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Bit of this, bit of that at Reuters.

UK economy and north of England correspondent.

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Reposted by Andy Bruce (Reuters)
This is not suggestive of ‘build, build, build’.
UK construction employment was 2.05 million in 2025 Q3; 1.3% lower than in Q2 & 4.1% lower than in Q1, before the house building slowdown & employers’ National Insurance Contributions rise, & lower thresholds, in April, according to the ONS. (1/n)
#ukhousing #ukconstruction
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Bank of England's @economistmeg.bsky.social says she isn't convinced policy is meaningfully restrictive and still troubled by household inflation expectations, firms' pay plans.

But she tells UBS conference that softer wage growth in today's data is "good news" from inflation perspective.
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Duff-looking UK labour market data this morning.

Payrolls on a declining trend, unemployment rate hits 5%.

(usual caveats to both - former v prone to revisions, often upwards, and latter is drawn from the wonky Labour Force Survey)
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Reposted by Andy Bruce (Reuters)
This looks rather meaningful.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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While going through the proofs for "The British General Election of 2024" (out very soon!) I came across this - Paul Johnson of the IFS's verdict on Labour's manifesto last year. Labour's current attempts to claim the need to break their tax pledges was impossible to forsee don't stack up
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It's Reagan that makes it
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Reposted by Andy Bruce (Reuters)
The story of how a dilapidated Hammond Organ and the Shipping Forecast gave Blur the perfect ending to a perfect album.

timworthington.org/2024/07/10/l...
Lot 105
How a dilapidated Hammond Organ and the Shipping Forecast gave Blur a perfect ending to a perfect album.
timworthington.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Not first order news... but interesting Bank of England Decision Makers Panel out today (a survey of companies that MPC members watch)

📉 Employment expectations turn negative (albeit slightly), 1st time since Nov 2020
📈 Wage, CPI expectations tick higher (latter highest since Dec 2023)
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Incredible
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.

That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reposted by Andy Bruce (Reuters)
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.

That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reposted by Andy Bruce (Reuters)
“We will never use the main tax levers at our disposal no matter how bad the fiscal picture gets” is a terrible message to give when you’re reliant on the confidence of bond markets. The political cost of not doing dumb things is surely a cost worth paying especially since they’re already unpopular.
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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i mean, gilt yields are pretty well behaved for a situation where apparently everyone in the City thinks we're gonna default

on.ft.com/43eNFhX
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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April 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Today I'm back from an extended period of paternity leave.

Trying to remember what the Bank of England does.

Thank you to the makers of 'Kojak', 'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA' and 'Four in a Bed' for the past few months.
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🚨Budget preview🚨

The upcoming Budget is a make-or-break moment for the Government.

Read our preview of the key decisions facing the Chancellor now⤵️

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November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This strange photo has popped up as a "10 years ago" memory on my phone.
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Lol I just asked Grok whether Grokipedia is more neutral than Wikipedia and even it can't lie about this
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Elon Musk is once again inciting violence on British streets because the government has taught him there are literally no consequences for doing so.

They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Reposted by Andy Bruce (Reuters)
In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Andy Bruce (Reuters)
Interesting and grim. I guess we move to a world where only videos from verified social media handle or verified handles of trusted media brand are taken at face value. Everything else might be fake.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM