Health Economist at Imperial College London. On a mission to produce rigorous, multidisciplinary and policy-relevant research. Views are my own
Director of CenTax and Associate Prof at LSE Law. Trying to make tax understandable and design a better tax system. Fellow at LSE Inequalities and the IFS
Economist. Director @CenTaxUK.bsky.social, AssocProf
@WarwickEcon.bsky.social, co-chair @DiscoverEcon.bsky.social, ResearchFellow @TheIFS.bsky.social, @cagewarwick.bsky.social, @LSEInequalities.bsky.social
Learning and development manager at Institute for Government interested in all things parliament and government.
PhD in modern US/UK history.
Sport fan. Mum of one. Views my own.
Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.
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Senior researcher in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime. Formerly @CrestAdvisory. Also trustee @EndometriosisUK
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Senior Researcher @instituteforgovernment.org.uk Public Services & Devolution, formerly @nao.org.uk analyst. PhD on history of national income accounts. Views are my own.
Former devolution and policy making research assistant at @instituteforgov.bsky.social | Views my own
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Former Research Assistant (Devolution) @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Researcher in policy making team and formerly public finances @instituteforgovernment.org.uk.
Interested in immigration and asylum policy, and policymaking for groups historically underserved by the state.
Former parliamentary staffer.
Civil servant, formerly research assistant at @instituteforgov.bsky.social
learning & development @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, fmr research assistant (civil service & policymaking), he/him
Researcher on parliament and government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Historian of medieval Ireland and Britain @cam.ac.uk
Research Fellow @queens.cam.ac.uk
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Researcher, public services @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Focusing on schools and local government, particularly children's social care and homelessness. She/her
Communications Assistant @instituteforgov.bsky.social
Head of Digital Content at the Institute for Government.
Transport policy in local government. Some local radio on the side. Personal views.
Senior researcher in policymaking at Institute for Government - especially all things housing, planning and early years
Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
FT Alphaville reporter. Ex-“veteran” fund manager. Resolution Foundation Assoc. Baring Foundation Trustee.
Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify.
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Author of "Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails", published May 2025
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Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Interested in macro, finance, banking, climate change, inequality, demographics.
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Senior Researcher at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working across constitution/parliament and local growth/regional economic policy.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Programme Director at the Institute for Government - interested in how government works and how it can work better
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Professor in Practice and Growth Programme Director, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Founded in 1938, NIESR is Britain’s longest established independent research institute focusing on macroeconomics and social policy.
Government economist interested in growth & productivity analysis and economic & industrial policy.
Assoc Director & Head of Centre for Economic Justice IPPR. Previously IIPP at UCL. Innovation is political. All things policy, politics & running. Views own. 🌈
Professor of Public Policy at University of Manchester. Some other stuff.
Senior Researcher at the @instituteforgov.bsky.social. Views my own.
Economist @theifs.bsky.social. Research on early years, education and health.
Economist. Ex Prof / central banker. Macro, politics, money, central banks, finance, Brexit, covid, AI, climbing, MUFC, Blueskyism. Cache-misere. Postmaxxing. Special Envoy for the Shield of Bluesky.
Contributing Editor at Prospect Magazine; Principal Editor at Resolution Foundation
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Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
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Governmwnt Economist, works on Macroeconomics, Growth, Productivity and Industrial Strategy.
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Associate Director in the public services team
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Programme Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working on public services
Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
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senior fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
former civil servant
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Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Programme Director for IFG Academy @instituteforgov.bsky.social
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Director of Policy & Politics @ippr.org. Chair of Young Women’s Trust. Former deputy and now senior fellow @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Think tanker. Westminster watcher. Walthamstow resident. 🏳️🌈
