Emma Norris
@emmanorris.bsky.social
Director of Policy & Politics @ippr.org. Chair of Young Women’s Trust. Former deputy and now senior fellow @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Think tanker. Westminster watcher. Walthamstow resident. 🏳️🌈
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Rebuilding state capacity requires building the confidence of the civil service as well as investing in the dynamic capabilities needed to tackle grand challenges - not outsourcing to consultancies.
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Rebuilding state capacity requires building the confidence of the civil service as well as investing in the dynamic capabilities needed to tackle grand challenges - not outsourcing to consultancies.
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Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
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Smart question to ask.
Where do AI tools get their news from?
The sources ChatGPT uses the most often align with publications they have a deal with.
Read our new report here: www.ippr.org/articles/ais...
The sources ChatGPT uses the most often align with publications they have a deal with.
Read our new report here: www.ippr.org/articles/ais...
January 30, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Smart question to ask.
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New report: AI is certain to transform the way we consume news. If we do nothing it could turn it into slop. We need policy action now, to ensure AI improves news & the public sphere.
Guardian coverage: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Guardian coverage: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says
The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they use
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New report: AI is certain to transform the way we consume news. If we do nothing it could turn it into slop. We need policy action now, to ensure AI improves news & the public sphere.
Guardian coverage: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Guardian coverage: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Really excited to see the government announcing a cap on ground rents. As recommended in @samalvis.bsky.social and my "war on bills" piece. As we argue, the government should leave no stone on unturned to lower the cost of living in ways that people can feel.
www.ippr.org/articles/a-w...
www.ippr.org/articles/a-w...
January 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Really excited to see the government announcing a cap on ground rents. As recommended in @samalvis.bsky.social and my "war on bills" piece. As we argue, the government should leave no stone on unturned to lower the cost of living in ways that people can feel.
www.ippr.org/articles/a-w...
www.ippr.org/articles/a-w...
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January 18, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Fantastic news that a government body is now on here. Zero excuse at this point for all others not doing the same
Passkeys provide an easier, faster and more secure way to log into online accounts than passwords.🗝️
Read more about how the NCSC is keeping pace with evolving technology⬇️
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/ncsc-annual-review-2025/chapter-03-keeping-pace-with-evolving-technology
Read more about how the NCSC is keeping pace with evolving technology⬇️
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/ncsc-annual-review-2025/chapter-03-keeping-pace-with-evolving-technology
January 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Fantastic news that a government body is now on here. Zero excuse at this point for all others not doing the same
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So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
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New YouGov research for ippr finds that civic conceptions of being British are held by most people, with a third prioritising birthplace. Reform voters are outliers, against the general public view, weighting ancestry and ethnicity more highly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New YouGov research for ippr finds that civic conceptions of being British are held by most people, with a third prioritising birthplace. Reform voters are outliers, against the general public view, weighting ancestry and ethnicity more highly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Every pollster and focus group will tell you that high street decline and broken down buildings are a key part of our political malaise. I'd love to see government pick a fight with derelict property owners.
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/how-do-you...
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/how-do-you...
How do you solve a problem like the high street?
Time for a Troubled Buildings Programme
howtorunacountry.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Every pollster and focus group will tell you that high street decline and broken down buildings are a key part of our political malaise. I'd love to see government pick a fight with derelict property owners.
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/how-do-you...
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/how-do-you...
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🚨 WE'RE HIRING! Come and join the UK's most influential think tank. We are recruiting for an economist to join our international policy team. Find out more here 👇
www.ippr.org/jobs/economi...
www.ippr.org/jobs/economi...
Economist, International Policy | IPPR
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.
www.ippr.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🚨 WE'RE HIRING! Come and join the UK's most influential think tank. We are recruiting for an economist to join our international policy team. Find out more here 👇
www.ippr.org/jobs/economi...
www.ippr.org/jobs/economi...
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Such important context for the scrapping of the two child limit:
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Such important context for the scrapping of the two child limit:
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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A mansion tax is one of the most popular things that Labour has done - 67% in favour, 19% against.
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A mansion tax is one of the most popular things that Labour has done - 67% in favour, 19% against.
The government *did do* what was right for the country - and what its MPs believed was right: lifting 450,000 children out of poverty.
Politics isn’t just polling or tactics. It’s using power to advance your values. The government acted on its values and improved opportunities for ~ 1.6m children.
Politics isn’t just polling or tactics. It’s using power to advance your values. The government acted on its values and improved opportunities for ~ 1.6m children.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The government *did do* what was right for the country - and what its MPs believed was right: lifting 450,000 children out of poverty.
Politics isn’t just polling or tactics. It’s using power to advance your values. The government acted on its values and improved opportunities for ~ 1.6m children.
Politics isn’t just polling or tactics. It’s using power to advance your values. The government acted on its values and improved opportunities for ~ 1.6m children.
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Today’s Budget fired the starting gun on a fairer tax system and improving living standards – with several measures we have called for now taken up. There’s more to do, but this is a significant step forward. Here are the IPPR policies that were adopted 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Today’s Budget fired the starting gun on a fairer tax system and improving living standards – with several measures we have called for now taken up. There’s more to do, but this is a significant step forward. Here are the IPPR policies that were adopted 🧵
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Distributional analysis published alongside the Budget shows that the poorest will benefit most from the measures - particularly due to welfare and public service improvements.
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Distributional analysis published alongside the Budget shows that the poorest will benefit most from the measures - particularly due to welfare and public service improvements.
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Today the government is lifting the 2-child limit – a major IPPR win that boosts incomes and improves opportunities for ~ 1.6m children.
Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty.
A landmark moment.
Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty.
A landmark moment.
"You cannot have a situation where, under a Labour government, child poverty numbers just go up and up and up" says Gordon Brown.
🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.
🎲 Our proposal to tax gambling companies to pay to cut the two-child limit is "surely the right thing to do" says the former PM and chancellor.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Today the government is lifting the 2-child limit – a major IPPR win that boosts incomes and improves opportunities for ~ 1.6m children.
Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty.
A landmark moment.
Extra income in low-income families boosts health and attainment. By the end of the parliament, 450,000 fewer children will live in poverty.
A landmark moment.
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This Budget will show who the government is really for – and who it’s against. Our three tests:
1️⃣ Is it fair, asking more of those with the broadest shoulders?
2️⃣ Does it cut the cost of living?
3️⃣ Is it pro-growth and reassuring to markets?
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1️⃣ Is it fair, asking more of those with the broadest shoulders?
2️⃣ Does it cut the cost of living?
3️⃣ Is it pro-growth and reassuring to markets?
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November 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This Budget will show who the government is really for – and who it’s against. Our three tests:
1️⃣ Is it fair, asking more of those with the broadest shoulders?
2️⃣ Does it cut the cost of living?
3️⃣ Is it pro-growth and reassuring to markets?
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1️⃣ Is it fair, asking more of those with the broadest shoulders?
2️⃣ Does it cut the cost of living?
3️⃣ Is it pro-growth and reassuring to markets?
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So much of UK politics seems as a weird tangled misreading of public opinion.
Shall we raise tax? Voters won’t like it. But need to deliver for voters and tax rises necessary to for that. Voters need to see change. But cant break promise, because voters. But is a U-turn even worse, because voters?
Shall we raise tax? Voters won’t like it. But need to deliver for voters and tax rises necessary to for that. Voters need to see change. But cant break promise, because voters. But is a U-turn even worse, because voters?
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
So much of UK politics seems as a weird tangled misreading of public opinion.
Shall we raise tax? Voters won’t like it. But need to deliver for voters and tax rises necessary to for that. Voters need to see change. But cant break promise, because voters. But is a U-turn even worse, because voters?
Shall we raise tax? Voters won’t like it. But need to deliver for voters and tax rises necessary to for that. Voters need to see change. But cant break promise, because voters. But is a U-turn even worse, because voters?
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Ahead of Budget, where do voters stand on tax and the dilemmas facing government?
Big new @persuasionuk.bsky.social report out today on this.
TL;DR as risky as breaching the manifesto is for Lab - failing on public services, cost of living and child poverty is *far riskier* for Lab.
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Big new @persuasionuk.bsky.social report out today on this.
TL;DR as risky as breaching the manifesto is for Lab - failing on public services, cost of living and child poverty is *far riskier* for Lab.
🧵
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Ahead of Budget, where do voters stand on tax and the dilemmas facing government?
Big new @persuasionuk.bsky.social report out today on this.
TL;DR as risky as breaching the manifesto is for Lab - failing on public services, cost of living and child poverty is *far riskier* for Lab.
🧵
Big new @persuasionuk.bsky.social report out today on this.
TL;DR as risky as breaching the manifesto is for Lab - failing on public services, cost of living and child poverty is *far riskier* for Lab.
🧵
Ahead of the Budget, voters are sceptical of higher tax and doubt government delivery. But @ippr.org work with @persuasionuk.bsky.social suggests there is a way through: close loopholes and ensure those with the broadest shoulders contribute first, and take visible action to cut the cost of living.
💷| NEW BLOG: Voters are clear - those with the broadest shoulders must carry more of the load. It's time to close long-standing disparities in the tax system and cut everyday costs. Read the latest analysis from IPPR here: www.ippr.org/articles/tax...
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ahead of the Budget, voters are sceptical of higher tax and doubt government delivery. But @ippr.org work with @persuasionuk.bsky.social suggests there is a way through: close loopholes and ensure those with the broadest shoulders contribute first, and take visible action to cut the cost of living.
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The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
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NEW: Part 1 of the brilliant @instituteforgovernment.org.uk Performance Tracker
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social have dug deep into local government services & finances
It’s.. gloomy
As @theguardian.com @kiranstacey.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social have dug deep into local government services & finances
It’s.. gloomy
As @theguardian.com @kiranstacey.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
English councils to remain poorer than in 2010 despite funding rise, says report
Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
NEW: Part 1 of the brilliant @instituteforgovernment.org.uk Performance Tracker
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social have dug deep into local government services & finances
It’s.. gloomy
As @theguardian.com @kiranstacey.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social have dug deep into local government services & finances
It’s.. gloomy
As @theguardian.com @kiranstacey.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...