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Joseph Evans

@josephevans.bsky.social
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 09/03/2026
If geopolitics triggers another energy price shock, relying on interest rates alone to bring down inflation could leave the economy “too cold for too long”. @theguardian.com's @guardianheather.bsky.social cites @josephevans.bsky.social & @carsjung.bsky.social 👇 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK must be prepared for a price shock from the Iran war | Heather Stewart
Governments are having to wake up to the fact they will have to take a closer interest in supply chains for essentials
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Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Good news for wages: OBR expects economic growth to be driven relatively more by productivity increases & investment, and less reliant on low wage labour.
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Look out for forthcoming @ippr.org work on empowering workers to shape how AI affects their working lives - and get in touch if you're interested / already thinking about this! Graph source: organise-speakout.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Worker+power...
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Clear example of AI deployment making work more demanding, rather than taking workers' jobs In other words, "degrading" work rather than "displacing" it This isn't just a US thing - about 5x more UK workers say AI is making their jobs worse than those who say AI took their job
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Abby Jitendra @abbyabhaya.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Key Employment Rights Act protections have broad support from the public. Why would a frontrunning populist party want to rip them up?
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The policies in the bill are popular with the public, including with Reform supporters Voters want an end to zero hours contracts, better access to sick pay and more flexible working Reform is on the wrong side of their supporters and the public hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/10/r...
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Reform UK are no friend of the workers - here’s why – HOPE not hate
Contact: media@hopenothate.org.uk / 0207 952 1183 With the British Steel factory in Scunthorpe in the news this week, Nigel Farage and Reform UK have attempted...
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Living standards for workers are damaged by the UK’s low pay, low productivity, low investment economy The Employment Rights Act lays the foundations of broader economic prosperity by strengthening workers’ rights, tackling insecurity and supporting union rights www.ippr.org/articles/mak...
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Making work pay: The government's mandate on worker's rights | IPPR
Labour’s manifesto pledged to strengthen employees’ protections at work, establish a ‘Fair Work Agency’ to better enforce workers’ rights, and remove restr
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Reform’s plans to scrap the Employment Rights Act won’t tackle the cost of living and aren’t popular with the public – or even with their own supporters www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLDB...
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Watch Richard Tice LIVE as he lays out our plans for business and energy.
YouTube video by Reform UK
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Once inflation normalises, the Bank of England should move quickly to loosen policy so the UK does not fall further behind Thanks to @eirnolsoe.bsky.social for covering our latest report - see the full analysis here: www.ippr.org/articles/the...
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The full-speed economy: Does running a hotter economy benefit workers? | IPPR
Managing the macroeconomy to achieve strong growth and low inflation is a careful balancing act. Overly restrictive macroeconomic policy – such as too-high
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Policymakers are careful to avoid overheating the economy, but may undersell the harms of a cold one When inflation is at target, running the economy at full speed can deliver higher wages for low-paid workers, lower pay inequality and stronger growth www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 20/02/2026
📉 | NEW REPORT: UK policy may be holding the economy below its potential. Our new research shows how a full‑speed economy could unlock stronger wages and growth. Read the report 👇 www.ippr.org/articles/the...
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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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Sofie Pultz @sofiepultz.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
📣New @ippr.org report "Resilient by design: Building secure clean energy supply chains" by @praneshippr.bsky.social, Simone Gasperin & myself. A guide for navigating an increasingly more turbulent world, marked by geopolitical tensions, tariff wars and competition for technological supremacy.
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Resilient by design: Building secure clean energy supply chains | IPPR
Supply chains – the networks of people and businesses we rely on to make and move the goods we need – are strained by the recent rise of trade wars and arm
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joshemden.bsky.social @joshemden.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
More from Claire Coutinho today on the other platform, comparing offshore wind results today to gas running costs, ignoring soaring gas construction costs...and we have to build something In fact, from gov stats today: New offshore wind: £95/MWh New gas: £109 to ~£145/MWh gov.uk/government/p...
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I spoke to @bigissue.com about how sky-high executive pay is linked to the decline of trade unions www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
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CEOs have already earned more than an average worker's yearly pay in 2026
CEO pay is 113 times bigger than the average UK worker. Experts say the gap can't be fixed by increased wages alone.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 19/12/2025
The Employment Rights Act isn’t just good for workers - it’s good for the economy. @josephevans.bsky.social explains the wider benefits for businesses and society on @lbc.co.uk News 👇
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Really helpful thread on the Bank of England's interest rate decision from IPPR's senior economist @willellisecon.bsky.social‬ Particularly interesting on how economic data compares to expectations - inflation is falling and unemployment is rising faster than the Bank or OBR expected
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
And finally! While we've heard a lot about businesses' concerns, we tested these policies with managers and found that many think they could have a positive impact on their organisation www.ippr.org/articles/str...
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Stronger rights, better results: Managers’ attitudes to workers’ rights | IPPR
In this research, our goal was to assess levels of support for increasing workers’ rights amongst managers, and explore the opinions of employers with dire
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
These policies will benefit millions workers and create a fairer labour market And while some of them will impose new costs on businesses, they have the potential to improve productivity - and therefore growth: www.ippr.org/articles/pro...
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Reaping the productivity dividend: How the employment rights bill could impact growth | IPPR
Once the bill receives royal assent it will, overnight, substantially improve trade unions’ ability to access and organise new workplaces. Over the followi
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
...as well as a number of other policies, including: - banning exploitative zero-hours contracts - expanding rights to bereavement leave - strengthening rights for pregnant workers
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
By 2027, workers will be protected from unfair dismissal after 6 months of employment, rather than 24 months The new policy will restore unfair dismissal protections which applied from 1974-79 and bring us in line with comparable countries... www.ippr.org/media-office...
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Unfair dismissal move will protect millions – now government must deliver full rights package, urges IPPR | IPPR
Responding to the government’s decision to reduce the qualifying period for unfair dismissal protection, Joseph Evans, research fellow at IPPR, said:“The g
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
...and trade unions will have new rights to access workplaces and recruit new members This is a welcome change after decades of declining union membership, which could help to tackle low pay: www.ippr.org/articles/mak...
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
In October, sectoral bargaining will be introduced to adult social care - an innovative approach that could be applied to other sectors, as we outlined earlier in the year... www.ippr.org/articles/mis...
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Mission-driven industrial relations: The case for fair pay agreements | IPPR
This report explores how fair pay agreements could support the government’s mission-based approach by resolving labour market challenges in specific sector
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
By April next year, every worker in the UK will have day-one rights to paternity leave, unpaid parental leave and sick pay The lower earnings limit will also be removed on statutory sick pay These are changes @ippr.org and other orgs have long called for www.ippr.org/articles/hea...
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Healthy industry, prosperous economy | IPPR
While there is a tendency in health policy to focus on what government can do for health through public service delivery, which is vitally important, there
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The policies will be introduced in four "phases" One of those phases is today! Now that the Act has become law, two pieces of anti-union legislation - the 2016 Trade Union Act and the 2023 Strikes Act - have been repealed
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The package was the outcome of years of work by unions, labour market experts and civil society groups Collectively they shone a light on the growth of insecure, bad-quality work in the UK's labour market Many of the solutions they proposed will now become law
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The Act covers 28 distinct areas of employment law It's a big first step in the "New Deal for Working People" - a workers' rights package designed by affiliate unions labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The Employment Rights Act has received Royal Assent and is now law! This is a huge moment for workers - one that's been years (even decades) in the making Here's a thread on the Act, the key policies and the next phase of delivery🧵
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Very helpful briefing on the state of the UK's labour market - especially the challenges facing younger workers, the role of the Bank of England in supporting a stronger economy, and the decline of workers' bargaining power in recent years
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The current cap links compensation awards to pay; removing it means awards can reflect actual lost earnings This could benefit older or disabled workers, who take longer to find new work than younger or able bodied people, and therefore lose more if they are dismissed unfairly
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The Lords have blocked the Employment Rights Bill over the cap on compensation for unfair dismissal Lord Vaux of Harrowden argued that the main beneficiaries of removing it would be "senior employees on high salaries" But this isn't necessarily true www.ft.com/content/372a...
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UK government suffers fresh setback to flagship workers’ rights legislation
Row over cap on unfair dismissal payouts in House of Lords threatens to delay delivery of manifesto pledge
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William Ellis @willellisecon.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Why are UK borrowing costs so high when our debt and deficit numbers look better than others? In a @ippr.org paper, @carsjung.bsky.social and I argue the problem is less “fundamentals” and more a bad equilibrium of market vibes: www.ippr.org/articles/rul.... Short thread. 🧵
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Rule of the market: How to lower UK borrowing costs | IPPR
To lower borrowing costs, the government must continue to rebuild credibility, carefully manage market sentiment and pursue growth-enhancing policies with
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Sukhada Tatke @sukhadatatke.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I wrote a long essay on the myth of Scottish exceptionalism for @inkstickmedia.com, featuring Braveheart, anti-immigration protests in Falkirk, rise of the saltire flags, Thatcher in Scotland and so on. Thanks to @patrickobrienstrickland.com for giving this essay a lovely home 👇🏾 tinyurl.com/4n8u5tsu
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The Reality Behind the Myth that Scotland is Immune to Racism
A recent rise in anti-immigrant protests pulls back the veil on Scotland's reputation as a country where racism isn't a problem.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 04/12/2025
***There should be a £100,000 cap on individual donations to political parties*** We should all be concerned that wealthy individuals are accounting for a growing share of party funding 🧵
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The next challenge is obviously to deliver on these actions, to drive nature's recovery and put us on track to meeting important environmental targets www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) 2025
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
IPPR recommended expanding rights of responsible access to the English countryside, most of which is out of bounds to the public Any expansion of access rights would be a really welcome development www.ippr.org/articles/dri...
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Promising plans on access to nature in the Environmental Improvement Plan! Lots of clear actions on reducing barriers to access and protecting natural landscapes Plus confirmation of a new Green Paper on the public's legal rights of access
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Updated graph here: bsky.app/profile/jose...
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The qualifying period for unfair dismissal protection will be reduced from 24 to 6 months - which is still a significant change to labour law The qualifying period has oscillated between 6, 12 and 24 months since being introduced and was last set at 6 months from 1974-79 (under Wilson & Callagher)
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Ah thank you for pointing this out!
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/11/2025
A step forward for millions of workers: @josephevans.bsky.social responds to unfair dismissal policy changes and calls for urgent action on the Employment Rights Bill. Read the full response here 👉 www.ippr.org/media-office...
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joshemden.bsky.social @joshemden.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Details important, but North Sea Jobs Service could be a big win for unions and workers in oil and gas industry, who have been clear they want a path out of the industry One of our @ippr.org key policy asks too Language of 'end-to-end support' particularly welcome www.ippr.org/articles/ski...
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Skills passports: An essential part of a fair transition | IPPR
Declining North Sea reserves and low international oil prices, not net zero policies, are largely responsible for current job losses in oil and gas, but th
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Good news that public landowners will be setting out how they are meeting nature restoration targets! @ippr.org previously called on public landowners to play a greater role in contributing to 30x30 and Environment Act targets - this is a move in the right direction www.ippr.org/articles/dri...
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Fascinating thread on public opinion Key finding is that immigration looks important in polls because it's highly salient, not because it outranks daily concerns People consistently say that the cost of living and financial pressures are the most important issues in their day-to-day lives
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Labour Unions @labourunionsuk.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Labour’s employment rights bill represents the most significant evolution for British workers’ rights in decades. Great blog post by @josephevans.bsky.social @ippr.org #NewDeal www.ippr.org/articles/pro...
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Reaping the productivity dividend: How the employment rights bill could impact growth | IPPR
Once the bill receives royal assent it will, overnight, substantially improve trade unions’ ability to access and organise new workplaces. Over the followi
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Progressive leaders in Australia and Spain maintained the public's support after picking fights to bring down the cost of living Excellent piece by @carsjung.bsky.social & @samalvis.bsky.social calling on the government to wage a "war on bills" - especially on energy and food
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I wrote for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social about what constitutes a "fair transition" - and why maintaining public support for decarbonisation is the ultimate challenge for Ed Miliband and his team www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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What is a "fair" Green Transition?
The government must define what it constitutes - and then relentlessly pursue it.
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The government’s priorities – economic growth, lower inactivity and better opportunities for young people – will help. Ministers should implement Charlie Mayfield’s recommendations as quickly as possible and set out more clearly how they'll deliver a Youth Guarantee for work.
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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Progress in tackling economic inactivity has stalled. The UK has a long-standing problem of too many people being unable to access work. People with long-term illnesses are particularly affected and youth inactivity is now a growing problem.
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