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Prof Sarah Hall
@drsarahhall.bsky.social
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Professor @ Cambridge Uni, Deputy Director UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social. Economics,trade and politics of finance led development. Views my own.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 17h
⏰ 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...
UKICE Lunch Hour: Confronting foreign policy challenges - UK in a changing Europe
UK in a Changing Europe has assembled a panel of some of the world's top experts to analyse on the key foreign policy challenges we face.
ukandeu.ac.uk

Reposted by Steve Peers, Sarah Hall

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 22h
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
ukandeu.bsky.social UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 22h
💶"But as the UK has started to develop new links with the EU, so too has it generated new financial obligations."

✍️ @simonusherwood.bsky.social explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK’s withdrawal & how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-sleeping...
The sleeping dog of UK-EU finances - UK in a changing Europe
Simon Usherwood explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK's withdrawal and how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset.
ukandeu.ac.uk

Reposted by Anand Menon, Sarah Hall

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 6d
🇪🇺 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...
UKICE Lunch Hour: The prospects for EU enlargement - UK in a changing Europe
On 4 November, the EU is set to present its 2025 enlargement package. Join our expert panel as they discuss the package and the prospects for EU enlargement.
ukandeu.ac.uk

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Steve Peers, Sarah Hall

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Joël Reland @jreland.bsky.social · 7d
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...
The political logic is clear: Farage is saying that the problem is not Brexit, but the politicians who have failed to properly implement it. If only the UK had pushed harder to rip up EU red tape, we would not be in the mess we’re in. But his economic and regulatory logic is fundamentally flawed. A close study of recent Brexit history (we happen to have produced one) shows that Conservative governments did, in fact, aspire to deregulate the UK economy. That they failed was due not to a lack of political will, but to reality – and the dawning realisation of the economic damage it would do. It is the very “business people” Farage claims to speak for who pushed hardest against the “Brexit opportunities” agenda. Farage promises to “reduce the size of the bloated state”, but the task of identifying legislation to reform, and then designing and implementing the new rules, would be a major administrative undertaking for Whitehall. The UK civil service has doubled in size since Brexit, and a key reason for this is that Whitehall has had to take on jobs that were previously left to EU regulators. The more the UK seeks to do things differently to the EU, the more British bureaucrats we will need to do the heavy lifting. If Mr Farage’s real priority is to cut the state to save cash, there is one obvious thing to do – join the EU single market.

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · 7d
The Yorkshire in me loves driving over the Humber Bridge, as I did on the way home yesterday

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · 7d
Some latest thinking on delivering economic growth through UK trade @ukandeu.bsky.social

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 7d
"The case of the the UK-India FTA demonstrates that agreeing an FTA is not a panacea for economic stagnation, with its value only as good as the way it is implemented."

@drsarahhall.bsky.social explains the challenges of delivering economic growth through trade deals

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-india...
The UK-India FTA shows the challenges of delivering measurable economic growth through trade deals - UK in a changing Europe
Sarah Hall explains the challenges of delivering measurable economic growth through trade deals and why they are not included in the OBR's forecasting using the example of the UK-India FTA.
ukandeu.ac.uk

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Tim Bale, Sarah Hall

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 8d
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
youtu.be

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · 8d
Coffee and lots of it! I feel your pain.

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Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social · 17d
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!

Reposted by Anand Menon, Sarah Hall

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 26d
🚨 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...
UKICE Lunch Hour: the state of the European Union - UK in a changing Europe
Join our expert panel as they assess the state of the European Union as it confronts profound economic, political, security and social challenges.
ukandeu.ac.uk

Reposted by Katherine Brickell, Sarah Hall

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Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social · 28d
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!

Reposted by Sarah Hall

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Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social · 28d
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!

Reposted by Sarah Hall

ukandeu.bsky.social
UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Oct 10
🇪🇺 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...

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Anand Menon, Sarah Hall

ukandeu.bsky.social
UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Oct 6
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-...
Leaving the ECHR and the Refugee Convention - UK in a changing Europe
Catherine Barnard explains the political and legal consequences of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Refugee Convention.
ukandeu.ac.uk

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Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · Oct 3
“A chilling and eye-opening exposé... gives voice to those living at the sharpest edge of austerity and makes an irrefutable case for change.”

@graceblakeley.substack.com on 'Debt Trap Nation' by
@kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki (out next week).

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/debt...

#housing #debt
Photo of a pile of books. The books are 'Debt Trap Nation' by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki. Cover image features a woman and small child in a deep concrete basin or pit with no way of climbing out as the ladder is too short.

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ukandeu.bsky.social
UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Sep 18
"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...
Trouble ahead for UK-US trade? - UK in a changing Europe
In light of Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, Sarah Hall discusses the large number of continuing uncertainties around UK-US trade.
ukandeu.ac.uk

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · Sep 17
Despite deals, there are still uncertainties in UK-US trade: ukandeu.ac.uk/trouble-ahea... @ukandeu.bsky.social
Trouble ahead for UK-US trade? - UK in a changing Europe
In light of Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, Sarah Hall discusses the large number of continuing uncertainties around UK-US trade.
ukandeu.ac.uk

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Sep 17
"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

Reposted by Sarah Hall

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Sep 17
💥 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 👀

Reposted by Sarah Hall

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Sep 9
"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...
What can Rachel Reeves learn from the 1970s IMF crisis? - UK in a changing Europe
Paul Johnson reflects on the 1970s IMF crisis and the key parallels and differences between then and the current challenges the government...
ukandeu.ac.uk

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Sep 2
"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...
Explaining the policy challenges ahead - UK in a changing Europe
To mark the publication of the Policy Landscape 2025 report, Ruth Curtice and Anand Menon take a look at the key policy challenges facing the UK.
ukandeu.ac.uk

Reposted by Anand Menon, Margot C. Finn, Sarah Hall

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · Sep 2
What are the key policy challenges the UK must confront?

As we publish the Policy Landscape 2025 report with @ukandeu.bsky.social, @ruthcurtice.bsky.social and @anandmenon.bsky.social reflect on the challenges facing the government one year in.

Read it here:
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Quote from Ruth Curtice and Anand Menon: The most consequential choice facing the government after a tough first year is whether to be more radical in their pursuit of growth. We’ve accumulated a series of wicked problems that can only be effectively addressed over a number of years. Yet at the same time, politics demands quick results, not least given the state of the polls.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Sep 2
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/???

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Bill Bowring, Sarah Hall

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Sep 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-...
Leaving the ECHR and the Refugee Convention - UK in a changing Europe
Catherine Barnard explains the political and legal consequences of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Refugee Convention.
ukandeu.ac.uk

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Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · Jul 27
The EU-US trade deal is here - it's probably not the end of uncertainty as the details are ironed out, but it's a momentous deal. In sum, it's a political defeat for the EU, but in economic terms I see it as, under the circumstances, a win of sorts. 🧵

Reposted by Alice Reid, Sarah Hall

camunigeography.bsky.social
Cambridge Geography @camunigeography.bsky.social · Jul 25
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.

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Simon Usherwood, Jill Rutter , and 1 more

ukandeu.bsky.social
UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Jul 16
🚨The latest edition of our UK-EU Divergence Tracker is now live🚨

While much attention has been paid to commitments made at the UK-EU summit, @jreland.bsky.social finds that there is already more alignment going on than is generally recognised 🔎

🧵 Key findings below

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...
ukandeu.ac.uk

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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · Jul 9
Heard the one about how UK services exports were booming after Brexit??

Another myth, sadly...

My column

www.ft.com/content/3e9d...

Reposted by Sarah Hall

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Jul 6
📅 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
UKICE Lunch Hour: One year of Keir - UK in a changing Europe
As we approach one year since the general election, join our expert panel to take stock of the Labour Party’s first year in government.
ukandeu.ac.uk