Dan Corry

As he says "In a series of enjoyable and bite-sized fictional (but almost certainly not that fictional) tales, Corry walks you through the life of a special adviser, or Spad." Buy a copy for your 2025 reading shelf via dancorrywriter.com

RT @FutureGovForum: 🫅 While the political significance of the King’s Speech continue to be pored over, the FGF team have looked at the legi…

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📉 Do the UK’s fiscal rules need to change? 📉 No set of #FiscalRules or fiscal institutions will ever be perfect. So it’s important that we keep questioning them. Today we’re publishing our evidence to the Lords Economic Committee, which sets out several ways to improve the

“At other World Cups, the focus seems to be on making sure the fans have a good time....It just doesn’t feel like this World Cup has the idea of making sure the fans have a good time at its center"--English economist @DanRCorry, an old friend, who has been to 11 cups in a row

The Charity Commission is prepared to receive an application this week for a new foundation to distribute up to £2.5bn generated by the sale of Chelsea football club in 2022 #sthash.wnvGakIH.dpuf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">civilsociety.co.uk/news/regulator…

The government has said it will take further action after former Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich missed a recent deadline to donate billions from his sale four years ago to a new charity civilsociety.co.uk/news/abramovic…

Great to be at this Total Place conference today (with my @FutureGovForum hat on.) I pushed on Total Place in my No 10 days and am so pleased it is right back on the agenda.

Watch FGF Chief Economist, @DanRCorry, explain how the government’s new Green Book has taken on board lots of things FGF have called for, especially changes that will be good for investment projects outside London and the SE 🔽🔽🔽 futuregovforum.substack.com/p/green-light-…

Exciting news! Carers Trust strengthens its Board with Dr Emma Whitcombe, Kate Franklin & Jack Walker. Their expertise and passion will help champion support for unpaid carers across the UK. carers.org/news-and-media…

@DanRCorry Now that the revised Green Book is here, how’s it looking? Dan has written for @CSWnews and argues it is an encouraging start. But it will still be *political will* more than anything that determines whether investment materialises: civilserviceworld.com/news/article/s…

What a fantastic sum up of a quite brilliant and moving evening. Thanks to everyone who supports us at Carers Trust

@DanRCorry NEW: Read this article in @CSWnews by @DanRCorry about why ‘Better use of the Green Book could get more investment into the regions’ 👇 civilserviceworld.com/news/article/b…

With the Abramovich issue in the news again I thought it worth reposting my blog on the issue from 2022. Remarkable that it has taken so long to come to a head thinknpc.org/blog/the-new-c…

A new FGF report by our Chief Economist, @DanRCorry has called on government to change the way that its Green Book is used if it wants to increase public investment in areas outside of the South East. Read the report here 🔽🔽🔽 futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/chang…

@walshythebolshy @MargaretAtwood Always enjoyed Stan from when I lived in Canada for a year in 1983/4. Didn't know Margaret Atwood was a fan.

Great to hear @MargaretAtwood giving Stan Rogers a spin on Desert Island Discs. Today’s (re)listening organized. open.spotify.com/track/34tZfR6F…

A great evening. Always proud to be chair of this great charity and very much so last night.

Stars, songs and powerful stories ✨ Young carers and celebrity guests took to the stage for an unforgettable Christmas Carol Concert - all to support carers across the UK. Full story 👇 carers.org/news-and-media…

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and now some thoughts more focused on what was in the Budget for lower tiers of government. themj.co.uk/budget-putting…

Some quick thoughts from me on todays Budget publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025/1…