Ben Glover
ben-glover.bsky.social
Ben Glover
@ben-glover.bsky.social
Head of Policy Analysis, Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods
Very kind @philtinline.bsky.social - thank you!
Late to this excellent piece by @ben-glover.bsky.social on the reasons the post-1945 Britain looks more attractive to many young politicos than the post-1979 one.

And on the thing that made that work, which we need to stop hating quite so much:

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Labour must embrace the spirit of postwar Britain
Industrial strategy is back in fashion
www.newstatesman.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Ben Glover
Late to this excellent piece by @ben-glover.bsky.social on the reasons the post-1945 Britain looks more attractive to many young politicos than the post-1979 one.

And on the thing that made that work, which we need to stop hating quite so much:

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Labour must embrace the spirit of postwar Britain
Industrial strategy is back in fashion
www.newstatesman.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Reposted by Ben Glover
Exclusive: Starmer outspends Johnson on levelling up in first year

Labour invested £2bn more on Levelling Up in its first year

🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social
Exclusive: Starmer outspends Johnson on levelling up in first year
Labour invested £2bn more on Levelling Up in its first year.
www.newstatesman.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reposted by Ben Glover
Exclusive! Labour spends more on Boris Johnson's flagship policy in its first year than Boris Johnson did:
Exclusive: Starmer outspends Johnson on levelling up in first year
Labour invested £2bn more on Levelling Up in its first year
www.newstatesman.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM