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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

3/ Our proposal is simple: tax online sales and use the revenue to cut business rates for high street businesses. Andy Burnham has called for more pubs and live music venues. These are important, and cutting rates for all high street businesses would go even further.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

2/ Today, high street businesses face sky-high business rates bills, while online retailers can generate sales with a fraction of the physical footprint. If we want to save our high streets, we need a tax system that reflects how we shop today, not how we shopped decades ago.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

1/ The high street has changed, but our tax system hasn't kept up. When most shopping happened in physical stores, focusing business taxation on commercial property made more sense. But with nearly 3 in 10 sales now happening online, that logic is increasingly outdated.

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 08/10/2026

Here’s how we can start levelling the playing field for high street businesses. 👇 Read our full blog buff.ly/hgleQHj

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marleymorris.bsky.social @marleymorris.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New @ippr.org report out today sets out proposals for a British Business Investment visa. The new visa route would be designed to inject capital into the UK economy, channeling investment into innovative and strategically important sectors. www.ippr.org/articles/bri...

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The British business investment visa: A new model for investment migration in the UK | IPPR

The UK suffers from persistent low investment which is holding back economic growth. Levels of business investment were at 11.1 per cent of GDP in 2023, pl

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Roa Powell @roapowell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Some news… @carsjung.bsky.social and I are launching a Substack! We will be using this to explore what needs to change for AI to actually work for most people (spoiler: it is a lot) First post is up looking at today’s launch of the AI economics institute and how to predict AI's jobs impact 1/2

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AI jobs predictions keep missing the point. Here’s what to measure instead

A government institute to track how AI disrupts jobs is long overdue. But as it officially launches today, will it measure the right things?

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 01/06/2026

Up to 8 million jobs in the UK are exposed to AI. But a jobs apocalypse is not inevitable. A new generation of workers' rights can protect workers and ensure everyone benefits from this new technology. @josephevans.bsky.social explains 👇

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Sam Alvis @samalvis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Capping prices in a supply shock? Wouldn't this just pretend that we have as much oil and gas available as before Iran? Price caps can work in supply shocks when they're designed well 🧵1/9

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

7/ This is a real opportunity to rebalance the UK economy. But the test now is delivery - turning fiscal devolution, including income tax sharing, into a system that drives the public investment needed to support regional growth.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

6/ That means getting serious about: ➡️ Tax increment financing ➡️ Reforming the PWLB to support long-term, place-based investment ➡️ Unlocking private capital to deliver public infrastructure

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

5/ That’s why the how matters just as much as the what. If places are to make the most of devolved revenues, they need tools to invest upfront and capture future growth.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

4/ And crucially: how do we avoid widening gaps between places? Without proper equalisation, this risks entrenching inequalities rather than reducing them.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

3/ But the hard bit starts now. Fiscal devolution isn’t just an announcement - it’s about design: - Which taxes (and how much?) - What real control places actually have - Who goes first

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

2/ The UK is a global outlier in how centralised it is. As we argued in our report, giving regions a stable share of tax revenues is how you unlock long-term investment - especially in transport.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

1/ Said this in our transport report, and good to see it in Reeves’ Mais Lecture. Plans for fiscal devolution, including a share of income tax, are overdue. It stifles growth that mayors take on the risk to deliver projects, while central government captures the upside through rising tax receipts.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

5/ That’s why the how matters just as much as the what. If places are to make the most of devolved revenues, they need tools to invest upfront and capture future growth.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

4/ And crucially: how do we avoid widening gaps between places? Without proper equalisation, this risks entrenching inequalities rather than reducing them.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

3/ But the hard bit starts now. Fiscal devolution isn’t just an announcement - it’s about design: – Which taxes (and how much?) – What real control places actually have – Who goes first

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

2/ The UK is a global outlier in how centralised it is. As we argued in our report, giving regions a stable share of tax revenues is how you unlock long-term investment - especially in transport.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Our favourite diagram from the report - @msingerhobbs.bsky.social and I know which city we want to live in!

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 18/02/2026

🚎 Mass transit drives thriving high streets and local growth – but mayors and cities currently take the risk and don't always reap the rewards. Letting them keep and invest in that growth could unlock UK cities 📻️ @aditisriram.bsky.social on @LBCNews 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/transport-and-growth

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

If we’re serious about growth, we can’t just announce projects. We have to fix the funding model - so cities like Bristol can build the infrastructure that creates businesses, jobs and homes.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

France does this differently. Regions receive a share of national tax revenues, giving them stable funding to invest in long-term infrastructure like tram systems. We need to take a serious look at how we fund local transport in the UK.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

So why don’t we build it? Mayors take the risk of delivering big transport projects. But when productivity rises, the increases in income tax, corporation tax and VAT goes straight to the Treasury - not the city that made it happen. That imbalance matters.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We’ve done this before. Mass transit connects people to better jobs, supports local business, and makes it possible to build better connected homes. That’s what productivity should look like: more opportunity, higher pay, and a better quality of life.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A century ago, Bristol had 17 electric tram routes running across the city. Today, it has no mass transit system at all. Meanwhile, 23 smaller cities in France have modern tram networks.

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Aditi Sriram @aditisriram.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A quick intro: I’m Aditi - an economist at @ippr.org and a proud tax-design nerd, working on how to make our systems fairer, more effective and actually work for people.

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