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The Centre for British Progress is a non-partisan think tank on a mission to accelerate and shape an era of British growth and progress; evolved from @ukdayone.bsky.social. Website: britishprogress.org

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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 23/07/2026
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 Join us as an Operations Associate and help keep the engine running at for @britishprogress.org. This is a great role for an ambitious junior person looking to join a small and dynamic team. Apply by 31 July 👉 britishprogress.org/opportunities/operations-associate
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Operations Associate
The Operations Associate will support the day-to-day functioning of the Organisation, working closely with the Head of Operations to ensure smooth, efficient, and professional delivery across a range ...
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A pleasure to host the first @arguablymag.bsky.social summer party this week alongside @britishprogress.org. A few shots below featuring @torstenbell.bsky.social and @yuanfenyang.bsky.social.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 10/07/2026
Thank you to everyone who joined us, especially our speakers, for making it such a brilliant evening. We’re grateful to Google DeepMind for sponsoring the reception. For more from the Centre for British Progress, check out our latest policy work: britishprogress.org
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Centre for British Progress
The Centre for British Progress is a non-partisan think tank researching and producing concrete ideas for an era of British growth and progress.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 10/07/2026
This week, we joined forces with @arguablymag.bsky.social to bring together some of the best minds in British politics for our Summer Reception. Deputy PM David Lammy, Pensions Minister Torsten Bell, Yuan Yang and George Freeman joined us for a lively evening of British Progress.
An edited image of the speakers lined up, and including Julia Willemyns and George Eaton.
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ThinkLabour @thinklabour.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Could street votes be the key to unlocking the UK’s housing crisis? Our new paper with @britishprogress.org explores how ministers could turn to residents to help create thousands of new homes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Make sure to read our paper with Labour Together here: www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...
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The Next Big Housing Lever: Street Votes — Labour Together
In expensive cities around the world, resident-led schemes like street votes have successfully boosted housebuilding. Where residents are able to drive change, the tangible benefits go to those commun...
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
You can see more people who support street votes on @yimbyalliance.org’s site: yimbyalliance.org/street-votes/
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Street votes - YIMBY Alliance
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
@stianwestlake.bsky.social, @jfingleton.bsky.social, @droojb.bsky.social, @tonelangengen.bsky.social and @jeegarkakkad.bsky.social
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Street votes would never have made it this far without the help and support of some amazing people, including Rico Wojtulewicz, Shreya Nanda, Marc Harris, Joe Dharampal-Hornby, Max Mosley...
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Britain needs new homes to grow. Street votes are backed by @philipsalter.bsky.social @tenentrepreneurs.bsky.social and by some of the UK’s most innovative founders and entrepreneurs who signed TEN’s Strong Foundations letter, including Matt Clifford
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Students across Britain are routinely crammed into expensive, dilapidated converted homes. Street votes could see low quality houseshares transformed into modern student homes or flats for post-graduates.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
To get Britain growing again we need to build new homes in the places they’re most needed. Street votes will deliver thousands of new homes close to good jobs and will help revitalise our cities. Professors Tony Travers and Jonathan Haskel support street votes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Street votes give local residents the power to say yes to new homes and control over the future, and design of their local area. Architects like @jayvictoria8.bsky.social, @russellcurtis.com @benderbyshire.bsky.social and @rietteoos back street votes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Street votes will build homes in our well connected cities and suburbs, not produce sprawl. That’s why they’re backed by transport campaigners like Chris and Roger.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
@anyamartin.bsky.social and @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social have been fighting for better prices and conditions for renters. They both see the opportunity that street votes bring: lower rents and better homes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Senior planning lawyers have backed street votes for their ability to help unblock planning and get local residents to say yes to new homes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Housing associations are part of Britain’s vital social housing backbone. Street votes have been endorsed by leading voices at some of the largest HAs in the country.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Labour Together’s Director of Devolution, @jpspencer.bsky.social, on why giving local communities more say matters.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Both @benjudah.bsky.social and Issy Waite back street votes because of the huge benefit they can bring to local communities and their power to deliver new homes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford and Lead Bishop for Housing supports the potential for street votes to help local people become leading voices for positive change in their area.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Mirte co-founded the Carbon Balance Initiative. Street votes will deliver homes in places that are best for communities and the climate: in our existing cities close to good jobs and public transport.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Green Alliance wrote in support of street votes because higher densities in our existing cities are one of the best ways to tackle the climate crisis.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
@tomchance.bsky.social knows how important local communities are to delivering homes and the high barriers for community land trusts to create affordable plans.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Street votes have also been supported by a wide range of progressive think tanks, policy organisations and campaigns.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Labour MP for Milton Keynes North and co-chair of Labour Growth Group @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, is a tireless advocate for more and better homes. We’re extremely pleased that he has expressed his support for street votes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
We’re delighted that @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, Secretary of Tribune Group, founder of the Living Standards Coalition, and founder of Rethinking Economics, has endorsed street votes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...
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The Next Big Housing Lever: Street Votes — Labour Together
In expensive cities around the world, resident-led schemes like street votes have successfully boosted housebuilding. Where residents are able to drive change, the tangible benefits go to those commun...
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Much of the work has already been done to put communities in the driver’s seat with street votes. MHCLG just needs to implement the rules. With @labourtogether.bsky.social, we set out the final steps that the Government should take to build thousands of new homes with popular support.
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The Next Big Housing Lever: Street Votes — Labour Together
In expensive cities around the world, resident-led schemes like street votes have successfully boosted housebuilding. Where residents are able to drive change, the tangible benefits go to those commun...
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Street votes learn from international schemes that have delivered tens of thousands of homes a year in cities like Seoul and Tel Aviv. Applied here, the evidence suggests up to 30,000 new homes a year in the places we need them most - with the first homes delivered before the end of this Parliament.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
And because ordinary people are driving the change on small sites, new homes can be built faster than the big schemes relying on big developers.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
But building in cities and towns is difficult. Under street votes, instead of councils, builders, and residents fighting each other, the community can push for more homes themselves.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Many planning reforms have focused on big builders and big undeveloped sites, but we can do more. Street votes could help existing communities grow and expand. Building in towns and cities adds much-needed homes where people want to live, it’s more sustainable and grows a resilient local economy.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
Street votes let neighbours comeneighbours can come together, work with an architect, agree a new plan for their street, and vote. If they say yes, building happens with their consent, on their terms, with benefits flowing to the people who already live there.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 17/04/2026
What if the residents of a street could collectively decide to build more homes on it - and share directly in the benefits? That's street votes. In our new paper with @labourtogether.bsky.social we set out how community-led street votes could help Steve Reed build 1.5 million new homes.
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 02/03/2026
🚨 We’re hiring: Data Analyst 🚨 Join @britishprogress.org to analyse UK policy data, produce clear charts and support high-impact research. Are you AI-native, quantitatively rigorous, and policy-curious? Apply! £33,000-38,000 | 80 Strand, London 👉 britishprogress.org/opportunities/data-analyst
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Data Analyst
We are looking for a highly capable Data Analyst to join our policy research team. You will source, clean, and analyse data to produce compelling visualisations and written output that supports our wi...
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 02/03/2026
🚨 We’re hiring: Data Analyst 🚨 Join @britishprogress.org to analyse UK policy data, produce clear charts and support high-impact research. Are you AI-native, quantitatively rigorous, and policy-curious? Apply! £33,000-38,000 | 80 Strand, London 👉 britishprogress.org/opportunities/data-analyst
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Data Analyst
We are looking for a highly capable Data Analyst to join our policy research team. You will source, clean, and analyse data to produce compelling visualisations and written output that supports our wi...
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Freddie Poser @freddieposer.com · 22/12/2025
ICYMI last week: take our Big British Progress Quiz of the Year. A target: the average score is currently running at 44% quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 19/12/2025
How well do you know your 🦇 bat tunnels, ⚛️ nuclear power stations and your 📈 progress? Try your hand at our Big British Progress Quiz of the Year! 🎄Merry Christmas from all of us at the Centre for British Progress! quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
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Big British Progress Quiz of the Year | CBP Quizzes
Test your knowledge of the people, projects and policies that got us talking about progress this year. We hope you've brushed up on your bat tunnels. Good luck!
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Jake Anders @jakeanders.uk · 19/12/2025
Great quiz! I didn’t do quite as well, with a couple of silly mistakes… I scored 65% on the Centre for British Progress Big British Progress Quiz of the Year! ⭐ 🟩 🟩🟥 🟥🟥🟩 🟩🟥🟧🟩 🟩🟩🟧 🪵 quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
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I scored 65% - Big British Progress Quiz of the Year | CBP Quizzes
I scored 65% on Big British Progress Quiz of the Year. Try yourself!
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Douglas Ireland ✊​🌱 @douglasireland.com · 19/12/2025
I scored 37% on the Centre for British Progress Big British Progress Quiz of the Year! ⭐ 🟥 🟩🟧 🟥🟥🟥 🟥🟥🟥🟩 🟧🟩🟥 🪵 quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm... quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
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I scored 37% - Big British Progress Quiz of the Year | CBP Quizzes
I scored 37% on Big British Progress Quiz of the Year. Try yourself!
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 19/12/2025
Thanks!
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simansfield.bsky.social @simansfield.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Incredible Christmas quiz worth trying
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 19/12/2025
I scored 71% on the Centre for British Progress Big British Progress Quiz of the Year! ⭐ 🟧 🟩🟩 🟩🟥🟩 🟥🟥🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟧 🪵 quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
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I scored 71% - Big British Progress Quiz of the Year | CBP Quizzes
I scored 71% on Big British Progress Quiz of the Year. Try yourself!
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 19/12/2025
That's an extremely good score
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 19/12/2025
How well do you know your 🦇 bat tunnels, ⚛️ nuclear power stations and your 📈 progress? Try your hand at our Big British Progress Quiz of the Year! 🎄Merry Christmas from all of us at the Centre for British Progress! quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
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Big British Progress Quiz of the Year | CBP Quizzes
Test your knowledge of the people, projects and policies that got us talking about progress this year. We hope you've brushed up on your bat tunnels. Good luck!
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 07/10/2025
🚨 We're hiring a Head of Science & Health Policy 🚨 Lead policy research that makes a difference. We are looking for someone who can commission research, build coalitions, and write for decision-makers. £70-90k FTE | 3-5 days/week | Hybrid (London) Apply by 3 Nov 👉 britishprogress.org/opportunitie...
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Head of Science & Health Policy
This role will lead our policy research on science and health. We need someone who can manage a range of research projects, understand the priorities of policymakers, and produce work that is tailored...
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 12/09/2025
Apply by 6 Oct 👉 britishprogress.org/opportunities/operations-associate
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Operations Associate
The Operations Associate will support the day-to-day functioning of the Organisation, working closely with the Chief Operating Officer to ensure smooth, efficient, and professional delivery across a r...
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Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · 12/09/2025
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 Join us as an Operations Associate and help keep the engine running at for @britishprogress.bsky.social. This is a great role for an ambitious junior person looking to join a small and dynamic team.
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Ben Johnson @ersatzben.com · 21/07/2025
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 The Alan Turing Institute has visibly struggled, and is now at a critical juncture. The Secretary of State has intervened. What happens next? A new report for @britishprogress.bsky.social by me and @jujulemons.bsky.social sets out a plan: 🧵
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John Myers @johnrmyers.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Mission‑driven government needs more than ambition:  we must rewrite the rules of the game. Today for @britishprogress.bsky.social, Pedro and I show how mechanism design (‘ reverse game theory’) can help the Government shape markets, crowd in investment and deliver radical reform.
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