Josh Broadway

Design/Politics/Communities/Education/Architecture/Art "Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question” (EE Cummings)

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

This would be great, but focus on replacing stamp duty. That has large costs to growth because it deters moving; council tax doesn’t. And you can phase it in when people move so they’re actually happy to pay it instead of a massive stamp duty bill. Deal with council tax later.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham is strongly considering replacing council tax and stamp duty with a 0.48% annual tax on a home's current value

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Scotland raised its top income tax rate to 48% to make the rich pay more.

New HMRC data suggests the result may have been the opposite: Scotland collected about £22m less.

We can't be sure, but Scotland may have fallen over the Laffer curve.

🧵:

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

This is a really important point - there doesn’t necessarily have to be a short term/long term trade off: do some short term, feel good, stuff that shows you get it and are trying and you might then actually get license to do the long term/technocratic/tougher stuff from public.

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

Excellent news

[Lara Spirit @lara_spirit]

🚨EXC: Andy Burnham will announce next week that mayors will receive a portion of income tax revenue to spend on their cities

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

Andy Burnham will unveil plans next week for adult social care in the first major policy speech of his premiership as he pledges to “face it and fix it”

The prime minister has pledged to overhaul social care so that it “operates on the NHS principle” and is free at the point of need in a move that is projected to cost £18.5 billion a year

However, The Times has been told that this “universal” offer is unlikely to cover the “daily living costs” of a care home, such as laundry, food, accommodation and energy bills

It means home residents could still face bills of tens of thousands of pounds for accommodation costs under proposals for a new National Care Service

Covering these costs for everybody would add about an extra £16 billion to annual costs, according to estimates based on average care home fees

Dame Louise Casey, who is leading a commission looking at adult social care in England, is poised to launch a national conversation this month on how it should be paid for

Burnham is expected to give a speech setting out his vision in London next week

With @eleanorhayward and @ProducerOllie

https://t.co/2qlLpLcdMN

[Tom Tugendhat @TomTugendhat]

This 👇

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Meanwhile Burnham’s approval rating jumps to +13, which is higher than Starmer’s post election high of +11. And for the first time we have both the PM and LOTO in positive net approval with Badenoch at +3, who says no one rates politicians?
Davey is -5. Farage -22, Polanski -22.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

First voting intention of Burnham’s premiership. Labour narrow the gap with Reform to 2 points, the closest since April 2025.

⏩ REF 26% (nc)
🌹 LAB 24% (+2)
🌳 CON 22% (nc)
🔶 LIB DEM 11% (-1)
🟢 GREEN 11% (-1)
🟡 SNP 2% (nc)

N = 3,118 | 21-22/7 | Changes w 12/7

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Working class people get into best universities in the country, then make it to top of politics

UP WITH THIS WE WILL NOT PUT

[Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist]

People feeling cost of living crisis because earnings have barely grown in two decades.
Only sustainable way to tackle this is through growth.
Subsidies won’t be sustainable and may hinder progress.
New PM must focus on long term solutions not short term sticking plasters.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Both Vallance and Timpson have resigned. Think it speaks to something - always such a clamour for GOATs, from outside politics, bring real sector expertise, yet inevitably (see same under Brown), they often struggle to adapt to politics. Maybe because politics itself is a skill?

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

So, where we are now, compiled by our great newsdesk

Andy Burnham has finished for today appointing his cabinet. He made 27 appointments:
1. John Healey - Chancellor
2. Ed Miliband - Foreign Sec
3. Shabana Mahmood - Home Sec
4. Wes Streeting - Defence Sec
5. Alex Norris - Justice Sec
6. Yvette Cooper - Health Sec
7. Pat McFadden - Work & Pensions Sec
8. Louise Haigh - CDL + First Secretary of State
9. Lucy Powell - Education Sec
10. Miatta Fahnbulleh - Energy Sec
11. Angela Rayner - Housing Sec
12. Jonathan Reynolds - Business Sec
13. Heidi Alexander - Transport Sec
14. Angela Eagle - Environment Sec
15. Lisa Nandy - Culture Sec
16. Chris Bryant - Northern Ireland Sec
17. Douglas Alexander - Scotland Sec
18. Stephen Kinnock - Wales Sec
19. Anneliese Midgley - Chief Whip
20. Baroness Smith - Lords Leader
21. Alan Campbell - Commons Leader
22. Bridget Phillipson - Equalities Minister
23. Emma Reynolds - Chief Sec to the Treasury
24. Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
25. Kanishka Narayan - AI Minister
26. Hamish Falconer - Intergovernmental Relations Minister
27. Matt Pennycook - Housing Minister

15 new additions to the cabinet.
12 members of Starmer's cabinet were kept on, with 7 staying in the same post, and 5 getting new jobs.
3 new positions that will attend cabinet (AI minister, Intergovernmental Relations Minister and Housing Minister)
11 members of Starmer's cabinet are confirmed to have left their government (All were officially confirmed by No10 except for Jenny Chapman, who tweeted herself)

Phone calls:
1. Donald Trump
2. Volodymyr Zelenskyy
3. Ursula von der Leyen
4. Emmanuel Macron
5. Mark Rutte
6. Friedrich Merz
7. Antonio Costa

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Keir Starmer is right- in many ways the country has improved compared to two years ago. He deserves to say that and for it to be heard. It’s also true to recognise the tragedy of his government: given the majority Labour achieved, it has neither improved enough nor shown enough signs that it will under him. Nor can he communicate to the country that which he has done. And that’s why he’s gone.

[Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist]

Mr Burnham seems to have suggested:
- raising income tax personal allowance;
- much more spending on social care;
- more defence spending (Healey as ChX);
- no end to triple lock;
- keeping to fiscal rules;
- etc
Either he can’t deliver this or we’re in for big tax hikes

[Owen Winter @OwenWntr]

Think the alarming part for Reform about the Burnham bounce is that the Tories are rising too. His poll bump is likely to be fleeting, theirs might not be

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

This is such a beautiful moment from the World Cup.

7 men, from 2 rivals… praying together at the end of their journey this summer.

Opponents on the pitch… together in their faith ❤️

Dayot Upamecano
Bukayo Saka
Maxence Lacroix
Eberechi Eze
Marc Guéhi
Jean-Philippe Matte
Trevoh Chalobah

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
Ecclesiastes 4 v 9-10

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

England's Bukayo Saka, Marc Guehi, Trevoh Chalobah and Eberechi Eze joined France's Dayot Upamecano, Maxence Lacroix and Jean-Philippe Mateta in prayer after the final whistle in a powerful show of unity and respect 🙏❤️