Gavin Kelly
@gavin-kelly.bsky.social
Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation Previous lives: Chief Executive & Exec. Chair, Resolution Foundation Founding Chair, Living Wage Commission
Some thoughts from me for the Milburn Review on Young People & Work. Increasing participation, improving social protection & supporting part-time work. onemillionfutures.substack.com/p/building-a...
Building a pro-participation system of support for young people - what needs to change
By Gavin Kelley, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation
onemillionfutures.substack.com
"We’re not just failing today’s young people, but tomorrow’s tax-payers, too."A fine piece - even-handed between colleges and schools - by @nuffieldfoundation.org's Gavin Kelly, which is very good on the interplays between different incentives. substack.com/@onemillionf...
Building a pro-participation system of support for young people - what needs to change
By Gavin Kelly, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation
substack.com
Some thoughts from me for the Milburn Review on Young People & Work. Increasing participation, improving social protection & supporting part-time work. onemillionfutures.substack.com/p/building-a...
Building a pro-participation system of support for young people - what needs to change
By Gavin Kelley, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation
onemillionfutures.substack.com
How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else ft.trib.al/KvmNepY | opinion
How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else
The lesson from Manchester is that it takes time for public investment policies to show up in GDP
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The Treasury needs to adapt reflect a devolved age & fragmented governance. Important new @nuffieldfoundation.org funded report by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Dave Richards & Martin Smith www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/opinion...
The myth of Treasury control: What’s wrong with the UK’s public spending system and how to fix it - Nuffield Foundation
The long-standing model of centralised Treasury control over public spending has inadequately adapted to the realities of public service delivery.
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The Treasury needs to adapt reflect a devolved age & fragmented governance. Important new @nuffieldfoundation.org funded report by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Dave Richards & Martin Smith www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/opinion...
The myth of Treasury control: What’s wrong with the UK’s public spending system and how to fix it - Nuffield Foundation
The long-standing model of centralised Treasury control over public spending has inadequately adapted to the realities of public service delivery.
nuffieldfoundation.org
Very positive new findings on the impact of the Nuffield Early Learning Intervention (NELI) on the oral language skills of 3-4 year olds. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/pre-sch...
Very positive new findings on the impact of the Nuffield Early Learning Intervention (NELI) on the oral language skills of 3-4 year olds. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/pre-sch...
Today we remember the 52 people who were killed, the people who were injured and affected, the heroes who helped and those who lost loved ones because of the terrible events twenty one years ago on the 7th of July 2005 in London. #LondonBombings #NeverForget #7July @allontheboard.bsky.social
Improving young people’s “work readiness” isn’t about fixing individuals, but fixing the system. Stronger links between education & employers and real workplace experience are key to helping young people transition successfully into work. Read more 👇 www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/opinion...
What must change to improve young people’s work readiness? - Nuffield Foundation
Following the Milburn Review, our research provides a deeper understanding of work readiness and integration between education & employment.
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Apply to @nuffieldfoundation.org for new research funding on the UK impacts of the Iran-US conflict.
Nuffield Foundation@nuffieldfoundation.org · 2mo agoHow is the US-Iran conflict affecting UK families, communities and businesses? CEO @gavin-kelly.bsky.social explains our new funding opportunity to support research that examines the impacts of global disruption & inform policy trade-offs. Learn more 👉 www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding-for-...
Exactly this. Having the first (I think?) Chief of Staff at No 10 to have ever led a university feels significant in the current context...
Miranda Green@greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 2mo agoFellow SW1-ers ánd journalists, I am dismayed this week by how much the fact that James Purnell ran a globally important London university has been totally ignored, as if that experience, and our huge HE exports and cauldron of talent, just aren't very interesting or relevant to govt or UK future.
Brits, Our Friends In The North, one of the finest drama series of the past 35 years, is starting a run of repeats on BBC Four this evening from 10.20pm. (I feel old; I watched this when it was new.) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Why Our Friends in the North still thrills 25 years on
An incredible cast – from Daniel Craig to Gina McKee – and Shakespearean narrative add up to make a modern classic
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There's been a dramatic negative shift in employee sentiment towards AI over recent years according to Glassdoor. Negative sentiment has more than tripled & positive sentiment has roughly halved since 2019.
Daniel Zhao@danielzhao.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor the first time, sentiment around AI in Glassdoor reviews is net-negative with 53% of mentions being negative. Sentiment has clearly soured since 2022 with a sharp decline so far in 2026. 2/3
What are the lasting consequences of the US–Iran conflict? The headlines may fade, but the economic aftershocks are already being felt in the UK.
Britain Beyond Brexit 7 years ago we published @gavin-kelly.bsky.social @iprnickp.bsky.social collection with articles by @duncanweldon.bsky.social @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social @profsob.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social + more (no £) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...
The Political Quarterly: Vol 90, No S2
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NEW: Up to £300k is available for researchers to examine how the US-Iran conflict conflict is affecting people & businesses in the UK. It’s the 3rd major supply shock of the 2020s: we need to harness evidence & learn lessons to improve future resilience. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding-for-...
UK impacts of the US-Iran conflict | Apply for Funding
Rapid response research funding to understand the impacts on the UK of the conflict involving US, Iran, Israel and the wider region.
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NEW: Up to £300k is available for researchers to examine how the US-Iran conflict conflict is affecting people & businesses in the UK. It’s the 3rd major supply shock of the 2020s: we need to harness evidence & learn lessons to improve future resilience. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding-for-...
UK impacts of the US-Iran conflict | Apply for Funding
Rapid response research funding to understand the impacts on the UK of the conflict involving US, Iran, Israel and the wider region.
nuffieldfoundation.org
I was surprised to see a chart on BBC Verify yesterday - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - highlighting that “defence spending has fallen as welfare spending has risen”. It didn’t look quite right to me so we took a closer look....⤵️
What's happened to UK defence spending?
BBC Verify looks at the size of the UK military after Lord Robertson criticises the government over defence spending.
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If your mind (and those of your children) is turning to the World Cup then read this pitch perfect & joyful piece. www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
Paul Howard: You spend your life chasing the way the World Cup made you feel when you were 11
I wish I could say I enjoyed Japan and South Korea 2002 as much as the World Cups of my childhood
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Nuffield Family Justice Observatory @nuffieldfjo.bsky.social have just published a new strategy: family justice 2030. If you're interested in children, the justice system, or reimagining an overlooked public service, please have a look. Vital work. www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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A welcome, and rightly coruscating, FT editorial on the state of the children's care system. www.ft.com/content/1e5d...
Good FT editorial capturing the moral, economic & political urgency of acting on the Milburn Review. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Britain’s expanding ‘lost generation’
Milburn report on youth joblessness should be a priority for whoever leads Labour
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Read the Milburn Review interim report here - I’m pleased to have been part of the expert panel for this. Final report in September. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Young people and work: interim report
The young people and work report is an independent review of the increase in the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).
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Re today’s Milburn report: I realise it is a long report but I would encourage interested folk to have a look at it all rather than react to snippets in the media.
Today's Pensions Commission Report is an (all too rare) example of serious analysis of a vital long-term social/economic challenge. The outline of the policy agenda that will feature in its final (2027) report is starting to take shape. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a073f...
"Number 10 has had literally no strategic or coordinating capacity, outside of national security, for almost two decades, which is frankly insane." It is bizarre & self-defeating that a number of PM's have chosen not to sort this.
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew post: "Why do PMs keep failing?" We'll be on our seventh in a decade soon. It's not an impossible job + recent PMs have all been v flawed. But the job is unnecessarily hard because of how it's evolved. Here's how it could be made easier. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
Interesting/early new research on the Australian social media ban for under 16s. It asks what is the compliance tipping point at which bans tend to be effective? Answer seems to be c.2/3rds - whereas current compliance among 14/15 year olds is estimated to be c.27%. www.nber.org/system/files...
Interesting/early new research on the Australian social media ban for under 16s. It asks what is the compliance tipping point at which bans tend to be effective? Answer seems to be c.2/3rds - whereas current compliance among 14/15 year olds is estimated to be c.27%. www.nber.org/system/files...
"Number 10 has had literally no strategic or coordinating capacity, outside of national security, for almost two decades, which is frankly insane." It is bizarre & self-defeating that a number of PM's have chosen not to sort this.
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew post: "Why do PMs keep failing?" We'll be on our seventh in a decade soon. It's not an impossible job + recent PMs have all been v flawed. But the job is unnecessarily hard because of how it's evolved. Here's how it could be made easier. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...