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Ramsay Hodgson

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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Manager of Norway’s $2tn oil fund proposes slashing US Treasury holdings—The proposal comes amid mounting concerns over rising government debt levels and… www.ft.com/content/ecc1... @ramshodgson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Manager of Norway’s $2tn oil fund proposes slashing US Treasury holdings
Overhaul of bond positions suggested to Ministry of Finance aims to boost returns
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
VW, Amazon and others name blacklisted groups among potential suppliers-One former US Treasury official said companies… www.ft.com/content/70fd... @ramshodgson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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VW, Amazon and others name blacklisted groups among potential suppliers
More than 160 US companies unable to rule out sanctioned smelters in test of western efforts to clamp down on conflict minerals
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 03/09/2026
And if you want to learn more about James Orr, one of the men at the centre of it all, do read the superlative profile published today by @helenwarrell.bsky.social and @ramshodgson.bsky.social (Gift link, first 300 clicks free!) as.ft.com/r/40f4f593-5...
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James Orr and the gospel of the new British right
Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
James Orr and the gospel of the new British right - great piece by @helenwarrell.bsky.social and @ramshodgson.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/20e4e472-1...
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James Orr and the gospel of the new British right
Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’
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Helen Warrell @helenwarrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
James Orr: Reform’s head of policy, Cambridge theologian, architect of the new British right. Our profile for @ftweekend.com looks at his links to the Maga movement, Silicon Valley & European populists, and his life as a Cambridge lecturer with @ramshodgson.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
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James Orr and the gospel of the new British right
Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is quite the story: a donation to the Green Party by its leader Zack Polanski was inadmissible because he was not on the electoral roll and was therefore deemed to be an ’unlawful donor’. www.ft.com/content/34ad... Green Party forced to return Zack Polanski’s unlawful donation
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Green Party forced to return Zack Polanski’s unlawful donation
Impermissible gift is first of its kind by a UK party leader and comes after scrutiny of his living arrangements
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/06/2026
Greens forced to return Polanski’s unlawful donation ft.trib.al/AkFuVHh
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Greens forced to return Polanski’s unlawful donation
Impermissible gift is first of its kind by a UK party leader and comes after scrutiny of his living arrangements
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hedge funds bet against European carmakers on Chinese competition fears—Funds have upped their bets against the long-dated and perpetual debt of Stellantis, Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz this year — with bonds issued by… www.ft.com/content/a1a4... @ramshodgson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Hedge funds bet against European carmakers on Chinese competition fears
Long-term debt and equity targeted as tens of billions of euros wiped off sector’s market value
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21/06/2026
The triple C assessment means SpaceX has the same score as that awarded to the Russian state in the wake of its 2022 invasion of Ukraine ft.trib.al/8WeLzRg
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Helen Warrell @helenwarrell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A Russian businessman & his daughter tried to buy a lake district golf course next to the railway line that serves Sellafield nuclear waste site & submarine shipyard at Barrow. UK security officials intervened. @financialtimes.com scoop from @ramshodgson.bsky.social & me www.ft.com/content/19a3...
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Russian oilman tried to buy golf course on railway to British nuclear site
Purchase of Lake District club collapsed this week after government officials and the FT raised questions over strategic location
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 24/04/2026
Russian oilman tried to buy land on railway to British nuclear site ft.trib.al/f18URkZ
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Russian oilman tried to buy land on railway to British nuclear site
Purchase of Lake District golf course collapsed this week after government officials and the FT raised questions over strategic location
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/11/2025
‘Mansion tax’ valuation appeals will flood government agency, experts warn on.ft.com/4iqy8Sn
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‘Mansion tax’ valuation appeals will flood government agency, experts warn
Process will struggle to complete before surcharge is introduced in 2028
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 15/11/2025
The tax-efficient wheels of British government on.ft.com/49kjud8
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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 14/11/2025
Wheeler dealers. on.ft.com/4r15HOK
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The tax-efficient wheels of British government
[FREE TO READ] You’ll never guess who’s been getting plenty of use out of the Cycle to Work scheme
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
vital public interest stuff from me & @ramshodgson.bsky.social a gov figure told FT that the Cycle to Work scheme was "tax breaks to high earners buying £4,000 e-bikes for weekend rides in the Surrey Hills" so for fun here's some charts on the £120 to £2,996 bikes being bought by gov employees
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/11/2025
UK military top brass mix with defence executives at luxury Alpine event on.ft.com/43jIcqa
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UK military top brass mix with defence executives at luxury Alpine event
Details of armed forces and industry attendees at Méribel competition raise concerns about conflicts of interest
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/09/2025
AI ‘hit squad’ set up to drive Whitehall efficiency struggles to hire top talent on.ft.com/465q312
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AI ‘hit squad’ set up to drive Whitehall efficiency struggles to hire top talent
The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence unit spent less than half of its budget last year because of recruitment delays
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
🚨My first front page exclusive for @thetimes.com after several months of investigation. Labour and 3 of its MPs accepted more than £40k in donations during the 2024 election from a convicted criminal it had expelled as a member in 2022.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 10/08/2025
Labour and three of its MPs accepted more than £40,000 of election campaign donations from a convicted criminal the party expelled as a member three years ago
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Labour kicked out a violent criminal — then accepted his £40,000
Abdul Sattar Shere-Mohammod donated to the national party and three local campaigns in Hampshire after being found guilty of assault in 2022
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Is climate change making summer exams in England unsustainable? Tes investigates calls to move GCSEs and A levels to avoid students' grades suffering because they are sweltering in exam halls
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Is it getting too hot for summer exams?
With extreme weather officially the new norm, Tes explores calls to move GCSEs and A levels to a cooler time of year
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In Scotland, @sqanews.bsky.social is to pay out £2.44 million in holiday pay to thousands of appointees – including exam makers and invigilators – after an employment tribunal ruled they were 'workers' and entitled to paid leave
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SQA to pay out over £2m in holiday pay to appointees
Over 19,500 SQA appointees - including exam markers and invigilators - will receive an additional payment for holiday pay after a tribunal ruled they have ‘worker’ status
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Families who want to delay their summer-born child from starting primary school are facing an ‘unfair’ postcode lottery, with some councils refusing more than half of parents’ requests, data reveals
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Summer-born children face ‘unfair’ postcode lottery in admissions
Campaigners and parents call for greater consistency for families who do not want their child to start primary school almost a year younger than some of their classmates
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The DfE has named 38 council areas where new early years staff will be eligible for £1,000 sign-on payments
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£1K payments for new early years staff in shortage areas
Government announces welcome payments to boost recruitment alongside a campaign to attract more men into the early years workforce
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Schools need more teachers to stop the decline in languages – and the government should reinstate relocation payments for languages teachers coming from overseas, says @hepi-news.bsky.social report
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Bring back teacher relocation pay to boost languages, DfE told
Reinstating payments for languages teachers who move here from overseas would help to halt a ‘catastrophic’ decline in pupils studying languages, says report
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Exam board WJEC is set to be hit with a heavy fine for breaches of exam rules, including giving 1,500 students the wrong GCSE grades
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Exam board to be fined £350K for breaches
Ofqual is set to fine WJEC – which operates under the Eduqas brand in England – for two rule breaches, including handing more than 1,500 students incorrect GCSE grades
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Lib Dem education spokesperson, @munirawilson.bsky.social, has called for the government to “come clean” on whether children’s data has been leaked and to explain how it will ensure a breach doesn’t happen again.
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Tes asked the DfE and ICO whether the breaches involved datasets containing personal data (including special category data); whether the DfE has told those potentially affected; and whether the DfE is subject to any legal proceedings. The DfE failed to respond and the ICO declined to comment.
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
New for @tesmagazine.bsky.social - the DfE has admitted it leaked the personal data of as many as 84,532 people last financial year. The breaches are “likely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals” including: discrimination, damage to reputation and financial loss.
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The DfE potentially leaked the personal data of more than 84,500 people last financial year, it has admitted, sparking calls for transparency over who was affected
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DfE leaked personal data of up to 84,500 people
School leaders’ union calls for full transparency over the people affected
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Cerys Turner @cerysturner.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Shadow schools minister Neil O'Brien asks Phillipson why the appointment of behaviour and attendance ambassadors has been delayed, as @ramshodgson.bsky.social first revealed. No specific answer from the education secretary: www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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DfE misses its deadline for key attendance and behaviour roles
Two ‘ambassadors’ who will oversee the merged attendance and behaviour hubs were due to start today, but the DfE has made no announcement
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Exclusive: The number of assaults on adults that have led to suspensions or exclusions has more than doubled in the past 4 years, DfE data reveals
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‘Reprehensible’ rise in assaults and abuse against teachers
Suspensions and permanent exclusions as a result of physical assaults on adults have increased sharply, DfE data shows
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Suspensions for pupils receiving SEND support up 25.5% to 330,908. A 5.01 increase in the rate per 100 pupils… Yorkshire and The Humber has highest number of suspensions (139,722) with highest rate in North East (18.42).
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Record highs for suspensions and perm exclusions in 2023-24. Suspensions near 1 million and are up 31.6% for those eligible for free school meals (573,538 total). Exclusions above 10k for 1st time. Suspensions for pupils with EHCPs above 100k for 1st time, up 31.7% to 101,381.
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The number of suspensions and exclusions reached record highs in England’s state schools in 2023-24, according to the latest DfE data
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Suspensions and exclusions reach ‘shocking’ record highs in 2023-24
State school suspensions near 1 million and set a new peak as exclusions cross 10,000 threshold
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Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
On the school meals headlines Any DfE spokesperson or Minister saying Free School Meals are “fully funded” is lying Schools are forced to subsidise FSM from teaching budgets Part of the issue is, thanks to Micheal Gove who cut funding, we no longer capture the actual cost of School meal provision
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The DfE today published a new ‘phonics-inspired’ primary writing framework to give teachers tools and guidance in teaching writing
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DfE launches ‘phonics-inspired’ primary writing framework
The primary writing framework will be revised once the final curriculum review report is published, with a final version due in the autumn
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Government must block the mass rollout of digital exams because it could result in handwriting disappearing from schools, says former education secretary Damian Hinds
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Will digital exams spell the end of handwriting in schools?
Handwriting has ‘important advantages’ and must not be undermined by the rollout of digital exams, former education secretary tells MPs
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Stephen Morgan now responding for the government.
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Franklin adds: "Research by 5Rights and LSE found that EdTech products used in schools are highly invasive of children's privacy and rely on the extensive collection of children's data."
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"...their rights and development needs, and despite encouraging schools to move fast and learn things while piloting these technologies… [the government] really need to address this head on."
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Zöe Franklin MP (Lib) makes point that “no statutory standards currently govern Gen AI use in schools. The government's own AI Opportunities Action Plan fails to address children...
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"It is imperative that AI developers as or held accountable for how children's data is used, particularly where those children are below the digital age of consent."
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"... warning that the pace of technological advancement risks outstripping our ability to legislate effectively with potential potentially harmful consequences for children."
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"The Department for Education must provide clear and robust guidance on the ethical use of generative AI in schools. Our predecessor committee rightly called for urgent legislation to regulate AI...
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"If children lean too heavily on AI, we risk nurturing a generation skilled at consuming information, but less adept at questioning, critiquing or innovating beyond our schools and classrooms."
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Hayes mentions potential benefits of AI, but warns that "excessive dependence on AI for problem solving can weaken analytical skills as students bypass the iterative process of reasoning and reflection"
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Education select committee chair, Helen Hayes MP (Lab), now speaking on AI in schools.
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"... There should be no rush to move to online exams. Yes there might be opportunities. There might be lower costs involved. There might be easy administration involved, but there are certainly also risks, some of which are immediate, some of which would only manifest over time...
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Hinds "I implore the minister not to allow exams en masse to go digital, except, of course, where that is the right thing for an individual child with their special educational need or disability...
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Ramsay Hodgson @ramshodgson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Hinds also mentions the recent Ofsted report/guidance on how it will inspect AI in schools in which Ofsted said it doesn't yet have enough evidence to conclude what constitutes good use of AI in schools
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