UK leaders urged to ‘step up’ as Donald Trump takes US out of Paris climate deal It is the second time Mr Trump has withdrawn the US from the landmark climate change treaty. Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025
‘He’s one of the best’: the economist shaping Rachel Reeves’s growth plans John Van Reenen believes he can help Labour solve the ‘peculiar British problem’ of chronically weak productivity The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025
Just Stop Oil protesters who blocked main road spared jail Ishani Milward-Bose, Daniel Wills, Anthony Bradley and Alice Brown blocked the A41 Hendon Way near the Brent Cross Flyover during rush hour. Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025
London stock market hit by biggest exodus since global financial crisis Just Eat, Flutter, Tui, and Ashtead were among those to announce plans to ditch their main UK listing The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on SPECIAL REPORT: As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2025
It’s time to get serious about stamp duty on shares, a terrible advert for London The number of listed companies fleeing can’t be ignored – cutting or abolishing the tax could revive the capital market The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2025
Writing long reads for The Conversation can be ‘instrumental’ in developing research – Insights story updates Each story for Insights, The Conversation’s longform investigative series, typically takes months to produce, building on years of academic research. And of course, these deep-dive investigations don’t just stop when the story is published. The Conversation · Dec 31, 2024
Brexit cost UK £27bn in lost trade in first two years, review finds Despite fall in trade, LSE study says overall impact was more limited than OBR forecasters first estimated The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024
John Rose obituary Other lives: London student recruited to undertake anti-apartheid actions in South Africa in the 1960s and 70s The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2024
Just Eat to delist from London Stock Exchange to cut costs Food delivery firm is also listed in Amsterdam and decision is another blow to London market The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024
Just Eat Takeaway scraps its London share listing The departure of another household name company will add to concerns that London's status as Europe’s pre-eminent financial centre is under threat. Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024
Janie Thomas obituary Other lives: Social worker and LSE lecturer who played a leading role in the creation of the British Association of Social Workers The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024
Cop29 president faces pressure over LSE climate academic detained in Azerbaijan Dozens of fellow academics have called for the release of the London School of Economics professor Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu detained in Azerbaijan. Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024
Gen Z and millennial productivity is being crushed by bosses who don’t understand them, top university research says Around a third of Gen Z and millennials report low productivity, and it's their bosses' faults. Fortune · Nov 12, 2024
Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024 Met Police probe ‘Amsterdam-style’ threat as planned demo against UN official in London is cancelled Speaker Francesca Albanese has accused Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza
The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024 Pro-Israel campaigners protest against UN special rapporteur’s UK visit Francesca Albanese recently published a report in which she alleged that Israel was committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza
The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024 LSE should learn lessons from the past Letter: There is a difference between legitimate protest and acts of terrorism, writes Vivienne Rivis
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024 London universities join forces to demand safer cycling after spate of staff and student fatalities LSE to host public meeting in wake of death of two staff and PhD student
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024 UN rapporteur challenges LSE over action against pro-Palestine protesters Seven students put under ‘precautionary measures’ after allegations relating to campus demonstration in July
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2024 The super-rich claim they’ll flee to escape a Labour ‘tax grab’. Here’s an idea for how to stop them If the 1% follow through on their threats, an ‘exit tax’ could raise £500m a year – by plucking golden feathers as they take flight, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024 ‘I was incredibly angry – so I thought I’d put myself forward’: meet seven Labour MPs new to parliament More than half of the Labour MPs elected in July were completely new to the job, including red wall reclaimers, a Westminster wunderkind and slayers of the biggest Tory beasts. We catch up with them on their first two months
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024 Extra cash for mental health would help UK more than new roads, study says LSE report suggests chancellor should downgrade projects such as Lower Thames Crossing in favour of services
The Conversation · Aug 27, 2024 The most talked about shows from this year’s Edinburgh festivals – including ruminations on Gaza, the climate and gender The Edinburgh International and Fringe festivals 2024 have come to close. With more than 3,000 shows being performed, no one person could ever have seen them all, but as a maker and critic of political theatre I was most interested in finding performances that said something significant about our world…
Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2024 Zia Yusuf quits Reform: how he went from public school to Farage's right hand man Nigel Farage believed the once-left wing student and former Goldman Sachs finance bro was a ‘huge factor’ in the growing success of his right-wing populist party. Katie Strick charts his steep rise and sudden departure from the heart of politics
The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2024 Reform’s new chair Zia Yusuf: a man intent on making Nigel Farage PM Former leftwing student defends leader’s Southport comments and insists party stands for British values