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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 · 9d

"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

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The City has moved beyond regulatory alignment with the EU - UK in a changing Europe

Sarah Hall explains why despite efforts to align more closely with the EU in other sectors as part of the government's UK-EU reset, the UK's financial services sector will not see closer alignment wit...

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 11d

"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

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The City has moved beyond regulatory alignment with the EU - UK in a changing Europe

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · 14d

The geography of payments is an interesting often overlooked part of financial services

www.ft.com/content/90c0...

Revolut, Visa and Mastercard lose UK legal challenge over fee cap

High Court rules watchdog is within its rights to cap cross-border interchange fees

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 24d

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-...

Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · 24d

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

London office shortage forces big companies to stay put

Accenture, Vodafone, Salesforce and London Stock Exchange Group opted against relocating in 2025

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 25d

"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

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Thinking Swiss on the EU-UK reset - UK in a changing Europe

Matthew Harries reflects on the different models the UK could pursue in shaping its relationship with the European Union.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Dec 19

"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

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Is economic security a missing element of EU-UK cooperation? - UK in a changing Europe

Jake Benford and Anton Spisak argue that there is a strong case for the UK and EU to cooperate more closely on questions of ‘economic security’.

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · Dec 5

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...

Visa signs Canary Wharf deal for new European HQ

Payments group will lease 300,000 sq ft at One Canada Square after move from Paddington

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Dec 4

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.

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Brexit’s impact on the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe

Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka, and Gregory Thwaites argue that there is evidence that Brexit has had a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity i...

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Adam Corlett @adamcorlett.bsky.social · Nov 30

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...

Don’t Panic: Britain is not broken – adamcorlett.com

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · Nov 28

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...

JPMorgan’s Dimon approved London tower after UK assurances

Keir Starmer’s business envoy visited US bank boss in New York last week

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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · Nov 12

🚨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...

IFS recruitment event 2025: Summer students | Institute for Fiscal Studies

We're offering an opportunity to meet current IFS staff and find out more about our summer placement scheme for current university students.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Nov 10

⏰ 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.

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · Nov 10

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

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Nov 10

💶"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

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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.

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Reposted by Heather Grabbe, Anand Menon, Sarah Hall

UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Nov 4

🇪🇺 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.

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Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Steve Peers, Sarah Hall

Joël Reland @jreland.bsky.social · Nov 4

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.

Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · Nov 3

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

Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · Nov 3

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

UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Nov 3

"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

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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.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Nov 3

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

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Nov 3

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

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · Nov 2

Coffee and lots of it! I feel your pain.

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Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social · Oct 24

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!

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Oct 15

🚨 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

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Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social · Oct 13

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!

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Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social · Oct 13

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!

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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...

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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.

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Reposted by Susan J. Smith, John Hogan, Katherine Brickell , and 2 more Susan J. Smith, John Hogan, Katherine Brickell, Sarah Hall, Ian Bruff

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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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

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