Part one of a new series by @timleunig.bsky.social for @nestauk.bsky.social looking at the governments options on tax ahead of the Budget.
This one looks at VAT, featuring gingerbread men, marshmallows and tanned cow hide.
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/fiscal-...
21.08.2025 12:27 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The Health Secretary has just announced a new policy designed by @nestauk.bsky.social that could cut obesity by a fifth.
As the food that surrounds us has got worse over time, obesity rates have crept up.
If we work with supermarkets to make food a little bit healthier, we can reverse this trend.
29.06.2025 09:07 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Supermarkets to get healthy eating targets under governme...
Wes Streeting says retailers can help nudge people in right direction and drive ‘transformational’ change
Great to see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social announce a new healthy food standard.
Nesta first set out this policy in 2024 and we are very pleased to welcome it today.
Read more in @theobserveruk.bsky.social with @rachelsylvester.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/politic...
29.06.2025 08:10 — 👍 20 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 5
Next time
21.05.2025 10:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Are you a back bench Labour MP? Think you could do better than Rachel Reeves? Use the @nestauk.bsky.social IFS "Be the Chancellor" tool and see if your numbers add up...
21.05.2025 09:09 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Be the Chancellor
Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Set your tax and spending plans for the next five years and see how your choices affect the government balance sheet
Tough choices face the government in the upcoming spending review.
Now updated, the Be the Chancellor tax tool by Nesta & @theifs.bsky.social invites you to set tax + spending to see how different choices affect the government balance sheet.
21.05.2025 08:00 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 3
And a massive thank you to @helenmiller.bsky.social @benzaranko.bsky.social and the team
21.05.2025 07:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Be the Chancellor
Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Set your tax and spending plans for the next five years and see how your choices affect the government balance sheet
To all the ministers, advisers and officials currently in painful negotiations for the Spending Review, trying to work out where and how more money could be found…
We @nestauk.bsky.social and @theifs.bsky.social have updated our “Be the Chancellor” tool.
www.nesta.org.uk/data-visuali...
21.05.2025 07:35 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
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