Founder & Director, Unplugged Coalition. Former Special Adviser to PM on Business, Regulation and Energy Policy. Works on things that matter. Gets stuff done.
Richmond, Surrey
Joined May 2011
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Jennifer Powers retweeted
I find it significant that the most AI-pilled people I know use AI for basically everything…except for writing
It’s remarkably consistent. Why? Because to write is to think. And outsourcing your critical thinking to AI is intellectual suicide
Jennifer Powers retweeted
My bus tracker and performance monitor run from a DfT data source called BODS. A reliable insider tells me that DfT were quoted £2m to provide a vastly more basic system than the one I provide for free on my website. TWO MILLION POUNDS!
Jennifer Powers retweeted
Being self-employed, this and Making Tax Digital make me want to emigrate. Ever more bureaucratic inconvenience for such a paltry, negligible gain to the public purse!
The hidden tax measure in the Budget is huge for people paying tax under self-assessment - sole traders, partners, landlords, retired investors.
For 6th April 2028-29, you currently pay 50% of your income tax late in the tax year in question (in January 2029), 50% just after the year end (in July 2029) with any make-up payment in January 2030.
Under the new proposals you will pay your tax perhaps monthly or quarterly (TBC) from April 2029 onwards. A rough analysis suggests the impact is to draw about 50% of your tax bill forward, a huge cashflow boost to HMRC and a significant funding issue for the self-employed.
The Treasury recognises this, and expects to raise £1.3bn of additional tax in 29/30 as a result of this change.
The cashflow impact of the accelerated charge will send some businesses to the wall.
Jennifer Powers retweeted
Mindblowing chart from OBR. In 2029 real household disposable income per person expected to be just 1% higher than in 2019. What an unbelievably awful decade. It used to grow by 2%+ every year, not 1% in 10 years.
Jennifer Powers retweeted
'It feels like he is setting up an open conversation.'
Political Commentator Jennifer Powers discusses Andy Burnham opening the door to EU citizens living and working freely in Britain.
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Jennifer Powers retweeted
One of my favourite econ papers is a study from Chile which found that its online fuel price disclosure scheme actually led to *higher* prices for consumers, as it made it easier for petrol stations to coordinate their pricing.
I know people are worried about fuel prices. And I get it. You get to the pump, watch the numbers climb, and wonder why it's costing so much more than it used to.
The reality is that global events are pushing up costs, and families here at home are feeling the impact.
But I won't accept that there's nothing I can do to help.
That's why from today, you'll be able to see petrol and diesel prices on Google Maps, compare nearby stations and find the cheapest option before you fill up.
It's a small change, but if there's a practical way to help people keep more money in their pocket, I'll do it.
Jennifer Powers retweeted
Social media ban for under-16s to come into effect next March, Culture Secretary confirms
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Jennifer Powers retweeted
I keep saying it, but allowing the sale of Arm in 2016 was such a crazily poor piece of decisionmaking that even by the standards of UK economic policy it’s something of an outlier.
i've banked with monzo since 2019. it's exactly what britain should be producing. built from nothing, forced every legacy bank to modernise, and now one of the biggest consumer banks in the country
and we're about to sell it to brazil
investors deserve a payout, fair enough. but the reason it's a sale and not an ipo is that our ipo market is dead. so our best companies get bought instead of listed
deepmind to google. arm to softbank. our car makers, our steel, our water, our airlines. now monzo
we build them and sell them. every. single. time.
Jennifer Powers retweeted
I've reviewed all government bills currently before parliament which haven't reached Royal Assent (17). The Govt is in good shape to end the session by March for either an early King's Speech or significantly limiting any legislative cost to an early general election 1/
Jennifer Powers retweeted
Infrastructure is 65% more expensive in the UK than France and Germany.
That’s £8.3 BILLION a year WASTED.
Not on tunnels or track.
On lawyers, lobbyists and consultants.
This is a CHOICE.
FIX our planning system, SAVE money & BUILD infrastructure.
Jennifer Powers retweeted
'It would make sense for him politically to have that personal mandate he lacks. I think he may have already waited too long...'
@Power_Jen of the Unplugged Coalition reacts to reports Prime Minister Andy Burnham could be looking at calling an early general election.
Jennifer Powers retweeted
Rent: for a long time, the 5 year change in rent was between 10-15%.
More recently, it has crept up to 35%
Jennifer Powers retweeted
'The latest and last U-turn of Keir Starmer...'
@Power_Jen of the Unplugged Coalition reacts as former PM Sir Keir Starmer draws up a resignation honours list despite having promised not to.
Jennifer Powers retweeted
'Are we going to reach a point where those with the deepest pockets are the ones who run the country?'
@DrStephenDixon asks @Power_Jen of the Unplugged Coalition about backlash as Reform receives its second £36m donation from a crypto-billionaire in just two days.