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Prof David Bailey
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#industrialstrategy Birmingham Business School, UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow, Contemporary Social Science Editor in Chief, Editor Regional Studies, ‘activist academic’ (Gove’s 🪓man Max Caller), media commentator, Likes EVs. Baggies fan. .. more

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David Bailey is a British academic economist at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, a Vice-Chair of the Regional Studies Association, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Regional Studies, and senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe. .. more

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Regional Whispers @regionalwhispers.bsky.social · 1d
What has Cohesion Policy ever done for us? New @eprc-eu.bsky.social report on 50 Years of Structural Funds in Scotland well worth a read. eprc-strath.org/publication/...
What has Cohesion Policy done for us? 50 Years of Structural Funds in Scotland - EPRC
The submission of the final closure documents for the Scottish 2014-20 programmes earlier this year marked the end of a half-century of EU Structural Funds in Scotland which began with the start of ER...
eprc-strath.org

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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 7d
“If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than took place, modelling suggests this could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, equating to 23,000 lives saved” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com

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Prof. John Clancy @johnmclancy.bsky.social · 8d
*BREAKING* We reveal total paid out in mgt expenses to 97 UK Local Gvt Pension funds last yr was record-high of *£2.7Billion*. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog251120 £2.4B in investment fees for pathetic 3.3% return. Paid for mainly through council tax. How much did your local fund shell out?

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Phil Tomlinson @prt1969.bsky.social · 8d
theconversation.com/uk-plans-for...
UK plans for pay-per-mile electric vehicle tax could make the system fairer – or provoke a fierce backlash
New fees could stall the transition to more environmentally friendly vehicles.
theconversation.com