Joe Mayes

The book is out! 🥳

Can you run the economy and lead your party to glory at the next general election?

Only one way to find out! tinyurl.com/y22pn6tc

‘A political and economic handbook for our age’ — Mishal Husain

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18.09.2025 05:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Delighted to announce my first book will be published on Sept. 18 with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. It’s an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure dive into British politics and economics. You can pre-order it here! amzn.eu/d/3idrD4o

18.06.2025 15:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

UK Mulls New Investor Visa Targeting Key Strategic Industries The UK is drawing up plans for a special visa for foreigners who invest significant sums in Britain, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government seeks to blunt the economic blow from recent tax hikes ...

Scoop w/ @alexwickham.bsky.social

The UK is drawing up plans for a new investor visa targeted at strategic industries

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

14.05.2025 20:43 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 2

Reeves Tells Ministers to Find Savings in Tight Spending Review UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has told ministers to seek savings in their departmental budgets, as Keir Starmer’s government grapples with tough choices on public spending against the b...

Reeves tells ministers to find savings in tight spending review

Says she expects departments to stop spending on areas that don’t contribute to the govt’s main priorities

Means a tricky 6 months to June, after big Cabinet row in October

Via @joemayes.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

10.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2

Reeves Vows UK Will be ‘Ambitious’ in Deepening Ties With EU Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the UK would make a bigger push to deepen its economic ties with the European Union, as Keir Starmer’s new Labour government seeks a reset in relations w...

Interesting how explicit Reeves is on how Brexit has hurt UK-EU trade
- Says trade intensity to fall 15% over long-run
- Points out UK-EU goods exports not recovered to above 2018 levels
But no detail on what she'll do to fix it...

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

09.12.2024 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Starmer Triggers Labour Alarm After Early Reset Bid Falls Flat Keir Starmer is facing calls from across his Labour Party for bolder policies and sharper messaging to reconnect with voters, after a major speech aimed at rebooting his stuttering UK premiership flop...

NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read

Keir Starmer has triggered alarm across Labour over his poor performance in his first 5 months as PM, after Thursday’s reset speech flopped

His party wants bolder policies, a clearer purpose and much sharper messaging

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

07.12.2024 09:00 — 👍 17    🔁 10    💬 21    📌 21

Before the election, Labour said: 'Our ambition is to have the highest growth in the G7 over consecutive years *by the end of the parliament*.'

Starmer's growth milestone today doesn't mention the same timeframe. Does that mean growth target watered down? Seeking clarity...

05.12.2024 11:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Over Half of UK Firms to Raise Prices After £26 Billion Tax Hike More than half of UK businesses plan to increase prices and cut jobs in response to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ £26 billion ($33 billion) hike in employer payroll taxes, threatening to ...

New: More than half of UK businesses plan to increase prices and cut jobs in response to the budget's hike in national insurance, according to a BOE survey @tomreesjournalist.bsky.social @philaldrick.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

05.12.2024 10:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Reeves Risks Fiscal Rule Breach, Bond Market Test in Spring Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves risks having to fill a fiscal shortfall early next year, running the gauntlet of skittish bond markets in a test potentially tougher than at her first UK budg...

Economists expect the OBR to say Rachel Reeves is breaking her own fiscal rules in the spring

That means she risks having to fill a fiscal shortfall that could pose a bond market test tougher than budget

Via @joemayes.bsky.social @philaldrick.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

01.12.2024 10:11 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0