Expert Comment
Centrica announces a 17 per cent fall in profits - expert comment by Professor David Elmes
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has reported a 17 per cent fall in profits and may cut 4,000 jobs in response, suggesting that Government plans for an energy price cap was one of the main reasons for the restructure. Professor David Elmes, Head of the Global Energy Research Network at Warwick Business School and a former Vice President for Schlumberger and Capgemini, comments.
Official immigration figures show steep fall in EU net migration - expert comment
Professor Gugliemo Meardi from Warwick Business Schook comments on the latest ONS immigration data, which show 130,000 EU citizens left the UK in the year to September 2017.
"It only takes one person or a small group to daub slogans on a wall" - Dr Charles Turner comments on anti-Polish vandalism in Israel.
Over the weekend the Polish embassy in Tel Aviv was vandalised with swastikas. Dr Charles Turner comments on how this may affect relations between the two countries, especially in the wake of Poland's controversial Holocaust law.
"A retrograde step" - Dr Ruth Wareham comments on plans to lift the cap on faith school admissions
Education Secretary Damien Hinds has suggested in an interview that he will lift the cap on religiously selective admissions to faith schools. Dr Ruth Wareham highlights potential risks to social inclusion and diversity.
EU Enlargement Strategy for the Western Balkans published - Dr Andi Hoxhaj comments.
"The countries of the Western Balkans will have to get much more serious about values such as rule of law, fighting corruption and organised crime, settling bilateral disputes and undertaking a range of other democratic changes in order to join the Union," says Dr Andi Hoxhaj, commenting on the new EU strategy for these six countries.