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April 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
How much does the UK spend on welfare?

🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.).

Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%.

#ChartOfTheDay #Welfare
July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One of my favourite Canadian cyclical indicators, the standard work week for salaried employees from SEPH, turned down again in Sept and Oct after an upward blip in the summer. It's still pointing to a weakening economy. #cdnecon
December 21, 2023 at 2:24 PM
Looking ahead in 2025, how can we tackle the UK's housing crisis? 🏠

#ChartOfTheDay #Housing
January 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In the UK, clothing retailers are witnessing a divergence between value and volume in sales since 2022.

Despite higher spending levels, fewer goods are being bought.

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March 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎯 Which NATO members met the 2% defence spending target in 2024?👇

🇵🇱 Poland led the pack, spending 4.1% of GDP on defence, while 🇪🇪 Estonia and 🇺🇸 the US followed at 3.4% each.

#ChartOfTheDay #NATO
March 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🏥 18% of UK nurses are trained overseas.

Among OECD countries, the UK ranks 5th for reliance on foreign-trained nurses.

#ChartOfTheDay #UKHealth #NHS #Nurses
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Since 2010, 37% of courts across England and Wales have closed.

Read Joe Tomlinson on 'Will digital failures undermine trust in the justice system?' 🔗👇
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September 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Measles cases in the US are surging to levels not seen in decades. By week 9 of 2026, the US has already reported around 1,200 cases, putting this year on pace to blow past 2025's alarming total of 2,200+ cases. A disease we nearly eliminated is making a comeback.

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March 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Andy Burnham looks set to become the UK's next PM, with devolution top of his agenda — shifting power from Westminster to mayors & local authorities. But the UK's tax system is deeply centralised. How does it compare to peer countries? 🧵 #ChartOfTheDay
July 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
📊 Chart of the Day

Ethereum daily transactions are rising again — averaging over 1.38M per day.
Quiet climb. No major headlines. Just pure usage.

🧠 On-chain doesn’t lie.
Price may lag, but activity leads.

#CryptoSignalz #Ethereum #OnChainAlpha #ChartOfTheDay #CryptoNewz #ETH
May 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🔻Net migration is down nearly 50% – but only after a record post-Brexit surge.

👉Still far above pre-Brexit norms, and now mostly driven by non-EU arrivals.

#ChartOfTheDay #UKmigration #ONS
May 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Global fertility has fallen to around 2.25 births per woman in 2023, down from around five in the mid-20th century.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
In 1971, the UK’s female employment rate lagged men’s by nearly 40 percentage points. Today, that gap stands at just 6.4%. 🧵👇

#ChartOfTheDay #GenderGap #IWD2025 #Equality
March 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🍕It’s #InternationalBeerAndPizzaDay🍺

🇬🇧 On average, people in the UK eat around 12 pizzas a year — but we’ve been ordering fewer takeaway pizzas in the last few years.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In 2018, over 45% of women in Iraq reported experiencing physical or sexual violence from a partner.

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April 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🇫🇷 Nuclear power provided 68% of France's electricity in 2024, with less than 6% derived from fossil fuels.

#ChartOfTheDay #France #Nuclear
February 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Between 2010 and 2019, 30% of youth clubs in London closed.
In the areas affected, youths aged 10 to 17 became 14% more likely to commit crime.

🔎 Read @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on the effects of youth club closures https://buff.ly/3ZGG6PC.

#ChartOfTheDay #YouthClubs
December 14, 2024 at 11:23 AM
The UK lags the US significantly in venture capital investment across all maturity stages. US later-stage VC investment represents 0.29% of GDP compared to the UK's 0.09%, while early-stage investment is 0.19% in the US versus 0.07% in the UK.

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April 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🇬🇧🚆 On average, 3% of trains were cancelled in 2024 – up from 2.2% in 2019.

#ChartOfTheDay #TrainCancellations #UKRail #UKTransport #ORR
March 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Enough said.
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🎶 Since 2010, the creative industries in the UK have grown 35% – outpacing the 22% growth of the UK economy as a whole.

#ChartOfTheDay #CreativeIndustries #UKeconomy
February 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🥂 Will you be buying Prosecco this festive season? 🍾

While Aldi offers a bottle for £4.49, the cheapest bottle in Waitrose, Iceland, and the Co-op costs £7.50.

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December 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
July 28 #chartoftheday

In Minnesota, Xcel Energy (Northern States Power) is planning for life after coal. As part of the King Plant’s 2028 retirement, they're exploring siting Rondo Energy’s “heat battery” thermal storage system. 🔥♻️ #energysky

More: app.halcyon.io/processes/a7...
July 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
August 29 #chartoftheday

In Illinois, Nicor Gas filed testimony on its “Main Replacement Evaluation” (MRE) for 44 miles of pre-1960 “Vintage Steel.”

The oldest segment? A 13-mile pipeline that’s 94 years old! #energysky

More here 👉 app.halcyon.io/processes/76...
August 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM