Danny Sriskandarajah

Many thanks to friends (& some strangers) for kind messages about Power to the People. It's been lovely to see pics of the book & hear that it's even under a few Christmas trees. All I want for Xmas is more feedback & reviews please!

Get your copy at hachette.co.uk/titles/danny-s…

Wow. At @nef, we've been waiting 40 years for a prime minister to say we need to ‘build a new economy’. @andyburnham's diagnosis of the mistakes of the last four decade – privatisation, deindustrialisation and losing control of our essentials – was spot on. Yet... /2

Today @JohnHealey_MP gave his first big speech as Chancellor. It was all about growth at home, but there is a bigger prize on the global table for him & @andyburnham in the next 2 years🧵

It would be great to see the UK Government lean into efforts to address the inequality emergency. This is exactly the sort of international initiative that would deliver for people in Makerfield - and Mumbai and Maputo.
theguardian.com/inequality/202…

In the midst of the UK's fifth heat wave, a timely reminder from @pilitaclark in @ftopinion on why achieving net zero remains so critical.

As @JimSkeaIPCC tells her “If you want to stop global warming, you must get to net zero carbon emissions."