https://t.co/miwMU48989

[Jack Brown @jackwbrown]

Only on @thestrandgroup's MA Government Studies @KingsCollegeLon can you ask a former British Prime Minister to help you with your essays.

A huge privilege to chair an exceptional final session of our No.10 and Conservative Years modules with @David_Cameron this year.

[Peter Just @exPremiers]

@UkNatArchives 🚨 Sir John's Attlee Foundation Lecture was chaired by @JonDavis73.

📰 You can read more on the @thestrandgroup website.

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https://t.co/ufhTboVXNw

[Jon Davis @JonDavis73]

Huge thanks to new Visiting Prof @gordoncorera for classes on Iraq 2003 & stripping Huawei from UK telecomms

Blending primary documents, his radio documentaries & podcasts, & the choicest of specialist knowledge, these classes were truly state-of-the-art contemporary history

[The Strand Group @thestrandgroup]

Delighted to share a new video for the MA Government Studies with our wonderful student feedback - applications for Autumn 2026 now open: https://t.co/miwMU48989

[The Strand Group @thestrandgroup]

Applications are now open for MA Government Studies Autumn 2026: https://t.co/1XF2BYv9D7

[Faisal Islam @faisalislam]

NEW

Blimey - devolution of some proportion of income tax to some city regions - ie to back incentives for growing cities:

Chancellor announces “roadmap for future fiscal devolution to be published at this year's budget” to give “regional leaders control of a share of some national taxes which have for too long been allocated by central governments.”

“They will look at income tax alongside other taxes with reforms initially targeted at those places have the greatest capacity to deliver them and the greatest potential to benefit. Now this is not about new taxes, and it's not about higher tax rates, I will not ask taxpayers to pay more. Reforms will be fiscally neutral,

…these reforms will represent a permanent transfer of power and resources, not another exercise in local ambition frustrated by central government control, with taxpayers able to see what is being delivered with their money and to hold local leaders to account for the results what I am describing is a genuine break with the past, a generational opportunity for Britain's regions to make their own future”.