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Is Theresa May’s £1.6 billion fund for English towns enough to rebalance Britain’s skewed economy?

Is Theresa May’s £1.6 billion fund for English towns enough to rebalance Britain’s skewed economy?

Posted on 27 March 2019 by Professor Calvin Jones

Critics have described the fund as a bribe, a rescue attempt and another opportunity to slip further behind In our latest post, Professor Calvin Jones considers the merits of the […]

Labour and Wales

Labour and Wales

Posted on 5 February 2019 by Jonathan Rees

Professors Leighton Andrews and Calvin Jones discuss the new Welsh First Minister's campaigning platform of ‘21st Century Socialism’ and its potential to change Wales and the Welsh economy. Taking in […]

Jair Bolsonaro: how business elites helped him to power in Brazil – and why they might regret it

Jair Bolsonaro: how business elites helped him to power in Brazil – and why they might regret it

Posted on 30 November 2018 by Heike Doering

Bolsonaro emerged from relative obscurity. Using similar tactics to Donald Trump, he made outrageous comments, amplified by social media, to stoke up fears about urban violence, the destruction of “traditional” moral values […]

Is the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?

Is the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?

Posted on 6 November 2018 by Leighton Andrews

If Brexit happens, the UK will not be immune from the regulatory tide. In our latest post, Professor Leighton Andrews argues that Facebook and Google are modern utilities – and […]