Biog
Jonathan is an economist with high level policy and political experience
Jonathan is Head of Research (Acting) at UK Music and also Chief Economist at the think-tank Demos. In addition to his research and economic work, he is Deputy Editor of the Labour Uncut blog and Associate Editor of Progress magazine.
Jonathan is a former ministerial advisor and senior consultant at Europe Economics.
Since becoming a freelance consultant he has completed projects for Action for Children, Centre for London, Demos and UK Music. He’s especially interested in the economics of the creative industries and the economic and political futures of UK cities. Jonathan holds degrees from three leading universities in Economics and Politics, including an M Phil in Political Thought and Intellectual History.
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Embracing the contributory principle for public services is how Labour’s offer can be big, bold and affordable
I had this on Labour Uncut earlier this week.
In early January, Uncut reported on Andy Burnham’s “defining vision for health … pooling central government health budgets with local authority social care budgets to offer a joined-up approach to looking … Read the rest
Helen Hayes: A star is born in Dulwich and West Norwood
I had this on Labour Uncut last week.
It wasn’t quite a warm summer day spent indoors writing frightening verse, as the Smiths song goes but it was a warm day, spent indoors, in a school hall with large windows. … Read the rest
Class-based jibes are not an effective attack on Osborne’s feel-good budget pitch
I had this on Labour Uncut a few weeks ago.
“Tories neck and neck with Labour,” reported The Sunday Times. Revisiting the questions that Uncut posed for George Osborne prior to the Autumn Statement allows us to assess how the … Read the rest
How does Labour get its economic message across?
I had this on Labour Uncut a few weeks ago.
“The last Labour government,” The Times front page last Friday reported Ed Balls as saying, “didn’t regulate the financial services in a tough enough way.” They reported this as “the … Read the rest
Budget 2014: taxing debates
I had this on the Demos blog before the Budget.
Conservative MP Nick de Bois is half right. He’s right that the ‘squeezed middle’ is further squeezed by income tax thresholds that have not kept pace with changes in wages … Read the rest
RT @LFCTS: This is class haha! http://t.co/G6GtOfhjgr
RT @brianpellot: Disturbing on every level - Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine @RNS http://t.co/u2RQXnD60u
RT @arbolioto: GOOD EASTER POINT! http://t.co/ac8DnpExnm @dorisatkinson @TierOnePast:@norfud @CassLibinVegas @Hendems @CassLibinVegas @Rebe…
RT @lovefollowconqr: 50 years ago today #LFC beat Arsenal 5-0 at Anfield and this man won his first league title. #ThanksShanks. http://t.c…
"Obama's rapacious coup in Ukraine has ignited a civil war and Putin is being lured into a trap," writes John Pilger, absurdly, in Guardian
@wallaceme Well, there's much to obsess about in America and American politics - but West Wing is drivel @matt_cav_ @philipjcowley
@philipjcowley @matt_cav_ Totally agree
RT @philipjcowley: @matt_cav_ Me too. Just Friends but set in the White House.
RT @matt_cav_: @philipjcowley I think "most" rather than "all". Always thought it was glossy sanctimonious tosh myself, suspect I wasn't en…
David Axelrod: "Campaigns are like an MRI scan for the soul - you find out a lot about people in campaigns."
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