In the latest episode of the Capitalist for @CapX, I sat down with @MalcolmRifkind to discuss the future of the Conservatives along with the ECHR, Ukraine and lessons from the Thatcher era for today https://t.co/ZhNVj9MJgK

💷 IN 15 MINS: Hear from @alysdenby of City AM, the OBR's Professor David Miles, Shadow Treasury Minister Richard Fuller, and our Head of Economic Policy Daniel Herring as they dissect Labour's second Budget ⬇️

💷 IN 15 MINS: Hear from @alysdenby of City AM, the OBR's Professor David Miles, Shadow Treasury Minister Richard Fuller, and our Head of Economic Policy Daniel Herring as they dissect Labour's second Budget ⬇️

🆕 We are delighted to announce the appointment of Lee Rowley (@Lee4NED) as a Research Fellow. Drawing on his experiences in government, Rowley will be spearheading a project examining why government so often does not work as politicians hope and the public imagine it should, to

🆕 We are delighted to announce the appointment of Lee Rowley (@Lee4NED) as a Research Fellow. Drawing on his experiences in government, Rowley will be spearheading a project examining why government so often does not work as politicians hope and the public imagine it should, to

✈️ 'The new data does confirm the anecdotal evidence that has been building up over a number of years that ambitious young people feel overtaxed, under pressure from the cost of living, don't see a solution to that in the UK and have been moving abroad.' CPS Research Director

Job vacancies are at pandemic-era lows. Unemployment is at 5%. We all want higher wages. But sustainable growth comes from productivity and a growing economy - not making it harder to employ people. Read our full paper analysing the costs of Labour’s wage policies, The Cost of

Emily is 25, working in hospitality. She got a minimum wage rise - but barely saw the benefit. Of the £3,414 increase in her employer's costs, Emily keeps just half. The rest? Straight to government coffers.

Peter is 19, working full-time in a warehouse while saving to go to university. For many young people like him, this is their first proper job - their foot in the door. But that door is getting harder to open.

Meet Gale. He's 17, training as an electrician through an apprenticeship scheme. The costs have piled up fast - and it's making employers think twice about taking on young people to train them.

Since Labour came to power, the cost of employing people has skyrocketed. Let's look at three workers to see what's really happened 🧵

You can read the paper here:

💷NEW PAPER: The Cost of Labour Following the Budget, we examine how government decisions on minimum wage and employer costs have made it £4,000 more expensive to employ a teenager since Labour came to power. Read it below ⬇️

“I don't quite understand how she said she is not going to increase the welfare state, that is literally what this budget did.” The budget showed how Reeves did a “u-turn” on fiscal policies for her job security, says Sunday Times's, @RColvile @HugoRifkind | @MeganeKenyon

By @CPSThinkTank estimate, the income tax/NI threshold freeze is now the largest tax rise in at least the last 60 years - £66.6 billion cumulative cost.

New ONS migration data has British nationals broken down by age band for the first time. Around 53% of the net outflow is aged 16-24, and 46% aged 25-34. Goodbye, Nick (30)...

We are borrowing too much. We are spending too much. This budget has failed to change any of that, it's just made it a lot worse. @rcolvile reacts to the Chancellor's announcement ⬇️

Read Robert's thread on our briefing 'Britain's Broken Budgets' from earlier this week

Tax hikes now, the promise of spending restraint tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes, as our recent briefing 'Britain’s Broken Budgets' highlighted. Out of 54 medium-term forecasts from 1990 to 2019, actual managed expenditure was always above what was forecast. There was not a

'Bad in every way' - @rcolvile's verdict on today's Budget.