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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"

Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

The Economic Impact of Brexit

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Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · 2d

www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/2561174...

Council raises minimum pay to 'living wage' of £13.45 per hour

Vale of Glamorgan Council raises minimum pay to £13.45 per hour, surpassing the statutory rate, after earning Real Living Wage Employer…

www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · 2d

They are also an accredited Living Wage Employer

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · 7d

Like 20 speed limit in urban Wales

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent thread on Barbara Castle and the introduction of the breathalyser!

It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.

Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social · 7d

This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!

Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!

This was done despite fierce opposition.

📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent thread on Barbara Castle and the introduction of the breathalyser!

It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.

Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social · 7d

This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!

Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!

This was done despite fierce opposition.

📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve

A photo of Barbara Castle outside of the House of Parliament- copyright belongs to the Parliamentary Archives.

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 14d

Economic growth continued to slow in the third quarter of the year – down from 0.7 per cent in Q1, to 0.3 per cent in Q2 and to just 0.1 per cent in Q3.

James Smith, Research Director at the Resolution Foundation, said:
“The UK is repeating its recent trend of a strong economic start to the year, followed by a slowdown in the second half.
“This latest slowdown shows the scale of the challenge facing the Government as it seeks to kickstart growth. The next challenge will be to ensure that the upcoming Budget supports rather than hinders growth – no mean feat given the scale of fiscal consolidation that is expected.”

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14d

'The prospect of hundreds of job cuts at Lancaster University could damage the city's economy, students have warned.'

'Could'? Surely 'will'.

Fears Lancaster University job cuts would hit city's businesses

Lancaster University is seeking to cut 400 full-time posts as part of efforts to save £30m.

www.bbc.co.uk

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · 15d

Wagemap is a new organization seeking to establish a global standard for the recording and presentation of living wage data to allow international comparison and support social justice campaigning:
wagemap.org

WageMap - Supporting the achievement of living wages for workers through standardizing living wage data

Website of the WageMap Initiative

wagemap.org

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · 16d

Launch of Living Wage Week this morning at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. David Nash doing the honours

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · 24d

Taking place in Cardiff this afternoon as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science - Running a Local Campaign on Fair, Local and Good Quality Jobs

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26d

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Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · Oct 22

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Real living wage to rise by almost 7% in boost for low-paid UK workers

Hourly rate to increase in April by 95p to £14.80 in London and by 85p to £13.45 for the rest of the country

www.theguardian.com

Ethical Pixels® @ethicalpixels.com · Sep 11

📢 Preston City Council has launched a grant scheme to help local SMEs cover the fee for Living Wage Foundation accreditation. If you're a Preston-based SME, check your eligibility and apply here:
🔗 www.preston.gov.uk/article/1110...

Cardiff Business School @cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social · Aug 27

💼Job opportunity at Cardiff Business School

Research Associate - Nuffield Foundation Research Project

📅Deadline for applications: Wednesday 10 September

More information on the project👇
nuffieldfoundation.org/project/musc...

Apply here👇
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH575/r...

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Just published as an open access paper by IRJ. An overview of political devolution in the UK and its effects on industrial relations

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · Aug 18

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Devolution and Industrial Relations: An Overview

This article presents an overview of how industrial relations have been shaped by constitutional devolution across the United Kingdom. It shows that the devolved national governments in Scotland, Wal...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · Aug 18

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Devolution and Industrial Relations: An Overview

This article presents an overview of how industrial relations have been shaped by constitutional devolution across the United Kingdom. It shows that the devolved national governments in Scotland, Wal...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Living Wage Scotland @livingwagescotland.bsky.social · Aug 8

Work with us!
We're on the lookout for a Living Wage Projects Officer who brings experience in employer or business engagement, excels in communication and persuasion, and thrives in collaborative environments.
Find out more here: shorturl.at/oZUE6
#LivingWage #Scotland #Glasgow

Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · Nov 25

Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵

Will Forrest @wcmforrest.bsky.social · Jan 29

Once again, we’re having to fight to stop music being the first thing an organisation cuts when it has money problems. Please sign this petition - many people have benefitted from the work of Cardiff University’s School of Music, and not just those who have taught and studied there (incl. me).

Sign the Petition

SAVE CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

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Tony Dundon @tonydundon.bsky.social · Feb 5

Very sad. Great loss to labour and sociology www.ktvu.com/news/uc-berk...

UC Berkeley professor emeritus killed in Oakland hit-and-run crash

A UC Berkeley professor emeritus was killed in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Oakland on Monday.

www.ktvu.com

Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · Nov 14

Welcome new followers. My book, Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain, is out February next year. Here are the book's epigraphs, one by the great Liverpool historian Tony Lane, another by the wonderful contemporary poet @joriegraham.bsky.social. Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/liverpo...

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · Mar 27

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Major UK investors join push for retail giants to pay workers ‘real living wage’

Axa and Scottish Widows back ShareAction campaign for chains such as Next to pay at least £12.60 an hour

www.theguardian.com

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Apr 3

In all the tariff excitement I forgot my paperback is out today.

It's an Economist and FT Book of the year!

Buy it before a global depression means we all have to use books to fuel rudimentary fires!

www.amazon.co.uk/Failed-State...

David Spencer @davidaspencer.bsky.social · Jul 23

I have a new article out in Ecological Economics (open access):
“Keynes as a post-growth economist” - on Keynes's long-run vision of the economy, its lessons for modern economics debates and the limits of "Green Keynesianism"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · May 13

In Britain, the fast-rising minimum wage is catching up with the bottom rungs of white-collar work. In fact, it appears that a rising number of people who earn annual salaries & don't work in low-paid sectors are now being paid below the legal minimum... www.ft.com/content/5f69...

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · May 1

Cardiff University strikes called off as job cuts paused

The union warned of a "summer of chaos" if the university did not back down on its proposed cuts.

www.bbc.com

Edmund Heery @edpenarth.bsky.social · Apr 29

Latest contribution to Welsh economic history by my brilliant colleague, Leon Gooberman. Published by University of Wales Press
www.uwp.co.uk/book/waging-...