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Max Mosley

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Senior Economist at the New Economics Foundation and Labour Councillor for Brentford East

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"Outside the pandemic, if you are looking for a job, you are competing for the lowest number of vacancies in the last 10 years." @maxmosley.bsky.social writes for @lbc.co.uk www.lbc.co.uk/article/job-...
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No luck job hunting? You’re not alone - UK vacancies have fallen to a 10-year low | LBC
A cooling jobs market – especially ahead of an economic shock – is bad news for living standards, writes Max Mosley
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I wrote for LBC on what yesterday’s jobs figures say about the UK economy heading into the Iran war 👇 "The war in Iran is an external shock that the UK did not choose. But the vulnerability it is landing on was made here at home" www.lbc.co.uk/article/job-...
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No luck job hunting? You’re not alone - UK vacancies have fallen to a 10-year low | LBC
A cooling jobs market – especially ahead of an economic shock – is bad news for living standards, writes Max Mosley
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Unemployment has dropped - but there are less vacancies for job hunters than ever. And wage growth has stalled. @maxmosley.bsky.social breaks down today's labour market stats.
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🚨 The last set of labour market figures before the Iran War show we entered this crisis on a stronger footing, with lower unemployment than expected But under the hood, a cooling jobs market risks dragging on growth just as the economy faces a fresh external shock
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Tom Wilson @feedthedrummer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Increasingly impressed by Mark Carney.
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Jaya Sood @jayasood.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Inflation up again, from 3.2% in Nov to 3.4% in Dec, just as it seemed we might be on a downward trajectory. Mostly driven by alcohol & tobacco + air fares, so arguably not the bare essentials. But food prices are still climbing.
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
🚨Today’s Labour Market stats are out Here's a short thread on the key trends 👇
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
When we cut 30 affordable homes to protect a distant view, we’re not preserving heritage, we’re preserving a housing crisis 👇
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of joining the first UK delegation of Emerging Leaders to the European Union in Brussels. Apparently I’m a ‘future leader’ now, which is although flattering, is possibly a sign that Brexit did more damage than we thought…
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The latest fiasco over cuts to benefits reveals the deeply ingrained influence of the Truss premiership on this government. They're paralysed by fear of the markets at a time when we need courage. @maxmosley.bsky.social writes for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Liz Truss is long gone – but her fiscal meltdown still dictates every step Labour makes | Max Mosley
A jittery No 10 now seeks the market’s approval for everything. The result? Cruel cuts and a fear of desperately needed public spending, says economist Max Mosley
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
A marvellous and absolutely spot-on piece from @maxmosley.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social If Starmer and Reeves don't change tack soon, they and the UK, will be in even deeper sh*t www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Liz Truss is long gone – but her fiscal meltdown still dictates every step Labour makes | Max Mosley
A jittery No 10 now seeks the market’s approval for everything. The result? Cruel cuts and a fear of desperately needed public spending, says economist Max Mosley
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Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
"the financial returns from well-targeted public spending are often far higher than our anaemic assumptions allow... A politics that always talks down the impact of spending ends up justifying stagnation" @neweconomics.bsky.social's @maxmosley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Liz Truss is long gone – but her fiscal meltdown still dictates every step Labour makes | Max Mosley
A jittery No 10 now seeks the market’s approval for everything. The result? Cruel cuts and a fear of desperately needed public spending, says economist Max Mosley
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Really grateful to have my first opinion piece published in the guardian: “Fiscal rules weren’t created by Truss, but their new totemic status in British politics was forged in the fire she left behind” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Liz Truss is long gone – but her fiscal meltdown still dictates every step Labour makes | Max Mosley
A jittery No 10 now seeks the market’s approval for everything. The result? Cruel cuts and a fear of desperately needed public spending, says economist Max Mosley
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Today is sad indictment of how we make policy in this country. Our view on the disability benefits cut vote.
"Today is a sad indictment of how we make policy in this country. Quote from Max Mosley, senior economist: We've ended up with a rushed and poorly designed set of reforms to disability benefits as a scramble to find government savings after GDP growth was lower than expected following the autumn budget. Something has gone seriously wrong here. How have we ended up in a world where 1 percentage point error in our GDP forecasts cascades down into pushing a quarter of a million people into poverty?"
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
“I think some MPs will rightly just be looking at this and saying, I don’t want to be a politician who is responsible for pushing anybody into poverty, let alone more than 150,000.” @maxmosley.bsky.social on today's vote on disability benefit cuts in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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How did benefit cuts land Keir Starmer in such a dreadful mess?
Keir Starmer could be about to face his first defeat in parliament. But how did has disability benefits reform landed him in such a mess?
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I can't think of a time in history where we could influence the lives of so many, overnight and at such a low cost. I spoke to LBC about why we should see removing the 2 child benefit cap as a wonderful opportunity 👇
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"New Labour took 14 years and billions of pounds worth of policies to lift half a million children out of poverty. Keir Starmer could do the same overnight with one policy costing just a fraction of that." NEF's @maxmosley.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk calling for removal of the two-child benefit cap.
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Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
A stark example of this is the government's plan to cut PIP, claiming we "can't afford" the rapid rise in claims. But @maxmosley.bsky.social's analysis shows this rise has been fuelled by growing financial insecurity, which will be further exacerbated by cuts /9 neweconomics.org/2025/05/what...
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What’s behind the rise in disability benefit claims?
Rising rates of disability colliding with greater financial hardship are pushing more people to seek support
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We’re still only just learning about the true scale of the building crisis in PFI schools - worth reading this article covering the pretty extraordinary statements from officials at yesterday’s inquiry 👇
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Encouraging to see our latest @neweconomics.bsky.social analysis quoted in Parliament today
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Cllr Salman Shaheen @salmanshaheen.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
There is an iceberg dead ahead. My colleague @maxmosley.bsky.social with his other hat on has spotted it. We can all see it. The government needs to change course now.
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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Important thread about disability benefits that MPs & public urgently need to understand! <50% of disabled people claim benefits! More financial hardship = more need for fair claims. “unlikely the proposed tightening of eligibility for PIP will achieve much other than causing further hardship”
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨 NEW: ahead of today's debate on the changes to disability benefits, we've been digging into the claim that the rise in claims is disproportionate to the level of need. Here’s what @pollardtom.bsky.social and I found 👇 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Starmer warned benefit cuts to hit 800,000 and be ‘as toxic’ as winter fuel changes
Exclusive: Sir Keir has already faced a fierce backlash over PIP cuts, with left-wingers vowing to vote against the changes when put before parliament
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Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
New @neweconomics.bsky.social analysis challenges the government narrative that the rise in PIP claims is disproportionate We show that financial insecurity is driving a greater proportion of a growing population of disabled people to legitimately seek support www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Starmer warned benefit cuts to hit 800,000 and be ‘as toxic’ as winter fuel changes
Exclusive: Sir Keir has already faced a fierce backlash over PIP cuts, with left-wingers vowing to vote against the changes when put before parliament
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Good social safety nets let countries have adaptable economies (which this research shows is good in the long run) because they support anyone caught out in the process. The UK does it it the other way around, which I spoke about here👇
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
📢 Some (more!) personal news: I'm really excited to announce that I'll be joining @neweconomics.bsky.social as their Senior Economist
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Kezia Coleman @keziacoleman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Beautiful day out in Brentford with @labourhounslow.bsky.social for @maxmosley.bsky.social ahead of polling day next week! ☀️
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
It’s a huge and unexpected honour to be given the chance to represent Brentford East 🌹
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
'Around 800 #schools have been built under [the PFI] funding model... on average, these schools are financially worse off and more likely to be in #debt' 💬 Our @maxmosley.bsky.social unpacks findings about the impact of PFI on schools 🚸 from this recent report 💡⬇ niesr.ac.uk/publications...
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Why does the Private Finance Initiative have a bad reputation? 💬 Senior Economist @maxmosley.bsky.social gives the answers in this video 📺🎧 where he unpacks the findings from our newly published report 📃 including the impact of PFI on local authorities 👇 niesr.ac.uk/publications...
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Jagjit S Chadha @jagjitchadha.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Not the way to fund public investment. 🎩 @maxmosley.bsky.social @niesrorg.bsky.social
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
🚨 NEW: I spent years sending freedom of information requests to every local council and read each one’s financial accounts to uncover the impact of PFI. Here’s a🧵of what I found... www.thetimes.com/article/97ac...
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PFI contracts ‘three times cost of construction’
More than 700 public assets such as roads, schools and hospitals have been built using PFI since the early 1990s
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
💥 JUST PUBLISHED 💥 This new report by our @maxmosley.bsky.social reveals the true cost of PFI 📈🚨 It finds that PFI repayments are on average 3.3 times larger than the value of the asset they built 🏗🏥 and that PFI #schools are more likely to be in #debt ⬇🔓 niesr.ac.uk/publications...
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PFI: Getting the Bill on the Fiscal Credit Card - NIESR
For over 20 years, successive UK governments used the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) - a formof a Public Private Partnership (PPP) – to use the private sector to finance and deliver publicinfrastruc...
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
What do NIESR researchers think about the prospects for the UK economy in 2025? 📊 In this blog, Interim Director Stephen Millard asks @maxmosley.bsky.social and Hailey Low about UK growth, #inflation expectations, and if the government will need to raise taxes in 2025 👇 niesr.ac.uk/blog/look-ah...
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A Look Ahead to the UK Economy in 2025 - NIESR
As we begin a new year, what do NIESR researchers think about the prospects for the UK economy in 2025? Our Interim Director, Stephen Millard, asked Associate Economist Hailey Low and Senior Economist...
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Such a fascinating chart
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is spot on. People often assume welfare is a block to working, when in reality harsh systems like ours can make it harder to find a good long-term job www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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National Institute of Economic and Social Research @niesrorg.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
What Next for the UK Economy? 💭 ICYMI ⏰ Deputy Director Stephen Millard spoke to Senior Economist @maxmosley.bsky.social about future #GDP growth, public #investment and his thoughts on what the government should focus on next 💡📊 Read the full blog here ⬇ niesr.ac.uk/blog/what-ne...
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What Next for the UK Economy? - NIESR
Last week NIESR released it UK Economic Outlook. In today’s Monday interview, our Deputy Director for Macroeconomics, Stephen Millard, talks to Senior Economist Max Mosley about the outlook for GDP, t...
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Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Bad data also leads to bigger picture policy issues, like disproportionate focus on labour market participation vs productivity.
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Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Supposedly the farmers IHT will raise just 500m? I think what we all need is a ‘Revenue vs Squabble O’Meter’ when designing policy and I for one am willing to construct such a thing
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I do get that the two child limit and and welfare cap are popular with the public (and I get why). But the consequences of this are not popular and ultimately matter more both in the real world and electorally.
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