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
Peter Mandelson on Roy Jenkins: It was the oppositionist, “them and us” class warriors he could not stand http://t.co/zLoN5gjLkV
RT @BBC_Cumbria: Beautiful! "@EliotAndersen: @BBC_Cumbria Sunset from Whitehaven tonight. http://t.co/88DuV7huXX”
RT @lrozen: 'In sum, no one really wants to make peace, except..Kerry, the Israeli left, the European Union' http://t.co/qsDDMOteCk @Jeffre…
RT @sisteers: Once completed, a redeveloped Anfield for 150m will only have 1861 seats less than the Emirates, that cost 490m. #LFC.
@stephenkb @Conorpope For an alternative view: http://t.co/E7Vu35cd4l
Billy Bragg writes in the Guardian that Scottish independence is left-wing. Paul Collier in the FT that it may encourage conflict in Africa.
@GavinEdwards77 @guardian_sport Occupational hazard, I suppose
RT @paul_grech: Remember when #LFC went to title chasing Arsenal with two young fullbacks and got a draw? Whoever Chelsea pick will be a st…
RT @KevinPMeagher: Minority status for the Cornish shows why 'Englishness' is a bogus concept. Local identities matter more: http://t.co/Ds…
@GavinEdwards77 @guardian_sport Louise Taylor on Spurs and Michael Cox on Mata are going to have to have a word with themselves
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