⁦Harborne CC⁩ glorious afternoon

No end to Britain’s financialized welfare system in hands of private equity. Scandalous and so cruel. “How can a child in care cost £281,000 a year? Ask the wealth funds that have councils over a barrel” great piece as usual by ⁦George Monbiot⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Sign up, come along and find out the facts about immigration. ukandeu.ac.uk/events/migrati…

🇪🇺 How has the EU changed post-Brexit?

Join Anand Menon Jannike Wachowiak Christina Reh Hertie School & Fabian Zuleeg for the latest UKICE Lunch Hour on Tuesday to find out.

➡️ ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-l…

Getting ready for my last hit on #Newsnight as economics editor, talking about the financial state of the water sector 💦

It’s been an amazing privilege!

I start on Monday at BBC Verify as Policy and Analysis Correspondent - see you all there!

Isabel Oakeshott Actually the problem is under investment in the infrastructure duh

I’m assuming there’s an option of eating canapés and trying to answer the really hard questions 😉UK in a Changing Europe Anand Menon Adam Boulton Jonathan Portes

Universities are by and large nice places, who by and are supportive and collaborative. We also know the country needs us. However the sector needs to recognise that over this funding issue we are in a street fight.

Kellogg's Trafford Park factory closure confirmed with 360 jobs axed - Manchester Evening News manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

UAW loses unionization vote at Alabama Mercedes factory (“the company hired anti-union firms to speak with workers about the potential risks of joining the UAW, according to workers, as well as photos and audio reviewed by Reuters”). reuters.com/world/us/uaws-…

⏱️Three days to submit your abstract for #CEE24 ⏱️

⏰Midnight Monday 20th May.

For more info and to submit your paper:

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Dubrovnik University 11-13 September 2024

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🚨 CONFERENCE ALERT 🚨

👉 Migration to the UK: Policy, politics and public opinion

🗓️📍 11 June, Science Gallery London

Sign up now to join us and hear the latest thinking on the key electoral, political and economic challenges for the UK from migration ✍️👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/events/migrati…

Sunset over beautiful Malvern

So what are the impacts of running down universities in England?

Just reading the Office for Students annual report...tl:dr it says that means
- fewer courses,
- fewer places,
- less research
- less contribution to 'local and national economies'.

officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/f…

Biggest polluter United Utilities made profits last year of £227mn but paid shareholders paid £339mn in dividends. It has paid shareholders £1.22billion over last four years, a quarter billion pounds more than its £969mn profits. Wants to raise prices 25% bit.ly/3wAMIn3

After two years and 250,000 words of writing a Britain after Brexit newsletter, it's finally time to move the debate on. And so, welcome to 'State of Britain'...every Thursday, 5pm. We'll peer under the bonnet of the British state, and ask how to fix it?

ft.com/content/7ac769…

Let's make it harder for foreign students to come here and study and see what that does to the export figures.......

'Women in innovative start-ups and regional inclusiveness: ‘green’ and socially-responsible companies' new paper by AlessandraColombelli, Anna D’Ambrosio & Chiara Ravetti rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Czechs in the post? Royal Mail owner backs £3.5bn takeover offer by Czech billionaire. theguardian.com/business/artic…

My Times piece for tomorrow is up and asks why, if the economy is recovering strongly, exports and imports are both falling, as is employment, with unemployment and inactivity rising:

If the economy’s going gangbusters, why are trade and jobs down?

thetimes.co.uk/article/5b5829…