Ben Franklin
@bjafranklin.bsky.social
Deputy Chief Exec. International Longevity Centre UK. Former Chief, Centre for Progressive Policy. Before think tanks I did some stuff at HMT and the FCA.
You can read the piece for @ilcuk.bsky.social here: ilcuk.org.uk/spending-rev...
Spending review 2025 – how the Chancellor might signal progress - ILCUK
ILC’s Deputy Chief Executive, Ben Franklin, reflects on what is needed in the Spending Review to show the Government is serious about tackling the challenges – and seizing the opportunities – of an ag...
ilcuk.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
You can read the piece for @ilcuk.bsky.social here: ilcuk.org.uk/spending-rev...
Assuming no further tax rises, the piece argues for:
🔹 Real-term restraint esp. on NHS
🔹 Prioritise prevention & community spend
🔹 Support local govt to deliver reform & social care
🔹 Rebalance welfare: active labour policy > benefit cuts
🔹 Invest in the longevity economy & foundational sectors
🔹 Real-term restraint esp. on NHS
🔹 Prioritise prevention & community spend
🔹 Support local govt to deliver reform & social care
🔹 Rebalance welfare: active labour policy > benefit cuts
🔹 Invest in the longevity economy & foundational sectors
June 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Assuming no further tax rises, the piece argues for:
🔹 Real-term restraint esp. on NHS
🔹 Prioritise prevention & community spend
🔹 Support local govt to deliver reform & social care
🔹 Rebalance welfare: active labour policy > benefit cuts
🔹 Invest in the longevity economy & foundational sectors
🔹 Real-term restraint esp. on NHS
🔹 Prioritise prevention & community spend
🔹 Support local govt to deliver reform & social care
🔹 Rebalance welfare: active labour policy > benefit cuts
🔹 Invest in the longevity economy & foundational sectors
Longer lives can drive growth & innovation. I’m excited to help shape what happens now. Want to connect or collaborate? Let’s talk. ☕️
June 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Longer lives can drive growth & innovation. I’m excited to help shape what happens now. Want to connect or collaborate? Let’s talk. ☕️
ILCUK works with national and local govt. and globally with orgs inc. G20, WEF & OECD to help societies adapt to demographic change. This work has never mattered more.
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
ILCUK works with national and local govt. and globally with orgs inc. G20, WEF & OECD to help societies adapt to demographic change. This work has never mattered more.
And our recent report on this with @localtrust.org.uk here: www.progressive-policy.net/publications...
Breaking the cycle: Delivering good jobs for ‘doubly disadvantaged’…
How to bring growth and opportunity to places stuck in a trap of ‘no jobs or bad jobs.’
www.progressive-policy.net
March 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
And our recent report on this with @localtrust.org.uk here: www.progressive-policy.net/publications...
The full prospectus with more details on the nieghbourhood plan can be found here: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus
www.gov.uk
March 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The full prospectus with more details on the nieghbourhood plan can be found here: www.gov.uk/government/p...
5. Obviously there are questions/challenges. Its not a lot of cash spread over 75 areas. So place will need to be targeted in how they use it, which neighbourhoods they focus on, what interventions they prioritise and how these neighbourhood interventions complement other place-based initiatives.
March 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
5. Obviously there are questions/challenges. Its not a lot of cash spread over 75 areas. So place will need to be targeted in how they use it, which neighbourhoods they focus on, what interventions they prioritise and how these neighbourhood interventions complement other place-based initiatives.