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An independent Scotland would be forced to join the euro, experts warn
The Times, 17/10/2012, p.1, Unattributed
opt-outs from the euro currency and the Schengen Agreement, which allows for passport-free travel, as well as its share of the UK budget rebate.Jo Eric Murkens, senior lecturer at the London School of Economics law school, took issue with the Scottish government insistence that independence would herald the dissolution of the Act Of Union and reinstate Scotland historic status as
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A chain reaction that would fix failing schools
The Daily Telegraph, 17/10/2012, p.27, James O'shaughnessy
So what can this Government do about it? The first piece of good news is that the academy programme is working. According to both the National Audit Office and the London School of Economics, failing schools that have been turned into academies under new sponsors are performing better than those that did not. So the expansion of the academies programme
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/9611965/A-chain-reaction-that-would-fix-
Britains-failing-schools.html|
HARD WORK TO FIND A JOB
The Daily Mirror, 17/10/2012, p.6, Mark Ellis
as likely to get positive responses as those sent within three days. Jobseekers relying on public transport are also "severely hindered", the teams from York and Warwick Universities and the London School of Economics found. People claiming Jobseeker's Allowance are required to apply for posts with commutes as long as 90 minutes but the policy is not getting more people
http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/jobs/joseph-rowntree-foundation-report-up-1382337|
Mission to rekindle mutual respect
Financial Times, 17/10/2012, p.3, George Parker
off customers like his father by selling them inappropriate products, rather than supporting a small business with good advice. The new City minister, who read economics at Cambridge and the London School of Economics, has a record as a socially minded Tory - he was once a Social Democratic party member - and sees it as part of his mission
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Independent Scotland would have to sign up to the Euro
Scottish Sunday Express (Web), 17/10/2012, Kerry Gill
the Schengen passport-free travel area, and its budget rebate, and have border posts set on roads to England, and at ports and airports. Dr Jo Eric Murkens, senior lecturer at the London School of Economics law school, questioned the insistence that independence would herald the dissolution of the 300-year-old Act of Union and reinstate Scotlands nation-state status: Nobody is seriously suggesting we
http://www.scottishsundayexpress.co.uk/posts/view/352585/Independent-Scotland-would-have-to-sign-up-to-the-Euro|
'Pasty tax could pay for British recovery' - NIESR
Telegraph (Web), 16/10/2012, Unattributed
GDP). "At current real interest rates, the real cost of borrowing 2pc of GDP, that is 30bn, would be 150m a year," Mr Portes told a debate organised by the London School of Economics. "That is roughly the revenue that the Government was hoping to raise from the pasty tax." Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman also told the debate that
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9610477/Pasty-tax-could-pay-for-British-recovery-says-NIESR.html|
Krugman attacks 'mad' UK austerity
Telegraph (Web), 16/10/2012, Unattributed
"[Britain] will be a weaker economy ten years or even 15 years from now because [it has] failed to provide adequate demand now." Speaking at a debate organised by the London School of Economics, Mr Krugman also said that the fact that government borrowing had increased was not necessarily evidence that George Osborne's Plan A wasn't working, as shadow chancellor
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9610568/Paul-Krugman-attacks
-mad-austerity-policies-in-Britain.html|
UK pushing for curbs on ECB in banking union
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 16/10/2012, Unattributed
influence of Brussels. Cameron has promised to negotiate a new settlement with the EU and put it to British voters in a referendum. Clark, a Cambridge-educated economist with a doctorate from the London School of Economics, denied Britain was becoming isolated by adopting a more confrontational stance in the EU after the government said on Monday it would opt out of the
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-pushing-curbs-ecb-banking-union-120414550--business.html|
Boris: London Is Not The UK's Cash Cow
Sky News (Web), 16/10/2012, Unattributed
commission to look into the issue. The London Finance Commission will hear from witnesses including the former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. But its chair, Professor Tony Travers from the London School of Economics, said it is unlikely the Government could deprive other areas of funds. "At a time when there's less public spending across the UK, I think that
http://news.sky.com/story/998445/boris-calls-for-london-tax-revenue-overhaul|
Five arrested at big Kuwait anti-government rally
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), 16/10/2012, Unattributed
inviolable" in the constitution. "The incendiary public accusations directed by Musallam al-Barrak at the emir of Kuwait are a milestone in the country," Kristian Ulrichsen, expert on Gulf States at the London School of Economics, wrote on Twitter. Opposition politicians and political activists called on the emir to set a date for upcoming parliamentary elections. In the past they have called for
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/five-arrested-big-kuwait-anti-government-rally-08291
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LSE on TV/radio
BBC Radio Five Live (17 October 2012)
Morning Reports
Mention of LSE’s report into Academies.
BBC 1 (16 October 2012)
Masters of Money
LSE is featured in this programme about Hayek and Keynes.
Sky News (16 October 2012)
CBS News
Tony Tavers was interviewed about London taxes.
BBC News 24 (16 October 2012)
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Professor Peter Sommer is metioned in a report about Gary McKinnon’s extradition.
LBC (16 October 2012)
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Reference to a lecture at LSE.