Edmund Heery
@edpenarth.bsky.social
Retired academic - industrial relations. Interested in all things related to work and employment. Researching the Living Wage.
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Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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"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...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"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...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Like 20 speed limit in urban Wales
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.
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.
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
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
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Like 20 speed limit in urban Wales
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A reminder of the importance of universities to a local economy. Lancaster's university is fundamental to the area, with the centre already looking rather run down.
'The prospect of hundreds of job cuts at Lancaster University could damage the city's economy, students have warned.'
'Could'? Surely 'will'.
'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
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A reminder of the importance of universities to a local economy. Lancaster's university is fundamental to the area, with the centre already looking rather run down.
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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.
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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.
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.org
WageMap - Supporting the achievement of living wages for workers through standardizing living wage data
Website of the WageMap Initiative
wagemap.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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.org
Launch of Living Wage Week this morning at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. David Nash doing the honours
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Launch of Living Wage Week this morning at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. David Nash doing the honours
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
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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
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If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
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Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
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Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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📢 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...
🔗 www.preston.gov.uk/article/1110...
September 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📢 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...
🔗 www.preston.gov.uk/article/1110...
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💼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...
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...
August 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
💼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...
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...
Just published as an open access paper by IRJ. An overview of political devolution in the UK and its effects on industrial relations
August 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Just published as an open access paper by IRJ. An overview of political devolution in the UK and its effects on industrial relations
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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
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
August 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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
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
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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...
“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...
July 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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...
“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...
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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...
May 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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...
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Cardiff University strikes called off as job cuts paused
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
May 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Cardiff University strikes called off as job cuts paused
Latest contribution to Welsh economic history by my brilliant colleague, Leon Gooberman. Published by University of Wales Press
www.uwp.co.uk/book/waging-...
www.uwp.co.uk/book/waging-...
Waging War and Building Peace | UWP
www.uwp.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Latest contribution to Welsh economic history by my brilliant colleague, Leon Gooberman. Published by University of Wales Press
www.uwp.co.uk/book/waging-...
www.uwp.co.uk/book/waging-...
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Thousands of people marched through the streets of Barry today in support of Welsh independence
Thousand join latest march for independence in Barry
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Barry on Saturday in support of Welsh independence. South Wales Police estimated that over six thousand people followed the circular route from the t...
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April 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Barry today in support of Welsh independence
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UK universities should be advising students and staff travelling to the US on social media use, what border staff are entitled to seize or search, what to do if detained, and how to keep US colleagues safe, says @petraboynton.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
A safety manual for academics visiting America - Research Professional News
Petra Boynton looks at what advice UK universities should give US-bound researchers and students
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
UK universities should be advising students and staff travelling to the US on social media use, what border staff are entitled to seize or search, what to do if detained, and how to keep US colleagues safe, says @petraboynton.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...