James Nation

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@NationJames

Managing Director at Forefront | Lecturer at Stanford | Ex Deputy Head of Policy and Special Adviser to Rishi Sunak | Host @whitehallsource pod

London Joined August 2011

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James Nation @NationJames 3d

As we’ve seen confirmed over the past week.

James Nation Verified account @NationJames Sep 2

The challenge is that addressing the area where there’s (understandably) some consensus on welfare reform in the Labour Party - young people - will mean some upfront spending/incentives in the coming years. And a difficult political decision on the minimum wage.
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James Nation @NationJames 4d

Hence why, in a sense, all of the elevated political focus on Rosebank and Jackdaw has suited the government. It makes it look like more of a pivot than the policy reality would suggest.

jeremy warner Verified account @JeremyWarnerUK 5d

So the Government is and is not going to end new North Sea oil production :)

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James Nation @NationJames 5d

If I was Treasury, I’d say: fine, willing to ringfence some funding as PDEL, with strong evidence on prevention. But then that should also mean some cashable savings elsewhere over time which departments should be held to. The worry is this becomes another ratchet.

Chris Smyth @Smyth_Chris 5d

Yvette Cooper has made an early bid for vast swathes of NHS budget to be protected as "preventative"

Other depts facing cuts will likely do the same. Battle to define "PDEL" during the spending review process will be worth watching
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James Nation @NationJames Oct 31

Get through the Sundays with no unravelling of measures and its job done from the Treasury. Onto the bigger challenges…

Whitehall Sources Verified account @whitehallsource Oct 31

What's it like to see a Budget you've worked on be delivered?

Hear it from former Treasury Adviser, James Nation.

The latest episode of Whitehall Sources is out now.

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James Nation @NationJames Oct 31

After a busy week focused on Budget shenanigans, nothing can top a lazy Saturday morning with some high quality test match cricket from Newlands 🏏 🇿🇦 🇦🇺 ⛰️