Andy Westwood @AndyWWestwood
Professor of Government Practice. Ex lots of things. All over the place. Joined December 2011-
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🎺New blog on why the UK needs a new institution for growth and productivity. @bart_ark @asvalero @AndyWWestwood @TPIProductivity productivity.ac.uk/news/why-the-u…
Not sure I’d have done that…
Exciting new Policy Officer role at the @CEP_LSE - this is a great opportunity to work on policy-relevant research and engagement, and help to take forward the #Economy2030 Inquiry agenda
Exciting new Policy Officer role at the @CEP_LSE - this is a great opportunity to work on policy-relevant research and engagement, and help to take forward the #Economy2030 Inquiry agenda
Apprenticeships, vocational training - creating the workforce for US Chips/IRA jobs. Worth a read. #Bidenomics
Apprenticeships, vocational training - creating the workforce for US Chips/IRA jobs. Worth a read. #Bidenomics
💡New! The UK needs a new institution for growth and productivity, argue @asvalero, @bart_ark and @AndyWWestwood. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…
Britannia. Easily one of Britain’s worst businesses.
Labour’s plans for a revival of the Industrial Strategy Council could meet the need for an independent, enduring institution focused on growth & productivity, as recommended by The Productivity Institute as a key part of the solution to UK economic issues. productivity.ac.uk/news/why-the-u…
Why the UK needs a new commission for growth and productivity: Could a revamped Industrial Strategy Council be the answer? @TPIProductivity @POID_LSE @asvalero @AndyWWestwood productivity.ac.uk/news/why-the-u…
In which I get quite grumpy explaining how govt announced increase in defence spending of £75bn at cost of £4.4bn. Misleading, inconsistent & opaque way of describing an important policy. Labour are no better - promise to reach 2.5% of GDP "when conditions allow" is meaningless
In which I get quite grumpy explaining how govt announced increase in defence spending of £75bn at cost of £4.4bn. Misleading, inconsistent & opaque way of describing an important policy. Labour are no better - promise to reach 2.5% of GDP "when conditions allow" is meaningless
Humza Yousaf to resign as Scotland's first minister bbc.in/3WkrVia
“It became clear that Boris’s people hadn’t done any thinking on it at all,” said one former Tory aide - on.ft.com/3waxwgc via @FT
📰Political parties are dressing their election leaflets up to look like local newspapers and try to fool voters... On the Northern Agenda podcast Jonathan Carr-West of @LGiU tells me why it's so damaging. Full episode here: podfollow.com/the-northern-a…
Almost enough to fill the Albert Hall… The town that had 2,628 potholes - and the council mended the lot. thetimes.co.uk/article/edee72…
HUGE CROWD CHEER AS VAR STRUGGLE TO RULE IT OUT Its officially 1-0! #wwfc
Soul Music on @BBCRadio4 - this week on ‘Northern Sky’ by Nick Drake. Utterly compelling/moving - listen to it if you can.
🤝 Lifelong @Wolves supporter and Vice-President @RobertPlant has pledged his backing to the club’s official charity by becoming a patron of Wolves Foundation.
My latest for the @FT is about how economists could be more useful... 1st 300 clicks free to read on.ft.com/3Wg2pKQ
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54K Followers 9K Following North of England editor, @guardian. @LUFC fan from Bradford, @sunderlanduni alumni. Ambassador, @HDYOFeed. Joint Orwell prize nominee 2020. DMs openOne ally puts it simply: “Ed knows how government works and how Labour works. The second coming of Ed Miliband ft.com/content/77b1b6… via @FT
Myself, @EdmondJSmith and Andrew James look at the history and fallacious thinking behind the UK's 'science and technology superpower' rhetoric in light of geopolitics in this comment piece for @RUSI_org #scipolicy @MIOIR
In today's #RUSICommentary, @kieronflanagan, Andrew James and @EdmondJSmith argue that the UK’s current science and technology policy is based on three fallacies that limit its ability to become a tech superpower. Learn more below. rusi.org/explore-our-re…
Right. I've had a can. I've been lightly Eurosceptic. Perfect warmup to read some Nick Timothy! (And Gavin). x.com/gavinantonyric…
In our new report for @ukonward, A Conservative Economy, @NJ_Timothy and I chart a new path for conservative economic thinking. Key to our argument is that Britain should seek to reindustrialise - to improve its productivity, security & balance between its regions...🧵
Spent the last five minutes reading quotes from this thread to the @ukonward office Gavin: "I don't even speak French!"
Right. I've had a can. I've been lightly Eurosceptic. Perfect warmup to read some Nick Timothy! (And Gavin). x.com/gavinantonyric…
The prospects of green technologies should foster economic growth & job creation BUT potential short-term disruptions & growing inequalities will pose challenges, & inevitably unleash some political economy forces, writes @terzibus on the green revolution. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications/g…
Some Tory MPs angry at plans to remove border controls between Gibraltar and Spain. David Jones asks: "What if I wanted to spend say, four or five months in the excellent Rock hotel in Gibraltar and take advantage of the wonderful views and the antics of the macaque monkeys?"
Affecting and impressive obituary by @AlanTuckett for John Field, who died suddenly on 25 March 2024. (John worked at @NorthernCollege until 1985.) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
The meaning of Starmerism – @georgeeaton on the ideas and thinkers shaping the next Labour government. newstatesman.com/politics/labou…
It looks like this drop in ‘foreign workers’ is in fact largely a drop in international students & their families (the former figure trending more than 50% down). That’s devastating news for universities & the communities that depend upon them.
"If you are a spending minister the tactics you can use really depends on the political situation and the political salience of the issue." @DavidGauke on the political capital different government departments have. Listen to the podcast: linktr.ee/ifszoomsin
Does regional economic decline drive political discontent & Euroscepticism? 👉New evidence @voxeu 👉🖊️@rodriguez_pose etal (🔗 cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…) cc: @EU_Commission @cepr_org @LSEnews @LSEEuroppblog @LSECities
What Saturday nights were made for.
30 April 1975. The 1st episode of the detective series, Starsky & Hutch, a 70-minute pilot movie, was broadcast on US ABC-TV. It was followed by 92 episodes of 50 minutes each, until 15 May 1979. Paul Michael Glaser played Starsky and David Soul, Hutch.
Neat point by Janan Ganesh: "The lesson of Biden’s transformational first term" ft.com/content/82d0f0… via @FT
Wonderful to have Fuad Hasanov and Reda Cherif (@IMFNews) visiting us at @BennettInst and @Kings_College. Enjoyed listening to their new work on The pitfalls of #protectionism: import substitution vs export-oriented #industrial policy. You can read the paper here:…
We visited: A 10-day community college training course A 2-year high school vo-tech course A 5-year apprenticeship America really needs an Apprenticeship Boom. People love 'earn while you learn'. Read the full take here: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…
NEW: Is this America’s next big middle-class job? 28,000 more “technicians” will soon be needed to run giant machines that make tiny semiconductor chips used in phones, cars, missiles, etc. Pay starts at ~$25/hr @kairyssdal @MHollenhorst & I went to Phoenix to see this "chips…
The Rwanda scheme is "really weird," Professor Joseph Stiglitz tells #PoliticsLive The economist adds, it grows from not wanting to face "the responsibilities of dealing with refugees", but Tory MP Richard Holden calls the accusation "complete nonsense" bbc.in/3Qk7RIz
Across London, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, what are the ten issues that are most important to voters in deciding who they'll vote for? From Ipsos, published today:
News from a senior Whitehall civil service source: the general election is now being routinely referred to as 'the Jenny Lec'
End of an era as we say farewell to @johncmorgan3. A great journalist and friend, we were lucky to hang on to him for 14 years. Thanks John!
After saying goodbye to great colleagues @timeshighered, very pleased to be joining new ones as @ResProfNews @ResFortnight @ResearchEurope managing editor.