Five years on: Hong Kong migrants to the UK under the HK BN(O) visa scheme. Findings from our @ukri.org funded survey,led by Tak Wing Chan (UCL), with me, @msumption.bsky.social @benbrindle.bsky.social Wed, 2pm, at UCL Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hong-kong-...

Delighted that we at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk are once again supporting this annual online event aimed at reaching people currently under-represented in the think tank sector… please share with your networks…

"Greater alignment with EU financial services regulation, particularly as a third country which cannot influence that regulation, is not an attractive option either to the sector or to the govt.." 🖊️ @drsarahhall.bsky.social on financial services and UK-EU relations 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-city-has...

"Overall, financial services is a rare area where the UK appears happy to position itself as a competitor to the EU, focused on its own priorities within its wider growth agenda" ✍️ @drsarahhall.bsky.social on why financial services are not part of the UK's EU reset ukandeu.ac.uk/the-city-has...

The geography of payments is an interesting often overlooked part of financial services www.ft.com/content/90c0...

Even as the world changes dramatically, UK discussion of Brexit goes round the same old loops. I wrote a piece on the @ukandeu.bsky.social site in *2016* about the 'sector-by-sector' approach Starmer's now raising. Some details no longer hold, but the basic points do: ukandeu.ac.uk/is-a-sector-...

Interesting on changing corporate office planning post Brexit and Covid www.ft.com/content/5336...

"Navigating Brexit has always been about trade-offs, and if Labour is ready to move then it should be ready to fight for what delivers the most benefit for the longer term, not what appears easy in the short-term." ✍️ @matthewharries.bsky.social on UK-EU relations 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/thinking-swi...

"Without closer cooperation, one thing is clear: the EU and the UK will keep confronting the same threats with little alignment." ✍️ @antonspisak.bsky.social & @jbenford-berlin.bsky.social argue the UK and EU should cooperate more on questions of ‘economic security ukandeu.ac.uk/is-economic-...

A further example of the ways in which the City’s urban form sheds light on its economic focus - payments is an area that I think economic geographers are getting more interested in right now www.ft.com/content/f581...

The economic impacts of Brexit: new research from my @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social colleague Paul Mizen et al brings together macro (top-down) and micro (bottom-up) evidence. They find a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity. ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...

Don't Panic: Britain is not broken. The UK can do better, but we shouldn't be too gloomy about things. If you look at the stats, there's a lot to be happy with (including how happy we are): adamcorlett.com/2025/11/30/d...

I always find it interesting how changes/future changes in the City's skyline can tell you a lot about changes in the City itself about politics, regulation and the economics of finance 👇 www.ft.com/content/6fe3...

🚨Economics students! People who know or teach economics students!🚨 The IFS offers summer internships each year. Many of our permanent staff started with one of these. On Monday we're holding an online event to provide more info. Please do come/share. ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...

Me, for @ukandeu.bsky.social, on why we might be going back to talking about money in the UK-EU relationship @oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

⏰ TOMORROW ⏰ 🌍 Global instability has become the new normal and our multilateral system seems increasingly fragile Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fiona Hill, Rana Mitter, Margaret MacMillan and @fromtga.bsky.social as they discuss key challenges👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

🇪🇺 Today, the EU Enlargement Summit convenes in Brussels 🇪🇺 To dissect the details of it all, join @anandmenon.bsky.social, @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @jobmaynooth.bsky.social 💻 Online 📆 Tues 18 Nov, 1pm GMT ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

Yesterday Nigel Farage argued that the UK has failed to grasp Brexit opportunities to deregulate, which his 'pro-business' government would deliver. I've got a piece in the Independent arguing why that is a misreading both of Brexit history and economics. www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexi...

I did a lecture for @keeleworldaffairs.bsky.social on the challenges confronting the UK. Watch it here, if you're bored youtu.be/BkQTGOVaFxU?.... #britishpolitics #brexit #ukintheworld

The Yorkshire in me loves driving over the Humber Bridge, as I did on the way home yesterday

Some latest thinking on delivering economic growth through UK trade @ukandeu.bsky.social

Next talk in the Infrastructural Geographies Michaelmas Term 2025 Seminar Series will be delivered by Beth Greenhough (@oxfordgeography.bsky.social). Oct the 29th, 16:00-17:30 in the Large Lecture Theatre. All welcome!

Four exciting talks for the Infrastructural Geographies Michaelmas Term 2025 Seminar Series See @kbrickell.bsky.social and Mel Nowicki (Oxford Brookes), Beth Greenhough (@oxfordgeography.bsky.social), @penelopeanthias.bsky.social, and Pratyush Shankar (Navrachana University). All welcome!

🚨 Don't miss our next online panel 🚨 🇪🇺 Experts @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fabian Zuleeg and Christine Reh will assess the state of the European Union 🇪🇺 💻 Online 📅 Tues 21 Oct, 1pm BST Sign up now 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State: @kbrickell.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and Mel Nowicki (Oxford Brookes) as part of the Infrastructural Geographies Michaelmas 2025 Seminar Series on the 22nd October, 16:00-17:30 in the Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!

Debt Trap Nation -- a very powerful book. Come and see @kbrickell.bsky.social and Mel Nowicki discuss the book on the 22nd of October (4-6pm) Dept of Geography, Cambridge

🇪🇺 One year into von der Leyen's second term, the EU faces profound economic, political and security challenges 🇪🇺 🤔 But are its plans to confront them fit for purpose? Find out with our expert panel 👇 💻 Online 📅 21 Oct, 1pm BST ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

Kemi Badenoch has said that the UK will leave the ECHR if the Tories win the next election But is it possible to leave these conventions? If so, how? And, less radically, can these conventions be reformed? @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...

"It is against this backdrop of uncertainty that the economic implications of the Economic Prosperity Deal are beginning to bite." In light of Trump’s state visit to the UK, @drsarahhall.bsky.social discusses the extent of continuing uncertainties around UK-US trade ukandeu.ac.uk/trouble-ahea...

Despite deals, there are still uncertainties in UK-US trade: ukandeu.ac.uk/trouble-ahea... @ukandeu.bsky.social

💥 The stage is set for our conference in Brussels on 'The future of UK-EU relations with @openuniversity.bsky.social 💥 We'll be posting key highlights here throughout the day, so watch this space 👀

"UK and Europe are changing in tandem and we share the same challenges. This is what the future of EU-UK relations looks like - no more ideological barriers and instead finding practical and pragmatic solutions." The Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds struck a positive tone in discussing UK-EU relations

"The reality is, if they want more spending on welfare and public services, and they want economic growth, they are going to have to get serious about broad-based tax increases." ✍️ @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social compares the 1970s IMF crisis and today's fiscal challenges ukandeu.ac.uk/what-can-rac...

"Looking across the issues most on the public’s mind, higher economic growth would unlock progress on many." @ruthcurtice.bsky.social and @anandmenon.bsky.social give an overview of the policy challenges the UK faces and introduce the Policy Landscape 2025 report ukandeu.ac.uk/explaining-t...

Fantastic to work with @anandmenon.bsky.social and others on this report out this morning. Big takeaway from our panel - is the government prepared to take on fights this Autumn to make progress on these challenges. Nothing left to lose, or the window of opportunity to be bold already passed?

IT'S OUT! @ukandeu.bsky.social brand new survey of the policy challenges confronting the UK, done in partnership with the wonderful @resfoundation.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/poli... 1/???

‘The legal position is therefore clear: yes there is provision for a state to leave the ECHR and the Refugee Convention. But doing so comes with both legal and political consequences.’ H/T @cbarnard.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...

Trade alert - @aslak.bsky.social has done an excellent job at highlighting key aspects of the US-EU deal so I/others don’t have to (especially when on holiday ☀️).

Hello Bluesky community! The Department of Geography of the University of Cambridge is here and we're excited to share our passion for understanding the world. We explore everything from climate change and urbanisation to cultural landscapes and GIS mapping.

After a brief, funding uncertainty-induced hiatus, the latest divergence tracker is out. Hopefully it has been worth the wait, as it finds evidence that the UK’s realignment towards the EU is going further than many assume. "Alignment by stealth", if you will. Here are the key points...

Heard the one about how UK services exports were booming after Brexit?? Another myth, sadly... My column www.ft.com/content/3e9d...

📅 Join us tomorrow 📅 Sign up for a chance to hear from @anandmenon.bsky.social, @jillongovt.bsky.social, John McTernan, Kate Devlin & @luketryl.bsky.social on their reflections on the Labour Party's first year in government

"There is also a lack of detail on some of the specifics – and the devil is in the detail when it comes to tariffs." @drsarahhall.bsky.social breaks down the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal and argues that its ambiguity could be its most important asset if handled well ukandeu.ac.uk/could-the-am...

This was such a fun and stimulating workshop. Thank you to the whole organisational team and all the presenters - I learnt lots and enjoyed my trip to Sheffield 🙏

I enjoyed writing this for the Good Growth Hub @acadsocsciences.bsky.social : how might the UK-EU reset contribute to growth through financial services?

London’s productivity sinks to below pre-pandemic levels https://on.ft.com/3HMunbT

Sign up now to hear our expert panel unpack the implications, trade offs & public opinion around the UK government's migration policy 📅 Tues 4 June, 1pm 💻 Online With @jdportes.bsky.social, Madeleine Sumption, @robfordmancs.bsky.social & @anandmenon.bsky.social

I'm looking forward to giving evidence in this session tomorrow afternoon on the UK-EU reset and financial services committees.parliament.uk/event/24275/...

Our new paper on "Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility" authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray is now available free online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"While the list of areas covered by the summit is doubtless very broad, there is much negotiating yet to be done before the good intentions are translated into actual achievements." @anandmenon.bsky.social & @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social on the UK-EU summit's outcomes ukandeu.ac.uk/what-did-the...