Reposted by Rosie BeaconSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 04/06/2026DfE pupil data is out today and shows that the number of private school pupils has dropped 5.6% since VAT was introduced. Not 25% like the independent schools council predicted. Or the 50% we saw in some right-wing papers. 5.6%. 851351420
Reposted by Rosie BeaconNick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social · 30/03/2026It's my own fault for using ChatGPT as a search tool, but this really made me laugh. "...with an important nuance..." is sublime 🤌 511357402
Reposted by Rosie BeaconKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18/01/2026Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on. 476143994591
Reposted by Rosie BeaconSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics. 1511405239
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Question: what are the metrics used to define so-called 'rising stars' in politics? To me the label is largely baseless - just feels like a self-fulfilling prestige loop when most of them are pretty mediocre. 110
Reposted by Rosie BeaconJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Off the top of my head, there have been four egregious examples of weapons grade public racism in the last couple of weeks - Jenrick; the Express hack; Captain Concrete & the Reform woman. The way they are treated by employers, punters & wider media, will directly influence how much more we see. 1112822629
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 23/10/20251/ As surely as the sun rises in the east, resident doctors strike again! For months, I went back and forth as to the legitimacy of these strikes. In the summer I wrote this internal debate down word for word (link at end of thread). So how legitimate ARE they?🧵 100
Reposted by Rosie BeaconStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2025So - a lot of people are saying this, and it is to an extent true, but the only reason it is not true of Labour is that the public services think tanks are for the most part real think tanks which provide an intellectual life that isn’t coming from Labour itself. 6615
Reposted by Rosie BeaconStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Labour is also a lot more aware of their problem, which is why Re:State, a cross party think tank, can still have a big influence on aspects of government policy. 4281
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Is it stuck up to say that I had numerous conversations at party conference that reminded me lots of people are far more interested in sounding clever rather than actually being clever? 220
Reposted by Rosie BeaconJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 02/10/2025People talk about getting a "better" political class with little agreement on what that means. I suspect the best change would be getting more people who are seriously interested in policy and government. Surprisingly few MPs actually are. 10998
Reposted by Rosie BeaconCharlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · 30/09/2025The PM is announcing the government is setting up a virtual hospital This is game changing - & a reform we exclusively called for in our paper paper out a few months ago: 'Hospital as a service, not a building' Huge win for @rosiebeacon.bsky.social & @alicesemark.bsky.social Real world impact 👏 101
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 17/09/2025New paper out today on automation in hospitals! Loved researching this - needless to say the efficiency gains of automating pharmacy are enormous yet embarrassingly rare! 021
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Giving Peter Mandelson a major diplomatic position was always going to end in disaster. Mandelson is undoubtedly talented, but he has persistently shown extremely poor judgment and a magnetic attraction to wealth and power. Making him Ambassador was another predictably bad appointment by Starmer. 1636246
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I am hardly a natural Rayner cheerleader, but genuinely furious that she's gone. Laurie Magnus's verdict confirms she acted on advice, she just missed the disclaimer saying she should get extra advice. Not just an honest mistake - a mistake literally anyone could make. There but for the grace etc... 521010196
Reposted by Rosie BeaconSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/09/2025It is sad but I doubt it's the end of her political career. She's one of savviest politicians I've met and will be back. This resgination has been done in a way to maximise the chances of that. 33720109
Reposted by Rosie BeaconSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025This is an argument for falling population, falling GDP, and an employment crisis. 4648398
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025How. Is. This. Legal?! Private equity is fundamentally incompatible with public service delivery (and it should be distinguished from the general private sector market of public service providers). It's an egregious exploitation of the service users & the taxpayer & should be illegal IMO 130
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 01/08/2025After months of going back and forth in my head about the resident doctors’ strikes, I turned my internal debate into a written dialogue. I’m curious on where other people land. 🤔 Read here: re-state.co.uk/rethink/head...re-state.co.ukHead to head: resident doctors on strike - Re:State 000
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRe:State @re-state.bsky.social · 01/08/2025What *is* a fair wage for a resident doctor? Research Manager and Head of Health, @rosiebeacon.bsky.social , blog imagines a clear-eyed conversation between two people on opposite sides of the strikes – and asks where the line between fairness and affordability really lies. 201
Reposted by Rosie BeaconStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Essentially every core understanding a Labour leader needs to follow to succeed is contained within Tony Blair’s 2011 foreword to the Unfinished Revolution. 1018643
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 12/07/2025What are some interesting, well written politics or history books I should be reading while on holiday? 100
Reposted by Rosie BeaconKate Ardern@KateAlvanley @ardernkate.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Excellent analysis from @rosiebeacon.bsky.social on the 10yr Plan … the really genuinely radical announcement & it’s up & running is Greater Manchester as a Prevention demonstrator .. this is proper neighbourhood health .. vision & leadership from @mayorofgm.bsky.social @evefrancisholt.bsky.social 👏 012
Reposted by Rosie BeaconSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Churchill cried multiple times in the chamber. Including after the "blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech appropriately. 827652
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025FWIW I think the 'pound falling' is consistently and annoyingly overstated: 1. It's the single most reactive market and responds acutely to political theatre 2. It had a much deeper trough on 18th June than it did yesterday 3. Even with the dip £ is now hovering around its highest point since 2022bbc.co.ukNewspaper headlines: 'Pound falls after Reeves tears' and 'Brave face' KateChancellor Rachel Reeves crying and the cancer recovery of the Princess of Wales top Thursday's papers. 253
Reposted by Rosie BeaconKevin Hague @kevverage.bsky.social · 15/06/2025and fwiw i fear the “we must spend less” mindset can trap us in an under-investment doom loop whereby GDP stagnates (because lack of eg capital infrastructure spend) and so calls to reduce public spending get louder (rinse & repeat) 620814
Reposted by Rosie BeaconKevin Hague @kevverage.bsky.social · 15/06/2025to be clear: i think this is an interesting and important debate - i’m just not convinced that “we tax and spend too much” should be taken as an unchallenged starting point (particular when you benchmark other advanced economies) 1/2 51637
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRe:State @re-state.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Prior to the Spending Review tomorrow, Head of Health @rosiebeacon.bsky.social has written about our newest proposal for Remote General Hospitals and why this is important for the public finances 💸 re-state.co.uk/rethink/30-b...re-state.co.uk30 billion won't rewire the health system - Re:State 002
Reposted by Rosie BeaconSally Gainsbury @sallygainsbury.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Ahead of the SR next week, my long read today looks at where the £22.6bn extra cash chancellor Reeves added to health spending in England for this year has gone. A thread >> 12017
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRe:State @re-state.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Time to meet the health team at Re:State! While at its inception the NHS was visionary, three quarters of a century later, with demand rising and outcomes deteriorating, a bold and urgent rethink is needed. This programme explores what that should look like. 112
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Ok so let me get this straight: Resident doctors received 2 above inflation pay rises since Labour came in Decided they wanted to strike before even receiving second deal Said they wouldn't accept anything under 5% in second deal Got 5.4% Now balloting to strike? 100
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Excited to publish this today! If the Government want to slash wait times by the end of this Parliament, they should scrap the New Hospitals Programme & instead create Remote General Hospitals – hospital care without the hospital. And lots more... 101
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRe:State @re-state.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Read more, as well as 17 other recommendations in the report, covering in detail not just the what but the how: re-state.co.uk/publications...re-state.co.ukHospital of the Future: Hospital as a service, not a building - Re:State 011
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRe:State @re-state.bsky.social · 22/05/2025🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Today we publish the next paper in our Hospital of the Future series - 'Hospital as a service, not a building'. For everyone but the most high-risk, complex patients, attending a physical hospital building should be a thing of the past. 164
Reposted by Rosie BeaconStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Some thoughts on Labour’s winter fuel payment U-Turn: the manner and timing of it has annoyed many MPs, it undermines Rachel Reeves’ credibility, it is an eccentric use of the government’s limited fiscal firepower. Other than that, it’s a great idea!ft.comLabour U-turn on a modest policy could hit credibility hardSurprise announcement and mismanagement of MPs undermine its ability to win support for difficult measures 10587
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025"Whilst the Government’s three priorities are admirable and logical, they don’t tell us the destination; what we are really trying to achieve ... . If you can’t define the question, it’s impossible to produce the answer." Loved this piece! 021
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025"Britain is the sick man of Europe and our broken food system is the main culprit" - another fantastic piece from our Re:Thinks collection, from the inimitable Tim Spector: re-state.co.uk/wp-content/u... 010
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025This is a thought-provoking piece from Penny: "The NHS in England typifies our current concept of the State – described in terms of numbers of employees, or number of hospitals or scanners – we see inputs as a measure of success." Highly recommend from the new Chair of NHSE! 100
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025A classically excellent piece of writing from Michael Gove for @re-state.bsky.social Re:Thinks collection 110
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRe:State @re-state.bsky.social · 19/05/2025You may have noticed something different about us... After nearly 25 years as Reform think tank, today we've become Re:State Same bold ideas to remake the State, new branding to reinforce our strict independence. Read more about our rename here 👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/the-...re-state.co.ukThe next chapter: from Reform to Re:State - Re:State 2175
Reposted by Rosie BeaconDuncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025www.economist.com/britain/2025... quite the chart from @archiehall.bsky.social 20367163
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Patrick is definitely one to watch over his career. I hate the term rising star but he indisputably is one. An intellectual capability beyond his years! 010
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRe:State @re-state.bsky.social · 30/04/2025We are delighted to be hosting David Skaith and hear his insights as Mayor of York and North Yorkshire You can still join in with the link below👇 023
Reposted by Rosie BeaconRe:State @re-state.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Our 'Meetings with Mayors' series continues on Wednesday afternoon with @davidskaith.bsky.social, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire! Sign up here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... to hear about the future trajectory of devo in England and the opportunities/challenges of the Combined Authority model 022
Reposted by Rosie BeaconPawel Swidlicki @pswidlicki.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I'm all in favour of the government making it easier to digitise everyday life admin but I think doing stuff that many other countries already do as standard is pushing the definition of radicalism 9222
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Also can't help but consider the opportunity cost of so much work going into such narrow areas of policy (other than the obvious groupthink) while supposedly crucial policy areas like immigration have almost no public intellectual ecosystem. But planning has literally thousands of people obsessed 010
Rosie Beacon @rosiebeacon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025There is such an insane volume of energy around abundance/progress studies/YIMBYism/build build build/LFG movement but everything they say seems to be pretty similar. How can so many people be saying so many of the same things? An odd lack of critical analysis for such a large body of people 040