# week mike (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover week mike. Page: Feed: --- ## [Jobs Down. Benefits Up. Britain Has a Work Problem](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/jobs-down-benefits-up-britain-has) _2026-08-19 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ Britain has 94,000 fewer payrolled employees than a year ago, while Universal Credit has hit a record 8.4 million — with 4.3 million now facing no work requirements. ## [230 People. One Dinghy. And Britain Still Can’t Stop the Boats.](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/230-people-one-dinghy-and-britain) _2026-08-16 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ This week with Mike Graham, we discussed the record 230 people crammed into a single Channel dinghy, why public-sector productivity is still below pre-pandemic levels. ## [Britain Is Spending More — But Public Services Are Still Less Productive Than Before Covid](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/britain-is-spending-more-but-public) _2026-08-11 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ Five years of recovery have still not restored pre-pandemic productivity — and healthcare remains 5.8% below 2019. ## [163,000 Fewer Payrolled Jobs — Burnham Must Reverse Labour’s Tax on Hiring](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/163000-fewer-payrolled-jobs-burnham) _2026-08-07 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ Private-sector firms have reportedly cut staffing for 22 consecutive months. Official payroll figures also show a sustained jobs squeeze, with younger and entry-level workers most exposed. ## [Britain Failed to Build Enough Prisons — So Prisoners Are Released Early](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/britain-failed-to-build-enough-prisons) _2026-08-05 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ Britain’s prisons are 98% full. New cells are being built, but not quickly enough to stop sentencing policy being reshaped around the space available. ## [The Burnham Bounce, Another Social Care Review, and Britain’s Broken Border](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/the-burnham-bounce-another-social) _2026-08-02 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ This week with Mike Graham, we discussed whether Andy Burnham can turn improved polling into results, and why Britain keeps reviewing problems instead of solving them. ## [One of the Wettest Winters. Drought by Summer. What Went Wrong?](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/one-of-the-wettest-winters-drought) _2026-07-31 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ UK winter rainfall was 13% above average. Yet half of England and all of Wales are now in drought, after decades of population growth, delayed infrastructure and rapidly rising water bills. ## [The Burnham Bounce: Who Is Labour Winning Back?](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/the-burnham-bounce-who-is-labour) _2026-07-29 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ Labour has caught Reform as former voters return and Green support falls. But Burnham is still enjoying a political honeymoon, and an early election could put Labour’s enormous majority at risk. ## [Britain Is Losing Wealth, And Everyone Will Pay](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/britain-is-losing-wealth-and-everyone) _2026-07-28 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ Britain’s real-terms millionaire population has fallen to its lowest estimated level since 2008, when the financial crisis struck under the last Labour government. ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/A81L6zCbpqYN) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [This Week with Mike Graham: Burnham in Reverse? Undoing Labour’s Mess](https://www.statsjamie.co.uk/p/this-week-with-mike-graham-burnham) _2026-07-26 · Jamie Jenkins · Stat of the Nation_ Andy Burnham is rapidly undoing Keir Starmer’s policies. But reversing failure is not the same as having a plan.