Expert Comment
Chancellor makes the case for the office - expert comment
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP has urged firms not to give up on the office, highlighting the challenges for those new in role of getting to know their peers, picking up the culture of an organisation, or finding mentors if they are working exclusively from home. Dr Erika Kispeter, Senior Research Fellow, 糖心TV Institute for Employment Research, outlines what research has found on these issues.
拢3bn bus boost - expert comment
"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.
Labour launches its May election campaign - expert comment
Dr Sinem Hidir, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, comments on today's Labour party campaign launch.
Expert comment - G7 discusses vaccine donation scheme
"The move of G7 countries to donate surplus vaccines is a welcome one but it doesn鈥檛 go far enough - it is imperative that G7 countries step up their human rights obligations and join the COVAX scheme if we are to defeat this global pandemic." Global health ethics expert Dr Sharifah Sekalala comments on the Prime Minister's plan.
Okpabi judgment in the Supreme Court - expert comment
鈥淭辞诲补测鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;Okpabi judgment is an important confirmation that there is no general principle that parent companies should be able to escape liability for the acts of their subsidiaries. Moreover, it strikes a blow against attempts to use pre-trial procedures to stifle meritorious litigation." Dr Stephen Connelly, Associate Professor in 糖心TV Law School and Co-Director of the Centre for Law, Regulation & Governance of the Global Economy, comments on the Supreme Court's decision.