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Professor David Bailey and Professor John Clancy

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Our Latest Blog

16th June 2026

Don’t Turn the EV Transition into Another Industrial Own Goal

Supporting net zero and supporting a more gradual EV transition are NOT contradictory positions.

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Flexbox Video Gallery

12th June 2026

Nature

Burnham’s backyard blunder: the scandal nobody noticed, not even Andy

£10.4 Billion surplus at the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.

10th June 2026

Nature

Billion-Pound Pension Surpluses, Billion-Pound Fees, and Closed Day Centres

1st June 2026

Nature

Why Ferrari’s first EV caused so much backlash

2nd April 2026

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea holes local government establishment elite below the water line.

It voted to set the employer contributions to its pension fund at 0% until 2029.

19th February 2026

Nature

Why making things still matters,

and what Britain must do next.

18th February 2026

Nature

Holey Moley
£0.5 billion spent on filling holes that didn't exist

Birmingham must pursue Wolverhampton for an immediate return of at least £440 million of deficit reduction payments + £180 million investment returns.

17th February 2026

Nature

The Wolverhampton Hoard.

Birmingham gets thrown a welcome, but still-not-enough, £165 million refund from its Pension Fund.

11th February 2026

Nature

Move the 2030 Petrol Car Ban to 2035,

and Fix the EV Transition Properly.

9th February 2026

Nature

The SMMT is right:
we need a comprehensive review of the ZEV Mandate

3rd Febrary 2026

Nature

Times are tough.

So Labour prioritises £16 billion for investment bankers.

29th January 2026

Nature

Another bite of the Chery?

Turning a Strategic Investment into a UK Automotive Opportunity

28th January 2026

UK LGPS Actuaries Firms' 'quadopoly' reported to Competition & Markets Authority

We make Enterprise Act 2002 pt.4 request for a formal market study

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