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Spending by Labour lifted target areas, says study
Financial Times, 01/07/2013, p.2, Sarah Neville
The study, led by Ruth Lupton, professor of education at the University of Manchester, and John Hills, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics, comes as the prospect of prolonged austerity sparks debate on the effect and sustainability of public expenditure.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e733e6a-e0a7-11e2-9e2b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Xm2BANts|
Rich-poor gulf 'increased' despite 13 years of Labour
Metro, 01/07/2013, p.4, Unattributed
Efforts to lift children and pensioners out of poverty succeeded but high-earners' incomes soared ahead faster, the London School of Economics and Political Science study shows. The number of childless working-age people facing hardship went up and disadvantaged pupils remained less likely than welloff peers to excel
http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/01/labour-failed-on-pay-gap-but-improved-levels-of-
poverty-healthcare-and-teaching-3863062/|
Happiness is ... not being with family
Daily Mail, 01/07/2013, p.5, Unattributed
Spending time with your nearest and dearest makes us far less happy than being with our friends - and only the company of work clients is more depressing. London School of Economics experts collated data via an app, designed by academic George MacKerron, in which 50,000 users logged happiness levels at random intervals over three years. On average,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351870/What-really-makes-happy-How-spending-time-friends-better-family.html?ico=ushome^headlines|
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Unhappy? You must be ill - or at work
The Sunday Times, 30/06/2013, p.12, Kathryn Cooper
Research puts Blair and Brown's spending under a microscope
City AM, 01/07/2013, p.11, Michael Bird
A REPORT published today by the London School of Economics (LSE) has shed some light on the effect of big spending increases between 1997 and 2010 on British society. Public spending rose from £449bn in 1997,
http://www.cityam.com/article/research-puts-blair-and-brown-s-spending-under-microscope|
Graduate jobs go to rivals from overseas
The Sunday Times, 30/06/2013, p.9, Nicholas Hellen; Francesca Angelini
stiff competition faced by the middle class for jobs in areas such as financial services, the law, healthcare, education and the arts. Ian Gordon, professor of human geography at the London School of Economics, analysed the official Labour Force Survey and the British Household Panel Survey and found that between 1997 and 2012, the proportion of all graduate-level jobs in
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Education/article1281192.ece|
The real cost of a rise in visa fees
The Times, 29/06/2013, p.55, Sam Fleming
What worries John van Reenen, director of the London School of Economics's Centre for Economic Performance, is that in its drive to push down the flow of people, the UK is repelling the people it needs most…
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/columnists/article3803606.ece|
Meet the new class of landlords who are profiting from Generation Rent
The Guardian, 29/06/2013, p.20, Patrick Collinson
a shared kitchen. Daniel Burton, 25, claims to be making £35,000 profit every month from his Rent the Rented business scheme, just a few years after dropping out of the London School of Economics. He sublets 200 rooms across the capital, bringing in rent of nearly £2m a year. Meanwhile, the scale of some private landlords' property empires is staggering.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jun/28/new-class-landlords-profiting-
generation-rent|
Real progressives believe in breaking up Google
Financial Times, 29/06/2013, p.11, Richard Sennett
concrete programme, of being an adversary you could argue with. In the reign of "niceness", we no longer seem to stand for anything. The writer is a professor at the London School of Economics and New York University If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today, he would concentrate his trustbusting firepower on Silicon Valley
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06512782-de6e-11e2-9b47-00144feab7de.html#axzz2Xm2BANts|
THE NEW BROOM
Financial Times, 29/06/2013, p.12, Giles Talks
approaches and new tools," she says. As for attacks on national champions, a policy already unfashionable and something of a "straw man" according to Professor John van Reenen of the London School of Economics, Meyer conceded Carney "took some liberties" with the motivation of the thesis, although the substance, she insists, was not behind the times. While at Oxford, Carney
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a27e08f4-dec4-11e2-b990-00144feab7de.html#axzz2Xm2BANts|
PM slaps down Tory over call for illegal migrant amnesty
Daily Mail, 29/06/2013, p.28, Gerri Peev
migrants would make financial sense by enabling them to pay tax rather than subsisting on cash-inhand jobs. It would also stop the undercutting of low-income workers. A study by the London School of Economics predicted that an amnesty would reap the economy £3billion. Migrants would be given leave to remain, rather than citizenship, ensuring their entitlements to benefits would be
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351421/Cameron-slaps-Tory-rising-star
-illegal-migrant-amnesty.html|
Sir Mick, head of the rock 'n' roll high school
The Daily Telegraph, 29/06/2013, p.3, Hannah Furness
lives." He says he considered a career as a dancer but was put off by the prospect of "so many injuries". Sir Mick, 69, was still a student at the London School of Economics when the Stones were starting out. He told John Humphrys: "A schoolteacher would have been very gratifying, I'm sure. There are millions of things you would
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rolling-stones/10148040/Sir-Mick-Jagger-I-considered-becoming-a-teacher.html|
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Labour 'failed to tackle pay gap' - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
The London School of Economics and Political Science's study found that although spending went up by 60% under Labour, the pre-crash levels were "unexceptional" domestically and internationally and national debt levels were lower than when the party took office. Access and quality in public services improved, according to the LSE's Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (Case) report, Labour's Social Policy Record: Policy, Spending and Outcomes 1997-2010.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour-failed-to-tackle-pay-gap-29384569.html|
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Labour 'failed to tackle pay gap'
Evening Standard (Web), 01/07/2013, Unattributed
"myth that Labour spent a lot and achieved nothing" Tony Blair and Gordon Brown left the coalition Government with a legacy of lower poverty and a widely improved public sector. The London School of Economics and Political Science's study found that although spending went up by 60% under Labour, the pre-crash levels were "unexceptional" domestically and internationally and national debt levels
http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/labour-failed-to-tackle-pay-gap-868081
5.html|
We’re the new puritans – and our biggest hate is ourselves
The Sunday Times Online, 30/06/2013,
of arriving (with a speed that shames the monoglot native Brits), and are eager to continue improving their language skills. Our Polish former babysitter is now a student at the London School of Economics. She didn't get there by muttering dark Polish incantations and trying to cheat the benefits system. There's a sense that everyone is trying to pull a
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/comment/columns/indiaknight/article12805
79.ece|
Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger admits watching Glastonbury DVDs to prepare
guardian.co.uk (Web), 29/06/2013, David Batty
Stones frontman also admitted that he finds his music career "intellectually undemanding" and said he previously considered becoming a journalist, politician or teacher. Jagger, who was a student at the London School of Economics when the Stones were starting out, said: "A schoolteacher would have been very gratifying, I'm sure. There are millions of things you would have loved to
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/29/rolling-stones-mick-jagger-glastonbury|
He can't get no Satisfaction: Mick Jagger pines for the life of a teacher instead of his 'intellectually undemanding' role as a rocker
Mail Online UK (Web), 29/06/2013, Anna Edwards
the veteran rocker said he had considered a career as a dancer but was put off by the prospect of 'so many injuries'. Jagger, who was still a student at the London School of Economics when the Stones were starting out in the Sixties, told John Humphrys: 'A schoolteacher would have been very gratifying, I'm sure. 'Everyone wants to have done
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351468/Mick-Jagger-Rolling-Stone-pines
-life-teacher-instead-intellectually-undemanding-role-rocker.html|
Mick Jagger's Glastonbury experience shared in girlfriend L'Wren Scott's Instagram pictures ahead of Rolling Stones headline show
Mirror.co.uk (Web), 29/06/2013, Karen Rockett
are millions of things you would have loved to have done, a politician, a journalist ... I thought of being a journalist once." But Jagger, who was a student at the London School of Economics when the Stones formed, said he was "pleased with what I’ve done" as a musician. "All these things you think of when you’re a teenager, you can
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/rolling-stones-glastonbury-mick-jaggers-2009655|
Obsorne opens battle on size of the state
FT.com (Web), 28/06/2013, Unattributed
that once "hoped to die before it got old" is succumbing to senescence and we will all be worse off as a result. John Hills, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics and an authority on the welfare state, says: "The baby boomers were such a big generation that it made it that much easier to pay for
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a89b7c82-df21-11e2-a9f4-00144feab7de,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fa89b7c82-df21-11e2-a9f4-00144feab7de.html&_i_referer=#axzz2Xm2BANts|
Norman Mackenzie: Editor, teacher, writer . . . spy?
New Statesman (Web), 28/06/2013, Adrian Smith
Norman Mackenzie, who has died aged 91, joined the New Statesman as assistant editor in 1943, having been recommended to the then editor, Kingsley Martin, by Harold Laski at the LSE. Norman worked on the paper for nearly 20 years before becoming an academic at Sussex University. He helped found the Open University, edited the diaries of Beatrice Webb and
http://www.newstatesman.com/archive/2013/06/norman-mackenzie-editor-teacher-writer-spy|
Why we should remain sceptical about the rise of the banking bail-in | Stephanie Blankenburg
guardian.co.uk (Web), 28/06/2013, Stephanie Blankenburg
backstage in negotiating bank failures. Higher (recapitalisation) costs to banks will be passed on to "the taxpayer", but this will be less visible than outright bail-outs by taxpayers. As Charles Goodhart, LSE economics professor and former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, put it recently: "We probably will try this bail-in lark … When we find that's a
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/28/sceptical-banking-bail-in|
Blair and Brown years reduced social inequality
Herald Scotland - Jul 1 at 3:41 BST
The London School of Economics and Political Science's study found that although spending went up by 60% under Labour, the pre-crash levels were "unexceptional" domestically and internationally and national debt levels were lower than when the party took office. Access and quality in public services improved, according to the LSE's Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (Case) report.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/blair-and-brown-years-reduced-social-inequality.21480804|
My secret to happiness? Read all about it
Herald Scotland - rosemary goring - Jul 1 at 3:22 BST
discover I am out of step. According to a survey from the London School of Economics (LSE), in which 50,000 people were observed over almost three years via an app which gauges mood, reading.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/my-secret-to-happiness-read
-all-about-it.21484142|
Federal politicians' pay rises 2.4pc: do we get what we pay for?
ABC Online - Jul 1 at 1:01 BST
rough on our political class," says Professor Timothy Besley from the London School of Economics "Often (politicians) are people who are strongly motivated towards wanting to make a contribution...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-01/off-the-hustings-james-glenday-politicians-pay/4790894|
18 years after ethnic slaughter, Croatia joins EU
NBCNews.com - Alastair Jamieson - Jun 30 at 11:06 BST
said Professor Iain Begg, research fellow at the European Institute of the London School of Economics.Former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Richard Kauzlarich called Croatias entrance...
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/28/19187211-from-ethnic-slaughter
-to-stability-in-two-decades-former-war-zone-croatia-joins-eu?lite|
New Bank of England boss faces stimulus battle
Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Jun 30 at 7:07 BST
Canadian Mark Carney begins his job as governor of the Bank of England on Monday, joining an institution divided on whether to pump out more cash stimulus to boost Britain's fragile economic...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bank-england-boss-faces-stimulus-battle-110113710.html#sxSu0k9|
Russia eyeing Cyprus bases
Cyprus Mail - Rachael Gillett - Jun 30 at 6:41 BST
senior research fellow on the politics of south east Europe at the London School of Economics says that even if there is no reason to believe that a permanent Russian military base is going to...
http://cyprus-mail.com/2013/06/30/russia-eyeing-cyprus-bases/|
Top talent to hone her skills at Princeton
South China Morning Post - Jun 29 at 21:11 BST
was Hui's first choice of university, although she also considered the London School of Economics and Loughborough University, also in the UK, among others. "My studies will take priority over...
http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1271868/top-talent-hone-her-skills-princeton|
Rent-to-rent, the latest property get-rich-quick scheme
SocietyGuardian - news, comment and analysis on the public and voluntary sectors | guardian.co.uk - Emma Lunn, Patrick Collinson - Jun 29 at 8:04 BST
Photograph: Jonathan Edwards Daniel Burton is just 25, a dropout from the London School of Economics, but he's raking in £35,000 a month in rent – without ever having to buy a property. He has let out 200 rooms in 40...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jun/29/rent-to-rent-property|
IRAQ TEN YEARS AFTER: A RECKONING AND A BALANCE SHEET
Middle East Institute - meirah@nus.edu.sg - Jun 29 at 6:56 BST
term. Three specialists have been invited from abroad; Toby Dodge of the London School of Economics has written first about the British mandate and subsequently about the post-2003 period. He has made several visits to Iraq, and has acted as an...
http://www.mei.nus.edu.sg/uncategorized/iraq-ten-years-after-a-reckoning-and-a-balance-sheet?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iraq-ten-years-after-a-reckoning-and-a-balance-sheet|
I'd rather have been a teacher or politician, reveals Jagger
Independent.ie - - Jun 29 at 5:54 BST
what he had accomplished.Jagger, who was still a student at the London School of Economics when the Stones were starting out, told John Humphrys: "A schoolteacher would have been very gratifying, I'm sure."There are millions of things you would...
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/festivals/id-rather-have-been-a-teacher-or-politician-reveals-jagger-29381809.html|
EU faces challenge of connecting with new wave of protest movements
Irish Times - Jun 29 at 5:02 BST
the subject of a study by Mary Kaldor and others at the London School of Economics (see iiea.com). It examines recent movements in Germany, Spain, Hungary and Italy and several trans-European...
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/eu-faces-challenge-of-connecting-with-new-wave-of-protest-movements-1.1446538|
Mettle proven, Mira allows a smile
Calcutta Telegraph - Jun 29 at 2:52 BST
a senior colleague. Pande ? an MSc in social planning from the London School of Economics who loves to read Elizabethan playwrights and Mughal history in her spare time, besides listening to...
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130629/jsp/frontpage/story_17061740.jsp|
PM's trip linked to tobacco group
WA Today - Jun 29 at 1:25 BST
Party); the Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Society, the EBG Group, the London School of Economics; the United Kingdom based International Institute for Strategic Studies (which also provided...
http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/politics/pms-overseas-trip-linked-to-tobacco
-group-20130628-2p360.html|
UK Nigeria Online - Jun 28 at 23:52 BST
Hispanic voters – supported a one-off amnesty. In 2009, study by the London School of Economics an amnesty for long-term illegal immigrants could be worth £3bn to the economy. It also said...
http://uk.onlinenigeria.com/|
BPO in the Western Cape: how has Government come to the party?
The South African - Brett Petzer - Jun 28 at 14:08 BST
by the province to date,” said the Minister. For this reason, the London School of Economics’ 2012 report called national, provincial and city-level government support for BPO in South Africa...
http://www.thesouthafrican.com/gateway-to-africa/bpo-in-the-western-cape-how-
has-government-come-to-the-party.htm|
South Africa’s telecoms costs have fallen by 90 per cent in past decade – and BPO has taken note
The South African - Brett Petzer - Jun 28 at 14:08 BST
The fall in telecoms costs has made South Africa more competitive as a BPO destination – but may have broader spinoffs outside this sector as well By Brett Petzer on 28 June, 2013 1:59 pm in...
http://www.thesouthafrican.com/gateway-to-africa/south-africas-telecoms-costs-have-fallen-by-90-per-cent-in-past-decade-and-bpo-has-taken-note.htm|
King Recovers From Northern Rock Stumble to Leave BOE
Bloomberg - Jennifer Ryan - Jun 28 at 13:59 BST
studied at Cambridge University and Harvard, moved to the BOE from the London School of Economics, where he worked on macroeconomics and tax policy. As King was promoted to deputy governor...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-27/king-recovers-from-northern-rock
-stumble-to-leave-powerful-boe.html|
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