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Fishing negotiations: Expert comment

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:50:00 GMT

Professor Abhinay Muthoo from Warwick's Department of Economics comments on the ongoing negotiations on fishing between France and the UK.

Regulating streaming giants could create "homogenised television landscape"

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:28:00 GMT

The UK government has proposed tighter regulations for television streaming giants such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+. Ministers also today announced that there will be a consultation into whether to privatise Channel 4.

Tom Hemingway, from Warwick's Department of Film and Television Studies, offers his expert view.

£3bn bus boost - expert comment

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:15:24 GMT

"Broadly, this announcement is to be welcomed; the current bus system is delivering declining numbers of services to a smaller group of people and needs to change. However, the funding promised seems to me to be very small compared with the ambition expressed." Professor Mike Waterson comments on today's announcement of a new strategy for buses.

Expert comment, changes to workers' rights

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:28:00 GMT

Professor Terence Hogarth comments on reports in the Financial Times reports that the Government plans to remove "worker protections enshrined in EU law" including the 48-hour working week.

Ban on new petrol and diesel cars in UK from 2030: WMG expert comment

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:32:00 GMT

The UK Prime Minister announced today a Ten Point Plan for a "green industrial revolution", including a ban on the sale of new cars that are wholly powered by diesel or petrol from 2030. Top experts from WMG at the University of Warwick comment on this story.

Locking down Leicester - Expert Comment

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:53:00 GMT

"Lockdowns in democracies have always been about trust. In order for localised lockdowns to be effective, it is important to know what the public health threshold is for creating a localised lockdown so that communities don’t feel that they are being disproportionately impacted." Dr Sharifah Sekalala comments on the potential challenges of a Leicester lockdown.

Pubs reopening - expert comment from historian

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:30:22 GMT

Beat Kümin, Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Warwick, comments on the role pubs play in community.

MPC decision to extend quantitative easing - expert comment

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:22:58 GMT

Professor Roger Farmer comments on the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee decision to extend the quantitative easing programme and keep interest rates at 0.1 per cent.

Expert comment - why Black Lives Matter is a UK issue as well as a US one

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:42:06 GMT

"How many in Britain know about the Bristol Bus Boycott or the 1958 racist riots in Nottingham and Notting Hill?" As Black Lives Matter campaigners including actor John Boyega gather in Hyde Park, Dr Simon Peplow, Senior Teaching Fellow in 20th Century British History, turns the spotlight on "Britain’s long history of racism."

Expert comment - maintaining mental health during lockdown

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:58:00 GMT

Dr Harbinder Sandhu, Associate Professor in the Clinical Trials Unit at Warwick Medical School and clinical psychologist, comments on wellbeing and mental health as the "lockdown" is extended for another three weeks.