Prof Sarah Hall

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

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...

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...

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.

ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impa...

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...

JPMorgan’s Dimon approved London tower after UK assurances Keir Starmer’s business envoy visited US bank boss in New York last week

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...

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.

🚨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...

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

@oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

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.

⏰ 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: 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.

🇪🇺 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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

Coffee and lots of it! I feel your pain.

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!

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!

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.

🚨 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...

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!

Debt Trap Nation -- a very powerful book.

Come and see @kbrickell.bsky.social and Mel Nowicki discuss the book on the 22nd of October (4-6pm)

Dept of Geography, Cambridge

🇪🇺 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...

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.

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-...

Trouble ahead for UK-US trade? - UK in a changing Europe In light of Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, Sarah Hall discusses the large number of continuing uncertainties around UK-US trade.

"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

ukandeu.ac.uk/trouble-ahea...

Trouble ahead for UK-US trade? - UK in a changing Europe In light of Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, Sarah Hall discusses the large number of continuing uncertainties around UK-US trade.

Despite deals, there are still uncertainties in UK-US trade: ukandeu.ac.uk/trouble-ahea... @ukandeu.bsky.social

💥 The stage is set for our conference in Brussels on 'The future of UK-EU relations with @openuniversity.bsky.social 💥

We'll be posting key highlights here throughout the day, so watch this space 👀

"UK and Europe are changing in tandem and we share the same challenges.

This is what the future of EU-UK relations looks like - no more ideological barriers and instead finding practical and pragmatic solutions."

The Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds struck a positive tone in discussing UK-EU relations

What can Rachel Reeves learn from the 1970s IMF crisis? - UK in a changing Europe Paul Johnson reflects on the 1970s IMF crisis and the key parallels and differences between then and the current challenges the government...

"The reality is, if they want more spending on welfare and public services, and they want economic growth, they are going to have to get serious about broad-based tax increases."

✍️ @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social compares the 1970s IMF crisis and today's fiscal challenges

ukandeu.ac.uk/what-can-rac...

Explaining the policy challenges ahead - UK in a changing Europe To mark the publication of the Policy Landscape 2025 report, Ruth Curtice and Anand Menon take a look at the key policy challenges facing the UK.

"Looking across the issues most on the public’s mind, higher economic growth would unlock progress on many."

@ruthcurtice.bsky.social and @anandmenon.bsky.social give an overview of the policy challenges the UK faces and introduce the Policy Landscape 2025 report

ukandeu.ac.uk/explaining-t...

Fantastic to work with @anandmenon.bsky.social and others on this report out this morning. Big takeaway from our panel - is the government prepared to take on fights this Autumn to make progress on these challenges. Nothing left to lose, or the window of opportunity to be bold already passed?

IT'S OUT! @ukandeu.bsky.social brand new survey of the policy challenges confronting the UK, done in partnership with the wonderful @resfoundation.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/poli... 1/???

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.

‘The legal position is therefore clear: yes there is provision for a state to leave the ECHR and the Refugee Convention. But doing so comes with both legal and political consequences.’ H/T @cbarnard.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...

Trade alert - @aslak.bsky.social has done an excellent job at highlighting key aspects of the US-EU deal so I/others don’t have to (especially when on holiday ☀️).