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Tom MacInnes
@tommacinnes.bsky.social
Interim Director of Policy, Citizens Advice. Policy stuff, data, graphs, that kind of thing.
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Poverty is so expensive to our state and public services. It damages life chances for children and has a massive drag on the economy.

Here’s what one of our brilliant frontline advisers wrote in our Budget submission on this:
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A library in every primary by 2029 (I think...)
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Then the devil has the best fish as well as the best tunes
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Anchovies on pizza are fine, some would say essential
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Feels bigger than that tbh
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I don’t get what it means tho. This ball had a x% of taking a wicket? You've got batting, bowling and fielding to take into account there. I don’t think it is the same as xG in football which is basically- %x of shots from this point on the field result in goals.
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Not always…
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I can’t really think of a meaningful use of it
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Apologies, I take it back
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There must be something out there but at least it’s an improvement on the sort of xG model the bbc used a couple of summers ago. Expected runs and expected wickets - totally incomprehensible.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
An ongoing moan but what is the point of win viz. It’s day one, neither side looks like they like they know how to bat, it’s a coin toss. Thanks!
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
You can also make the font bigger. I don’t wear glasses (yet) but find reading way bigger font on the kindle a massive plus.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wow! That’s huge, congrats!
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
One has to separate the art from the artist
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
He certainly didn’t do much else. Absolutely fair play to him
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM