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📩New Economy Brief is a weekly round-up of key economic news, all digestible in a 5 min read, so you can navigate most important political debates on the economy with ease. Sign up here: www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up

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Also including:
- @isabellamweber.bsky.social on windfall profits from the last energy price shock
- @neweconomics.bsky.social's @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on the meaning of the green by-election win in Gorton and Denton
- @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social on how to stop big money buying British politics
and more

Reform UK have watered down their plans to “challenge every single tenet” of economic policy.

So what does Reform’s economic platform look like now? This week we digest what we know so far – and what happens when rhetoric meets the realities of governing: www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/r...

📩New Economy Brief is a weekly round-up of key economic news, all digestible in a 5 min read, so you can navigate most important political debates on the economy with ease. Sign up here: www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up

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Also including:
- @sheltercharity.bsky.social on 'trickle-down housing'
- @ippr.org on the benefits of 'running economies hot'
- @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social on rising food prices
- @debtjustice.bsky.social on soaring debt payments for lower income countries
And more!

More than half of the UK's train operating companies are now back in public hands, with the rest due to follow by the end of 2027.

How is Labour's grand plan for renationalisation going? This week's New Economy Brief takes a look. www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/great-british-railways

📩New Economy Brief is a weekly round-up of key economic news, all digestible in a 5 min read, so you can navigate most important political debates on the economy with ease. Sign up here: www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up

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Also including:
- ‪@generationrent.bsky.social on taxing second homes
- @fairness.bsky.social's polling on publics views on corporate exploitation
- @jrf-uk.bsky.social on the minimum income standard
and more.

Four years ago Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drove up energy prices and triggered a cost of living crisis. Inflation has eased but remains above the Bank of England’s 2% target: the crisis isn’t over.

This week we look at why, and what government can do. neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/t...

a graphic saying '63% say they have cut back on essentials because of the cost of living crisis', with some trollies illustrating the proportion.

Almost two thirds of people in the UK have cut back on essentials due to the cost of living. The crisis isn’t over — it’s getting worse.

Today we're launching the Cost of Living Action campaign, calling on the Government to end this crisis and ensure it never happens again.

📩New Economy Brief is a weekly round-up of key economic news, all digestible in a 5 min read, so you can navigate most important political debates on the economy with ease. Sign up here: www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up

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Also including:
- @transparencyuk.bsky.social on the UK falling down Transparency International's corruption perceptions index
- @jrf-uk.bsky.social annual poverty statistics
- @fairbydesign.bsky.social's polling on the cost of living
and more!

Special Educational Needs provision in England is at breaking point, left under-resourced by austerity, with demand and costs rising.

With a Schools White Paper imminent, we look at the impact of the crisis on families, councils and the wider economy: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/t...

📩New Economy Brief is a weekly round-up of key economic news, all digestible in a 5 min read, so you can navigate most important political debates on the economy with ease. Sign up here: www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up

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Also including:
- @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social on Mandelson, lobbying and bank taxes
- @globaljusticenow.bsky.social on Trump's plan for a new world order
- @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social on the pensions commission
and more!

Andy Burnham recently argued that “the four horsemen of Britain’s apocalypse are deindustrialisation, privatisation, austerity and Brexit”. His solution? 'Manchesterism'.

But what is Manchesterism? This week’s New Economy Brief takes a look: www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/e...

📩New Economy Brief is a weekly round-up of key economic news, all digestible in a 5 min read, so you can navigate most important political debates on the economy with ease. Sign up here: www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up

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Also including:
- @jrf-uk.bsky.social's UK poverty report
- @patmillsuk.bsky.social on extreme wealth
- @neweconomics.bsky.social on supporting our high streets

Are we witnessing the return of resource imperialism? | NEB Digest What is going on with US foreign policy? Is there any economic explanation for the current wave of aggression, or is it pure power politics?

What's going on with US foreign policy? Is there an economic explanation for the current wave of aggression, or is it pure power politics?

This week’s New Economy Brief explores how economic interests are shaping US policy towards Venezuela and Greenland: www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/a...

📩New Economy Brief is a weekly round-up of key economic news, all digestible in a 5 min read, so you can navigate most important political debates on the economy with ease. Sign up here: www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up

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Also including:
- @balancedeconomy.bsky.social
- @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
- @neweconomics.bsky.social @chaitanyakumar.bsky.social
- @jrf-uk.bsky.social
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Governments are turning to private finance for the investment needed to halt ecological destruction. We unpack the challenges and controversies of funding solutions with private capital, and explore alternatives: www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/why-private-finance-alone-cant-restore-nature

📩New Economy Brief is a weekly round-up of key economic news, all digestible in a 5 min read, so you can navigate most important political debates on the economy with ease. Sign up here: www.neweconomybrief.net/sign-up