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🚨 News just in - Rachel Reeves has pledged that the government will 'play a big role' in the future of steelmaking 📝 Read our blog from @dgbailey.bsky.social & Paul Forrest on how the government has kept British Steel going for now but needs a plan for the future👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-future-o...

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‘Once again the UK government is at risk of adopting a piecemeal approach, rather than developing a longer-term strategy to tackle the fundamental structural problems afflicting the UK steel industry’ @dgbailey.bsky.social & Paul Forrest on the future of British Steel ukandeu.ac.uk/the-future-o...

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New @UKandEU blog + Paul Forrest on what needs to be done to help UK steel have a viable future. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-future-o...

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New @UKandEU blog + Paul Forrest on what needs to be done to help UK steel have a viable future. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-future-o...

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Why is the real leader of @BhamCityCouncil Lead Commissioner Max Caller (appointed by Michael Gove) allowed to hide in his house in Barnet? His cuts have caused the Brum bin chaos. He needs binning. Bring in ACAS.

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Trump considers pausing auto tariffs as world economy endures his trade war | AP News apnews.com/article/trum...

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'It was devastating' - MG Rover closure 20 years on www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Tempered by steel – the ignominious end of a metal history in Wales The long and storied history of Welsh steel is apparently to be allowed to end with a whimper, while tables are banged in Westminster to save ’British’ steel. bylines.cymru/politics-and...

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encompass-europe.com/comment/trum... @dgbailey.bsky.social

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Trump's tariff car crash sends shockwaves through the European auto industry. NewComment for @EncompassEurope. @UKandEU @UoB_Business @ACEA_auto @SMMT @unitetheunion @TonyBurke2010 @ETUI_org encompass-europe.com/comment/trum...

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I’m glad people are out there asking the important questions about emerging technologies. Such as “why DO so many AI company logos look like bum holes?” velvetshark.com/ai-company-l...

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In response to 25% #TrumpTariffs #KeirStarmer has watered down targets for UK conversion to electric cars ...a wasted opportunity??? @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @dgbailey.bsky.social and @transenvuk.bsky.social From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

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'They need to focus on a deal – it should be number one priority for trade policy. t’s a realistic goal that it can be done quickly. It’s a relatively easy hit for the UK Government to ameliorate some of the madness' 🚗 UKICE's @dgbailey.bsky.social in @theipaper.com 👇 inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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Always the last century’s greatest sentence. And still perfect.

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In response to 25% #TrumpTariffs on UK cars, #KeirStarmer has watered down targets for conversion to electric cars ... is that a wasted opportunity? @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @dgbailey.bsky.social and Anna @transenv.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

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Carmageddon! Government’s actions are a useful first step but needs to do more. New @UKandEU blog. @UoB_Business @smmt @MikeHawesSMMT @unitetheunion @UniteSharon ukandeu.ac.uk/carmageddon-...

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🚗 'I don't think anybody is prepared for this scale of shock... If the tariffs remain in place, the automotive industry will have to think about raising prices in the US, about dealer's margins getting squeezed' UKICE's car expert @dgbailey.bsky.social in BBC News 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Trump has "paused" his tariffs - but they haven't gone away. So what does a 25% import duty mean for UK car manufacturing and the drive to #netzero ??? @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social hears from @dgbailey.bsky.social and @transenv.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

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Just out @RSRS_OA with David Hearne: Regional prices reconsidered @regstud @RegionalStudies @BISmemberSec @ERSA_org @CityREDI @UKandEU @UoB_Business www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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For UK peeps not following climate science across the pond, these came yday: An executive order to override state energy laws that mention climate: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... Ending one $4M grant to study climate because it "focuses on alarming scenarios" www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

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What #TrumpTariffs mean for UK car manufacturing and the zero emissions... @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from Anna Krajinska @transenv.bsky.social & @dgbailey.bsky.social From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

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On the 20th anniversary of the closure of MG Rover, could more bad follow for the UK motor industry because of #TrumpTariffs @goldbergradio.bsky.social is joined by @dgbailey.bsky.social and Anna Krajinska @transenvuk.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

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Latest: What #TrumpTariffs mean for UK car manufacturing and the zero emissions mandate... @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from Anna Krajinska @transenv.bsky.social & @dgbailey.bsky.social From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

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20 years to the day since MG Rover collapsed, here’s a great new @GoldbergRadio @BylinePodcast ‘Trump's Tariffs, British Cars & the ZEV Mandate’ featuring yours truly & @transenv Anna Krajinska. @UKandEU @UoB_Business podfollow.com/1747192337/e...

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20 years ago today (8th April 2005), MG Rover went into administration, ending a century of volume car production at Longbridge. Here are my reflections on that day and what has happened since, with links to my Commons speech on the 10th anniversary in 2015 richardburden.com/2025/04/20-y...

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Excellent #OnThisDay analysis by my good friend Richard Burden, who was the Labour MP for Birmingham Northfield for 27 years, during which he was shadow transport minister from 2013 to 2017. Click the link in his post below - it’s a good read.

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20 years on since the collapse of MG Rover: for a really comprehensive overview of the history since, see this by the highly-regarded former Birmingham Northfield MP Richard Burden richardburden.com/2025/04/20-y...

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20 years since the collapse of MG Rover, with the loss of 6300 jobs and more in the supply chain. Some of our earlier reflections on its impacts and policy responses: 3 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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20 years since the collapse of MG Rover, with the loss of 6300 jobs and more in the supply chain. Some of our earlier reflections on its impacts and policy responses: 2 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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20 years since the collapse of MG Rover, with the loss of 6300 jobs and more in the supply chain. Some of our earlier reflections on its impacts and policy responses: 1 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Here is @dgbailey.bsky.social calling for a really good industrial strategy and action on lowering energy prices as well as today’s announcement re the car industry On @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social

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'Much of UK auto is already operating well below capacity and the tariffs will be a further hit for a struggling industry... production cuts and job losses are likely' 🚗 UKICE's car expert @dgbailey.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 👇 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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This is a huge hit for the automotive industry. Even if the UK carves out a deal, tariffs will lead to less trade and less growth and may mean Rachel Reeves has to relax her fiscal rules, @dgbailey.bsky.social tells @news.sky.com.

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NEW EPISODE: What #TrumpTariffs mean for UK car manufacturing and the zero emissions... @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from Anna Krajinska @transenv.bsky.social & @dgbailey.bsky.social From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

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NEW EPISODE: What #TrumpTariffs mean for UK car manufacturing and zero emissions... Anna Krajinska @transenv.bsky.social & @dgbailey.bsky.social join @goldbergradio.bsky.social From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

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The mistakes were failing to provide enough education and training for people who lost industrial jobs, minimal development strategies for post-industrial regions, a benefit system that failed to cover lost income in the short term and quickly get people into good jobs. That all costs money.

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Great piece by @morgankofori on Trump’s tariffs & JLR at Solihull, + comments by yours truly & @unitetheunion Des Quinn, also drawing on @CityREDI analysis. @UoB_Business @UKandEU @SMMT www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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On the impact of Trump’s tariffs on UK auto - yours truly on @itvcentral on JLR pausing exports to the US. First item. @uob_business ⁦‪@UKandEU‬⁩ www.itv.com/watch/news/c...

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