UK government’s climate action plan is unlawful, High Court rules on.ft.com/3UnNz29

Oh shit! Northumbrian Water told to publish raw sewage discharge data it tried to hide. theguardian.com/business/artic…

Amazon has worked to crush warehouse union drives.

It is fighting in court to have the NLRB declared unconstitutional.

It has also spent $17 million on anti-union consultants in the past two years.

Amazon might just be the most anti-worker corporation of this generation.

The Conservatives clearly plan to fight the election on the economy.

The OECD’s latest forecasts suggest it’s not a strong hook to hang a campaign on.

OECD has raised outlook for global growth but downgraded the UK.

🇬🇧 + 🇩🇪 predicted to have lowest growth in G7 this year +…🧵

Almost 30 years old - still looking great! ⁦Ken Mc Conomy⁩

Chinese companies receive far more state support - making it harder for Western businesses to compete, data suggests | Business News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/chinese-…

PhD Studentship: Mandatory ESG Reporting, Capital Allocation and the Green Behaviour of Firms - at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership (jobs.ac.uk) - Funded PhD for Home Student - come join us.

Meanwhile…. UK will be worst performer in G7 next year, OECD forecasts. theguardian.com/business/artic…

It's election day and we've got you covered 👇

Begin by reading Sophie Stowers on the different structures of local government in England, Scotland and Wales.

She sets out how local councils work, their services and their funding...

ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/loc…

🌟A week is a long time in politics....and it's a week since Anand Menon hosted Sir John Curtice for our Unlocked event.

👀You can access the full conversation on our YouTube channel if you missed out.

👉youtube.com/watch?v=W4C4fA…

Oh dear, Day 2 of new post-Brexit border checks and the government’s IPAFFS has crashed.

EU imports have to be logged on IPAFFS to clear customs.

Went down 2 hours ago. Until it’s up again there are 2 options: 1) wave all lorries into UK. 2) send them to a Border Control Post.

Pleasure to chat to Dharshini David about the impact of Brexit. Anand Menon on BBC News: Brexit has had an impact on Trade youtu.be/hE6mFuFOj-c?si… via YouTube

Mind-blowingly bad @oecd stats on UK homelessness.

Fred Vasseur enters talks with Adrian Newey lastwordonsports.com/motorsports/20…

Newey to Ferrari with Hamilton? 🤞Red Bull confirm top F1 designer Adrian Newey to leave team. Not a surprise after all the turmoil at the team… he’s much more important than Horner. theguardian.com/sport/2024/may…

1/3 Outsourced IT firm runs rings around@bhamcitycouncil management (again - think of Capita before) & the management hides its incompetence by bamboozling councillors with the Equal Pay Claim issue. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Rentier Capitalism

2000-2019: UK dividends grew 5.5 times faster than worker pay.

If pay kept pace with dividend payments, workers would each be £2,844 better off a year.

UK investment levels flat for 30yrs.

Wages taxed at higher rates than dividends.
theguardian.com/business/2024/…

⚡️NEW: Aston Martin losses rise after massive drop in DBX sales⚡️

🚘87% increase in pre-tax loss

🚘63% drop in SUV sales

🚘£1bn net debt (up from £868mn)

First details: ft.com/content/c6b8aa…

Birmingham city council accused of basing drastic cuts on ‘imagined’ data | Birmingham | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Chinese new electric car registrations stall across Europe during March

schmidtmatthias.de/post/chinese-n…