JIM @jimnyassi78-04.bsky.social A believer that every stranger carries a story worth hearing. Here to connect, learn, and leave every conversation a little richer than I found it.🤗❤️🇬🇲
Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social #industrialstrategy Birmingham Business School, UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow, Contemporary Social Science Editor in Chief, Editor Regional Studies, ‘activist academic’ (Gove’s 🪓man Max Caller), media commentator, Likes EVs. Baggies fan.
Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social Reuters Journalist of the Year 2025: 'Scoop of the Year'
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☀️ Stockport ☀️
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Richard Jones @sherlockandquinn.bsky.social Government economist and dog walker.
Charlotte Prothero @charlotteprothero.bsky.social Posting about politics, children's wellbeing, housing, loneliness and civil society.
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Raphael Auer @raphauer.bsky.social Economist, (own views) - research site: https://sites.google.com/site/raphaelauer/home
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Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social Chief Analyst, Insights and Analysis, at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation working to solve UK Poverty
Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social Lead analyst at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Posting about politics, poverty, housing, benefits and work.
Northern Irish, views my own.
Richard Tonkin @richt2.bsky.social Data, statistics, policy and cats. Brit in Bangkok.
Emily Jones @emilycjones.bsky.social Deputy Director at Learning and Work Institute
Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social Policy and programme adviser at Belong, the Cohesion and Integration Network. Associate fellow at British Future
Interests: employment, immigration, integration and cohesion policy, heritage, elections, Ukraine, textiles, ceramics.
Mum. Posts are personal
@drldn.bsky.social @drldn.bsky.social Repost/follow/like doesn’t always mean endorsement or agreement. Personal account. I follow a wide variety of accounts in an effort to avoid confirmation bias. Primary interests: economics, finance, politics, & both types of football (go Giants & COYS!)
Catherine Hale @catherinehale.bsky.social Founder, Disability Insight. Independent research and policy consultant on disability employment and social security. Founded Chronic Illness Inclusion. #pwME and survivor of medical abuse.
Su-Min Lee @su-min-lee.bsky.social Principal Economist at London Economics @le-education.bsky.social | PhD University of Cambridge | Research on childcare, education, labour markets, data science | Personal views only
Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf-uk.bsky.social https://www.jrf.org.uk/ - A Anthony Rafferty @arafferty.bsky.social Professor and Director of the Work and Equalities Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester University.
Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh. Welfare state, social security, (un)employment, poverty, policy-making. Views own, RTs not endorsements. https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/hayley-bennett
Kerry Gray @kerrygray.bsky.social Head of Adult Education at Leicester City Council and sometime landscape painter.
George Williams @gdwilliams9.bsky.social Research and Policy Analyst at the Work Foundation. Former parliamentary staffer. Views my own.
Stuart McIntyre @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social Economics Professor @ Strathclyde University. Own opinions etc. Personal website: https://t.co/vXQXPVXwfW
Ingun Borg @ingunborg.bsky.social Climber, walker and liking it best outdoors . PhD Human Geography. Interested in policy, people and places. Views my own.
Max Tse @maxtse.bsky.social Executive Director, National Audit Office
Tracy Fishwick @tracyfishwick.bsky.social Works on employment, jobs, welfare, social & economic inclusion. MD @transform-lives.org and Charity Chair, Northerner. OBE services to unemployed people. Mancunian in Liverpool. It happens! 
Karl Handscomb @karlhandscomb.bsky.social Economist, formerly OECD, Resolution Foundation and Civil Servant.
Karim Palant @karimpalant.bsky.social Founder of the ‘Globalisation in one country’ movement.
Economic policy and politics
Ex Facebook
Ex LinkedIn
Ex Labour Adviser
#efc… Posts are all my own views.
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Ceri Hughes @ceridwenhughes.bsky.social British Academy Fellow researching insecure work, activation & work-related conditionality
Based at Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester. Visiting Fellow, CASE, LSE
IPR @uniofbathipr.bsky.social A leading public policy research institute, based at the University of Bath. We aim to further the public good through research into issues of significant relevance to policy debate and decision-making.
Asli Atay @asliatay.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Work Foundation. Interested in labour market and health. Previously at the Learning& Work Institute and Demos. Istanbulite living in London. Currently on maternity leave but still checks here!
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Chris Butcher @weachrisbutcher.bsky.social Senior Public Policy Manager at WEA. The WEA (Workers' Educational Association) has been "bringing adult learning within reach" for over 120 years.
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He/Him
David Milliken @davidmilliken.bsky.social Reuters economics reporter covering the Bank of England, HM Treasury, bond markets and UK data.
Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social Economist at the Resolution Foundation working on improving living standards
Fiona Aldridge @fionaaldridge.bsky.social Employment and skills; industry and sectors; people and places. CEO at Skills Federation, the voice of employer-led sector skills bodies (aka FISSS). NED at Youth Futures Foundation. Formerly at WMCA and Learning & Work Institute.
Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on social security, poverty and living standards
Tony Wilson @wilsontony.bsky.social Employment, labour markets and social inclusion. Personal views etc.
Megan Streb @meganstreb.bsky.social Head of Outreach at @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social Non-Exec Director at @theied.bsky.social Also, fan of good planning, transport, and local gov. American living in Southampton, UK with ADHD. she/her
Dr Katy Jones @katyjones.bsky.social Reader (Associate Prof) in Employment, Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre at Manchester Met University
Jason Deegan @jay-deegan.bsky.social Father to three, Husband to one | PhD from Univ. Of Stavanger | Economic Geography | Senior Researcher in Innovation & Industry with NORCE | 🇳🇴 🇮🇪
Paul Bivand @paulbivand.bsky.social Labour market stats wonk: default mode: cynical. Boosts are not endorsements and may be ironic. Also on avian-dinosaur-site @PaulBivand
Jihed Ncib @jihedncib.bsky.social Machine Learning Researcher (Post-doctoral) at the Connected Politics Lab and the School of Computer Science (University College Dublin).
www.jihedncib.net
Damien Smith @indysmith.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research (Economics) at the ESRC. Loves cities. Views own.
Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social Economics, Cities, Policy.
Professor, London School of Economics. Research Director Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social. Director @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social. President @urbaneconomics.bsky.social
Sebastian Burnside @sebburnside.bsky.social Chief Economist, NatWest Group
Trustee of a DC pension scheme
Based in Edinburgh 
Nicole Sykes @nicolesykes.bsky.social Charities, charts, cats.
Director of Strategy, Impact and Innovation at Lloyds Bank Foundation. She/her🏳️🌈
Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social At Resolution Foundation covering labour market, low pay, living wage.
Matt Dickson @mattdickson.bsky.social Professor of Economic and Social Policy at the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. Research Fellow IZA.