Sam Alvis
@samalvis.bsky.social
South West native, currently AD of Climate, Energy @IPPR - Climate/Econ policy (views mine)
Green industrial strategy | Bazball | @BristolBears
Green industrial strategy | Bazball | @BristolBears
Who amongst wouldn’t want the chance to write unchallenged hatchet jobs about our opponents / predecessors
I hate how funny I find this
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Who amongst wouldn’t want the chance to write unchallenged hatchet jobs about our opponents / predecessors
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Join our team as:
* Researcher - who will conduct research & analysis in support of projects & workstreams at FGF
* Communications Coordinator - who will devise & deliver communication campaigns to raise the profile, reputation and reach of FGF
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www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/vacancies/
* Researcher - who will conduct research & analysis in support of projects & workstreams at FGF
* Communications Coordinator - who will devise & deliver communication campaigns to raise the profile, reputation and reach of FGF
More 🔽🔽🔽
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/vacancies/
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Join our team as:
* Researcher - who will conduct research & analysis in support of projects & workstreams at FGF
* Communications Coordinator - who will devise & deliver communication campaigns to raise the profile, reputation and reach of FGF
More 🔽🔽🔽
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/vacancies/
* Researcher - who will conduct research & analysis in support of projects & workstreams at FGF
* Communications Coordinator - who will devise & deliver communication campaigns to raise the profile, reputation and reach of FGF
More 🔽🔽🔽
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/vacancies/
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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Same product. Same store. Same time. But on Instacart, different customers may see different prices.
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Same product. Same store. Same time. But on Instacart, different customers may see different prices.
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Totally agree. The these things go through too many layers of comments and sign off to ever sound natural. And despite the great intent people shut off because you can’t engage with the substance.
This is a great thing for the PM to do.
It reads a bit too much like internal Labour party literature at times- no need for the dividing lines stuff/sloganistic headlines etc in this medium.
But overall it's very positive and look forward to reading more.
open.substack.com/pub/keirstar...
It reads a bit too much like internal Labour party literature at times- no need for the dividing lines stuff/sloganistic headlines etc in this medium.
But overall it's very positive and look forward to reading more.
open.substack.com/pub/keirstar...
Politics that makes a difference
Over half a million children, lifted out of poverty
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Totally agree. The these things go through too many layers of comments and sign off to ever sound natural. And despite the great intent people shut off because you can’t engage with the substance.
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ENERGY BILLS! Paying for the renewables obligation brings the UK in line with other countries. Early investments in renewables were innovation spending, strange and unfair to get consumers to pay for that.
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ENERGY BILLS! Paying for the renewables obligation brings the UK in line with other countries. Early investments in renewables were innovation spending, strange and unfair to get consumers to pay for that.
OR NOT. Good day for the OBR
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
OR NOT. Good day for the OBR
Really helpful chart in here
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Really helpful chart in here
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Transport in the budget is a bit more of a mixed bag than housing...
The headline is likely to be the introduction of pay-per-mile on EVs while also raising thresholds of support to buy them - the messaging is a bit of a muddle!
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The headline is likely to be the introduction of pay-per-mile on EVs while also raising thresholds of support to buy them - the messaging is a bit of a muddle!
1/🧵
Quick skim through the budget - some small tidbits on housing (beyond the tax stuff)
👥Funding for extra capacity in the planning system - should help process planning applications & get decisions made faster
1/2
👥Funding for extra capacity in the planning system - should help process planning applications & get decisions made faster
1/2
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Transport in the budget is a bit more of a mixed bag than housing...
The headline is likely to be the introduction of pay-per-mile on EVs while also raising thresholds of support to buy them - the messaging is a bit of a muddle!
1/🧵
The headline is likely to be the introduction of pay-per-mile on EVs while also raising thresholds of support to buy them - the messaging is a bit of a muddle!
1/🧵
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Details important, but North Sea Jobs Service could be a big win for unions and workers in oil and gas industry, who have been clear they want a path out of the industry
One of our @ippr.org key policy asks too
Language of 'end-to-end support' particularly welcome
www.ippr.org/articles/ski...
One of our @ippr.org key policy asks too
Language of 'end-to-end support' particularly welcome
www.ippr.org/articles/ski...
Skills passports: An essential part of a fair transition | IPPR
Declining North Sea reserves and low international oil prices, not net zero policies, are largely responsible for current job losses in oil and gas, but th
www.ippr.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Details important, but North Sea Jobs Service could be a big win for unions and workers in oil and gas industry, who have been clear they want a path out of the industry
One of our @ippr.org key policy asks too
Language of 'end-to-end support' particularly welcome
www.ippr.org/articles/ski...
One of our @ippr.org key policy asks too
Language of 'end-to-end support' particularly welcome
www.ippr.org/articles/ski...
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Quick skim through the budget - some small tidbits on housing (beyond the tax stuff)
👥Funding for extra capacity in the planning system - should help process planning applications & get decisions made faster
1/2
👥Funding for extra capacity in the planning system - should help process planning applications & get decisions made faster
1/2
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Quick skim through the budget - some small tidbits on housing (beyond the tax stuff)
👥Funding for extra capacity in the planning system - should help process planning applications & get decisions made faster
1/2
👥Funding for extra capacity in the planning system - should help process planning applications & get decisions made faster
1/2
Some further thoughts.
- RO support ends in 29/30. It will be lower then as some expire. An inflection point for levies (perhaps some manifesto promises).
- Really underline. Good start have to keep fighting on bills. Levies grow from £14 to £19b by the end of the parl - worse for elec than gas
- RO support ends in 29/30. It will be lower then as some expire. An inflection point for levies (perhaps some manifesto promises).
- Really underline. Good start have to keep fighting on bills. Levies grow from £14 to £19b by the end of the parl - worse for elec than gas
ENERGY BILLS! Paying for the renewables obligation brings the UK in line with other countries. Early investments in renewables were innovation spending, strange and unfair to get consumers to pay for that.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Some further thoughts.
- RO support ends in 29/30. It will be lower then as some expire. An inflection point for levies (perhaps some manifesto promises).
- Really underline. Good start have to keep fighting on bills. Levies grow from £14 to £19b by the end of the parl - worse for elec than gas
- RO support ends in 29/30. It will be lower then as some expire. An inflection point for levies (perhaps some manifesto promises).
- Really underline. Good start have to keep fighting on bills. Levies grow from £14 to £19b by the end of the parl - worse for elec than gas
ENERGY BILLS! Paying for the renewables obligation brings the UK in line with other countries. Early investments in renewables were innovation spending, strange and unfair to get consumers to pay for that.
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ENERGY BILLS! Paying for the renewables obligation brings the UK in line with other countries. Early investments in renewables were innovation spending, strange and unfair to get consumers to pay for that.
Publishing the OBR doc early is good for growth, extra spend in the hospitality sector (two chairmen)
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Publishing the OBR doc early is good for growth, extra spend in the hospitality sector (two chairmen)
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💼 Tomorrow’s Budget is a big test. Here are the five steps Rachel Reeves should take - via @rachaelhenry.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
💼 Tomorrow’s Budget is a big test. Here are the five steps Rachel Reeves should take - via @rachaelhenry.bsky.social
Stokes is bowling till it’s done isn’t he
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Stokes is bowling till it’s done isn’t he
First test victory the only thing that can calm the bond markets for Reeves at this stage and therefore all I’ll be concentrating on
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
First test victory the only thing that can calm the bond markets for Reeves at this stage and therefore all I’ll be concentrating on
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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NEW: next week's budget, with an OBR downgrade & tax rises all but certain, could be very tricky. But it can actually be a positive milestone. If the Chancellor fixes big unfairnesses & irrationalities in the tax system, it can be popular and pro growth. 👇
www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
Fairness first: How the budget can make life better and the economy stronger | IPPR
The size of the fiscal gap is uncertain but could plausibly be in the region of £20 to £30 billion – and this is before the chancellor spends any money on
www.ippr.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
NEW: next week's budget, with an OBR downgrade & tax rises all but certain, could be very tricky. But it can actually be a positive milestone. If the Chancellor fixes big unfairnesses & irrationalities in the tax system, it can be popular and pro growth. 👇
www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
Problem with 'certainty' is that everyone has a different definition and most of the time it's used to justfiy the status quo. Regulation needs updating (whether because of failings or new challenges). 4 regulators is clearly mad but clarity and visibility of changes is more important than certainty
What does good housing regulation look like?
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Problem with 'certainty' is that everyone has a different definition and most of the time it's used to justfiy the status quo. Regulation needs updating (whether because of failings or new challenges). 4 regulators is clearly mad but clarity and visibility of changes is more important than certainty
This is so good by Izzy. The tories went wrong when they bored of pluralism, many of Labour's issues are because of the same
Not just comms that gets duller and less authentic but you run out of ideological road faster. More freedom for PPCs/backbenchers (+more parliamentary power) better for all
Not just comms that gets duller and less authentic but you run out of ideological road faster. More freedom for PPCs/backbenchers (+more parliamentary power) better for all
The UK system of government and party infrastructures are hard-wired to protect against the style of insurgent politics that propelled Mamdani to victory writes Izzy Lewis
‘The UK will never have a Mamdani moment’ – LabourList
It is the morning of 5th November. Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, and some 3,400 miles away, Westminster is awash with…
labourlist.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is so good by Izzy. The tories went wrong when they bored of pluralism, many of Labour's issues are because of the same
Not just comms that gets duller and less authentic but you run out of ideological road faster. More freedom for PPCs/backbenchers (+more parliamentary power) better for all
Not just comms that gets duller and less authentic but you run out of ideological road faster. More freedom for PPCs/backbenchers (+more parliamentary power) better for all
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Wrote for @labourlist.bsky.social this morning on why government needs to Be More Australia.
labourlist.org/2025/11/cut-...
labourlist.org/2025/11/cut-...
'Cut bills, build trust: the new formula for progressive politics' - LabourList
Labour must talk about – and act on – living standards now to build trust that they have voters priorities at their heart.
labourlist.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Wrote for @labourlist.bsky.social this morning on why government needs to Be More Australia.
labourlist.org/2025/11/cut-...
labourlist.org/2025/11/cut-...
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NEW: The high cost of living is on the forefront of the public's mind. The government should launch 'a war on bills' - a multi-year policy campaign to bring costs down. There are no silver bullets, but there are lots of small things that the government can do to show that it's on people side. (1/4)
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
NEW: The high cost of living is on the forefront of the public's mind. The government should launch 'a war on bills' - a multi-year policy campaign to bring costs down. There are no silver bullets, but there are lots of small things that the government can do to show that it's on people side. (1/4)