.@emmerich_mike says if housing, transport and education all ‘pile on pressure for success’ in some wealthy and well-connected areas and leave others behind, then ‘we really are facing a national policy failure’ https://t.co/n67Nh2DJeX #localgov

Chart of the week: Research from the @wef shows that we're in the midst of a notable period of demographic transition - population growth could slow to 0.1% by the end of the 21st Century, down from 2.1% in the 1960s. https://t.co/W2kdT5fY6x #Trajectory #PopulationGrowth

Theresa May’s recent announcement of the end of the HRA borrowing cap has received a very warm welcome across the local government sector, but what does this mean for housing across the UK? https://t.co/ra62sXv14t

Everyone saying "there's no housing problem" could do with focusing on what has actually happened in Britain - a huge surge in young people stuck sharing with friends or family. Either they took Friends as literal lifestyle advice or we've got a problem....

"The tech sector is growing at twice the rate of the rest of the economy, and in 2017 was worth £184bn. And #Reading has a significant number of startups and scaleups, including brilliant companies like @altitudeangel" - @RanniaL, Director, Business Growth at @beisgovuk

There’s prevailing wisdom in some circles that cities can and should pick up the tab for a whole host of domestic policies. We @BrookingsMetro have released a new report that cautions against such a blanket assumption. https://t.co/yHR2VwKRhU To explain... 1/

"In recent years, a greater part of corporate borrowing has come in the form of bank loans that are quickly packaged into securities known as collateralized loan obligations, which are sliced and diced and sold off to sophisticated investors..." Hmmm. https://t.co/8fU7hnmPGi

We’re #hiring! If you have a background in #economics & an interest in #data #analysis this is your chance to make an impact in a growing consultancy with offices in #Manchester & #London. Check out our #internships page to apply #graduates #jobs https://t.co/JQfqk6aKRI

Fun #map compares Greater #Tokyo area (largest city on earth with 38m residents) to Greater #London area. Source: https://t.co/dwocjEujq3

IFS Director @PJTheEconomist “The £20bn that the Prime Minister has just announced is a lot in anybody’s terms but it does mean over the next 5 yrs the growth in NHS spending will actually be slower than it’s been on average through its whole life" #NHS70

JD, a Chinese e-commerce giant, has built a new fulfillment center in Shanghai that can organize, pack and ship 200,000 orders a day with 4 people — all of whom service the robots. This is the future. Pretending it's not is a very bad idea. https://t.co/MSPW3kLnCx #basicincome

This is just the most extraordinary picture for UK goods exports. Not encouraging https://t.co/6W4NmyYfDh via @financialtimes

The papers for the first #Bournemouth, #Christchurch & #Poole Shadow Authority (@BCP_SA), taking place on 6th June at 7pm, are now available online: https://t.co/vyd9aHjd03 Members of the press & public are welcome to attend the meeting, which takes place at @bournemouthuni.

The Most Important Graph ... https://t.co/5A6M91SCxY

Our new report calls for place-based skills policy to empower local areas to respond to their unique skills challenges #FEdatadeficit https://t.co/tPdn2VROq8

Big story here: London Boroughs to collaborate on GLA-backed offsite factory to provide temporary accommodation to homeless https://t.co/n0Dq3XPO7h

BREAKING: Unilever picks a single HQ in the Netherlands, abandoning a British base it's had for nearly a century https://t.co/5Q89USfyQy

In 1976 49% of all UK architects worked in the public sector. Today it is 0.9%. Public sector needs to stop outsourcing and boost its design capacity to create public value. @rainerkattel launches @IIPP_UCL mission oriented innovation network @UCL_BSP

Government borrowing – at £40 billion over twelve months – is running at the same cash rate as the years prior to the financial crisis. Lower if measured as a share of national income. @ONS