Digital IDs have the potential to be an invaluable weapon against the growing tide of fraud, while facilitating access to public and private sector services.

They also create a dividing line with Reform.

Just please do them in a smart way that actually works.

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Also, it’s not just about how much your office could do, you could also get quality improvement.

AI is not (necessarily) just about productivity in the sense of how much you can do.

I disagree. Train them up (if necessary) to use it effectively. Or you could also ban them from using Google…🤣

There are also big class divisions opening up between those in professional jobs that provide paid parental leave for dads and those in jobs that don’t.

Good article and comment. I think there are those considerations but that doesn’t mean you can’t shift the overall calculus or the culture. Associated to that is ensuring there is adequate support for dads returning from parental leave.

You’re not in any way partisan by any chance?

I think it is a distinction between being persecuted and being in danger.

This is a better critique: youtu.be/tOESjT-Qw2A?...

I think you are making the assumption that not knowing the number by heart is the main barrier to people making reports, which I think is unlikely.

It’s not really a soft left thing. This is not a typical Labour view.

it’s just that I’m interested in financial regulation and have done quite a lot of research on this which someday I will get round to publishing.

There is a flavour of it here: www.lse.ac.uk/law/events/R...

You’re drawing on New Labour’s economic record to argue against Labour’s current approach.

I’m just saying that there are some major issues with New Labour’s economic record.

I am not necessarily saying that what you are saying about the current Labour government is wrong.

Yes but New Labour’s cash redistribution was funded by credit expansion that contributed to major pain for the poor up until today, while
reluctance to interfere in the market arguable led to the failure to regulate banks properly.

No but these are ultimately relative matters so it’s necessary to look at both sides of the New Labour copybook.

I’m just saying that I don’t think culpability for allowing too much credit / not regulating banks effectively should be skipped over in the analysis.