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Me and my colleague Nathan Critch on the recent closure of the last blast furnace at #PortTalbot for the Mile End Institute The decline of UK steel manufacturing tells us a great deal about the UK economy, and gives us insight into the policy implications of declining sectors.

I’ve co-authored a new report with Andy Pike for the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, @CURDSNewcastle and Insights North East on the ‘geography of financial distress’ in England’s authorities. Our analysis shows that authorities forecast a £9.3 billion shortfall by 2026-27: ft.com/content/25a6d3…

Industrial strategies have come & gone so often that it's easy to be cynical. That said, in a recent piece with Nathan Critch for the The Productivity Institute we look at The Labour Party's 'Invest 2035' Green Paper and find reasons to be (cautiously) cheerful! productivity.ac.uk/news/an-end-to…