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Basia Cummings @basialc.bsky.social Editor, digital
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Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation
Hélène Rey @helene-rey.bsky.social Professor of Economics London Business School
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Julie James @juliejamesms.bsky.social Julie James, Former Member of the Senedd for Swansea West
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social Principal Economist at the Bank for International Settlements. Views are my own, so is the silly sense of humor.
Neal Hudson @resi-analyst.bsky.social UK housing market analyst. Personal account.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com Editor of FT Alphaville, co-host of The Story of Money and author of Trillions and A Fabulous Debt. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
George Parker @georgewparker.bsky.social Political Editor Financial Times, former FT bureau chief in Brussels. Presenter R4 Week in Westminster. Crystal Palace and Somerset CCC supporter
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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. Politics. Education. FT columns, Political Fix podcast and videos here https://www.ft.com/miranda-green - please check out Not Another One https://open.spotify.com/show/7u4nlhVNmzzZrLjmB7z137?si=dcf00d7580444ccb
Brooke Masters @brookeamasters.ft.com US Managing Editor of the Financial Times
Ian Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com Senior Markets Correspondent at the Financial Times. Previously insurance, finance, stocks, pensions, you get the idea. This is my real account: I never promote crypto or any other investment
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
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Hannah Slaughter @hannahslaughter.bsky.social Principal economist at the Resolution Foundation, covering the labour market and living standards.
Dan Tomlinson MP @dantomlinson.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet. Exchequer Secretary & Growth Minister in HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office.
Wes Streeting @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social Labour MP for Ilford North. Former Secretary of State for Health & Social Care.
The Labour Party @labouruk.bsky.social Labour is the party of working people.
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Catherine McKinnell MP @cmckinnellmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Newcastle North and Minister for School Standards. https://linktr.ee/catherine.mckinnell
Britain Elects @britainelects.com Britain's leading aggregator for polling, forecasts and election results. Run by @bwalker.uk. Est. 2013 with the late, great, Lily Jayne Summers.
Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics.
Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social Journalist. Presenter of R4's #MoneyBox Live (Weds, 3pm). Also found on #WakeUpToMoney, #R4Today, BBC 5 Live, #GreenMoneyShow. Enthusiast. Humanist.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social Official account for Britain’s leading independent economic research institute. https://ifs.org.uk/
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Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
Charles Tallack @charlestallack.bsky.social Ex-director of analysis @HealthFdn,ex-Whitehall civil servant & NHS England.
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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social Mumbai correspondent at the Economist
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org CEPR, established in 1983, is an independent, non‐partisan, pan‐European non‐profit organization. Its mission is to enhance the quality of policy decisions through providing policy‐relevant research, based soundly in economic theory.
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Megan Greene @economistmeg.bsky.social External MPC Member, Bank of England; Senior Fellow, Chatham House; Senior Fellow, Brown University; Red Sox fan. All opinions mine.
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social Political Editor, Presenter and Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year. Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday
Ed Balls @officialedballs.bsky.social Dad, cook, pianist, economist, Harvard, King's London, Holocaust Fdn co-Chair, NCFC, podcaster, retired dancer, former Cabinet minister, sometimes on TV & Radio
Robert Colvile @rcolvile.bsky.social Director of CPS, editor-in-chief of CapX, columnist for The Sunday Times, author of The Great Acceleration. Politics, policy and parenting.
Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council. Metascience, evidence, data infrastructures, economic growth.
Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
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Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
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Robyn Vinter @robynvinter.bsky.social North of England correspondent at the Guardian. Mostly here to make bad jokes
Andy Summers @andy-summers.bsky.social 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
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, @ArguablyMag.bsky.social
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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
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Jon Sparkes @jonsparkes.bsky.social Chief Executive of Mencap the national learning disability charity. All views expressed here are personal views.
Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on employment, young people and health | views my own
Sam White @samwwhite.bsky.social Strategist and Political Commentator. Chair of Foundations (children and families). Adviser to Boards and CEOs. Former Chief of Staff to Keir Starmer and adviser to Chancellor Alistair Darling. Ex-FTSE exec. Enthusiastic dad
Sam Coates @samcoatessky.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, Sky News
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Kelly Beaver @kellyipsosuk.bsky.social Chief Executive @IpsosUK, Trustee @FoundationsWW Research Fellow @policyatkings, @NuffieldCollege, @AcadSocSc, N. Irish in London, doting mum to my real boss
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Luke Young @lukeyoung.bsky.social Head of Policy, Citizens Advice. Leading teams across welfare, living standards, & devolved work in Wales. Former Chief SpAd. 🏳️🌈🏴
Sabine Schneider @sabineschneider.bsky.social Economic Historian, University of Oxford | History of economic governance and financial stability. Views are my own.
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Meredith M. Paker @mmpaker.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford • 🇬🇧 economic history, labor econ • views my own. https://meredithpaker.com
Judy Stephenson @judyzara.bsky.social Economic Historian of early modern world and labour markets and built stuff. Director of LRI. Prof at Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction UCL. Hon Sec of Economic History Society. FRHS
Alice Reid @amrcampop.bsky.social Historical demographer at CAMPOP, Geography Dept Cambridge University. See also http://PopulationsPast.org. Views my own.
Anton Howes @antonhowes.bsky.social Historian of invention. www.ageofinvention.xyz
Douglas Irwin @douglasirwin.bsky.social Trade/economic history @Dartmouth College @Peterson Institute for International Economics Website: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/dirwin/
Walter Scheidel @walterscheidel.bsky.social Historian @ Stanford | https://sites.google.com/view/walterscheidel/home
Dietz Vollrath @dietzvollrath.bsky.social Economic growth guy. Prof at U of Houston. Currently department chair, and have managed to not murder anyone yet. Please clap.
Sasha Indarte @sashaindarte.bsky.social Wharton Finance prof researching empirical macro and household finance. Minneapolis -> Macalester -> Northwestern Econ PhD
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Ben Moll @benmoll.bsky.social Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics, LSE. Macroeconomics with distribution(s). https://benjaminmoll.com/
Ivan Werning @ivanwerning.bsky.social MIT Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics | Macro, International, Public, Monetary, Taxes, Finance | v = u + β v | Beatles | Boston | Argentina | Patagonia
Wendy Edelberg @wendyedelberg.bsky.social Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings. Previously, director of The Hamilton Project at Brookings and before that chief economist of CBO.
Lucy Rigby MP @lucyrigby.bsky.social Chief Secretary to the Treasury 🇬🇧 | Labour MP for Northampton North | For casework, please contact lucy.rigby.mp@parliament.uk
Jim McMahon MP @jimmcmahon.co.uk Labour & Co-operative MP for Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton | Chair of @CoopParty.bsky.social | UK Government Minister @mhclg
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
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Jo Stevens MP @jostevenslabour.bsky.social UK Labour & Welsh Labour MP for Cardiff East. Mum, sister, daughter.
Carolyn Harris MP @carolynharris.bsky.social 🌹 Deputy leader of the Welsh Labour Party | MP for Neath and Swansea East
Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social Head of data journalism at The Economist
James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
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Kez Dugdale @kezdugdale.bsky.social Associate Director, @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Prof University of Glasgow. Trustee of Shelter and Oversight Board Member of The Promise. Writes for The Courier, Talks for Times Radio.
Alison McGovern @allymcgovern.bsky.social Labour MP for Birkenhead, Minister of State.
Progressive.
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum.
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social Nuffield College, Oxford
Director, Nuffield Politics Research Centre
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Election Analyst, ITV News
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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social Data Editor, @thetimes.com
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
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