UK in a Changing Europe

Full speed ahead on SPS alignment - UK in a changing Europe Joël Reland unpacks why the UK government's announcement of the EU legislation 'in scope' for the UK-EU 'SPS' deal is significant, both for UK businesses and politically.

"The statement sends an interesting political signal about just how keen the UK government is to get the SPS deal done."

✍️ @jreland.bsky.social on the UK government's announcement of the EU legislation ‘in scope’ for the UK-EU ‘SPS’ deal

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/full-speed-a...

International recruitment and the NHS post-Brexit - UK in a changing Europe Vilija Vėlyvytė looks at the use of overseas recruitment in the NHS since Brexit and argues that it should be a key...

🏥 "It is clear that there is no quick fix to the UK’s health and care workforce crisis. What should be resisted is the tendency to frame international recruitment as problematic in itself."

✍️ @vvelyvyte.bsky.social on international recruitment in the NHS post-Brexit

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/internationa...

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UKICE Lunch Hour: European security - UK in a changing Europe Join our expert panel as they discuss European security and whether current structures and policies are fit for purpose.

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The impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK - UK in a changing Europe Jonathan Portes and John Springford share their new analysis that estimates how the number of foreign-born workers would have evolved had the UK remained in the EU.

Ending free movement "led to a modest rise in the number of foreign born workers in the UK, but a dramatic shift in their countries of origin."

💥 New analysis from @jdportes.bsky.social & @johnspringford.bsky.social on the impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-impact-o...

For the UK, Norway "provides a crucial insight: alignment without representation may be a politically stable arrangement.

But one with mounting costs that are difficult to sustain in an era of geopolitical turbulence."

🇳🇴 Nick Sitter & Ulf Sverdrup on Norway & the EU

🔗 https://ow.ly/bMwx50YqboB

UKICE Lunch Hour: European security - UK in a changing Europe Join our expert panel as they discuss European security and whether current structures and policies are fit for purpose.

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The 'Swiss model' - a special relationship to the European Union - UK in a changing Europe Astrid Epiney explains how the agreements that underpin Switzerland's relationship with the European Union work, as well as the advantages and tradeoffs.

"The most important aspect is that it shows that participation of a third country in parts of the internal market is possible but demands certain institutional arrangements."

✍️ Astrid Epiney explains the Swiss-EU relationship and why copying it isn't as simple as it seems

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Closing asylum hotels: What will the policy mean in practice? - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello look at the implications of the Labour governmen's promise to close all asylum hotels.

"Local authorities, voluntary organisations, and asylum seekers themselves are likely to bear much of the burden."

✍️ Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard & Fiona Costello look at the implications of the government’s promise to close all asylum hotels

🔗 https://ow.ly/9KN650YqaNI

Swiss–EU relations in practice - UK in a changing Europe Idris Abdelkhalek explains how the agreements between the EU and Switzerland work in practice and how they affect Swiss businesses and consumers.

"Sovereignty outside the EU does not eliminate interdependence; it reshapes it."

🇨🇭Idris Abdelkhalek explains how the agreements between the EU and Switzerland work in practice and how they affect Swiss businesses and consumers

🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/swiss-eu-relations-in-practice/

Closing asylum hotels: What will the policy mean in practice? - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello look at the implications of the Labour governmen's promise to close all asylum hotels.

"Closing asylum hotels may redistribute costs and pressures rather than reducing them, let alone eliminating them."

✍️ Ali Ahmadi, @cbarnard.bsky.social & @fionacostello.bsky.social look at the implications of the government’s promise to close all asylum hotels

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/closing-asyl...

Norway's relationship with the EU - UK in a changing Europe Nick Sitter and Ulf Sverdrup look at the lessons that the UK could learn from looking at Norway's relationship with the European Union.

For the UK, Norway "provides a crucial insight: alignment without representation may be a politically stable arrangement.

But one with mounting costs that are difficult to sustain in an era of geopolitical turbulence."

✍️Nick Sitter & Ulf Sverdrup on Norway & the EU

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/norways-rela...

Plus they explore the impact of the government's commitment to closing all asylum hotels by the end of this Parliament 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/closing-asyl...

And anaylse why asylum seekers choose to come to the UK and to what extent asylum policy is a factor 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the...

They look at the implications of changes to the appeals process 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-asyl...

As well as whether the system can actually deliver the proposed changes 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/can-the-syst...

Today Shabana Mahmood is set to announce a series of hardline reforms to the UK asylum system

✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi have written a series of blogs unpacking what some of these changes will mean in practice

🔗 Links below

The 'Swiss model' - a special relationship to the European Union - UK in a changing Europe Astrid Epiney explains how the agreements that underpin Switzerland's relationship with the European Union work, as well as the advantages and tradeoffs.

🇨🇭"The relationship between Switzerland and the EU is a very special one. It has not emerged overnight but is the result of more than 50 years of pragmatic cooperation"

✍️Astrid Epiney explains how the agreements that underpin Switzerland’s relationship with the EU work

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UKICE Lunch Hour: European security - UK in a changing Europe Join our expert panel as they discuss European security and whether current structures and policies are fit for purpose.

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Alignment with EU law is easier said than done - UK in a changing Europe Joël Reland outlines the key trends in UK-EU regulatory alignment and divergence over the last five years, as exlpored in our new report 'UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead'.

"But this alignment journey looks far from plain sailing."

As Labour pursues closer aligment with the EU in an effort to reduce trade barriers, @jreland.bsky.social points out that aligning with EU rules is not as simple as it seems

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/alignment-wi...

Norway's relationship with the EU - UK in a changing Europe Nick Sitter and Ulf Sverdrup look at the lessons that the UK could learn from looking at Norway's relationship with the European Union.

🇳🇴 "For the United Kingdom, the Norwegian experience offers multiple sobering lessons."

✍️ Nick Sitter and Ulf Sverdup reflect on the lessons the UK could learn from Norway's relationship with the EU

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/norways-rela...

"You have to decide whether you're willing to give up some of your sovereignty for the benefits of entering. And if you're not, you have to take the costs of being on the outside."

🎙️ @tommctague.bsky.social on the UK's past, present & future relationship with the EU

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/podcasts/its...

Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.

Last week, Shabana Mahmood visited Denmark and has made changes to the UK's asylum policy that emulate the stricter Danish system

✍️ In this piece from September, @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social argues there key pitfalls to copying this approach

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...

"Simply making conditions harsher in the hope it will deter arrivals appears, based on the evidence, unlikely to achieve the desired effect."

✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi on 'pull factors' & whether stricter asylum policies matter

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the...

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🌍 Rapid shifts in global politics have led to an intensified debate about European security

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A Europe capable of acting - UK in a changing Europe Erik Jones explores how effective the new E6 configuration made up of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands could be. 

"The E6 reflects a growing recognition that Europeans, including the British, will need ‘strategic autonomy’ — the ability to act decisively and with purpose"

✍️ Erik Jones explores the impact of the E6 on wider European cooperation

🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/a-europe-capable-of-acting/

The end of the alliance: Europe and the US in the Trump era - UK in a changing Europe Ruth Deyermond looks at Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Security Conference and argues that the US is now an unreliable partner and that Europe must develop its own defence capabilities and architecture.

"Rubio’s speech confirmed the radical ideological gap that has now opened between the US and Europe. To a worrying extent, the US now represents precisely the things that post-1945 Europe organised to prevent."

✍️ Ruth Deyermond on European security & the role of the US

🔗 https://ow.ly/F6kj50YmS1x

UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead - UK in a changing Europe This report charts the UK's regulatory journey over the last five years and the path ahead. The report is comprised of thematic chapters which gauge the scale of divergence across a range of sectors and considers the challenges the Labour government will face as it embarks on its agenda of closer regulatory alignment.

💥 Our latest report on 'UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead' is not one to be missed 💥

For more insight into UK-EU divergence since Brexit and the challenges Labour will face in its ambitions to align more closely with EU, read now 👇

https://ow.ly/uolv50YmSbL

Alignment with EU law is easier said than done - UK in a changing Europe Joël Reland outlines the key trends in UK-EU regulatory alignment and divergence over the last five years, as exlpored in our new report 'UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead'.

"It shows that – with the notable exceptions of financial services and AI – the UK has struggled to makes use of its “Brexit freedoms” to regulate differently."

✍️ @jreland.bsky.social introduces our new report on the key trends in UK-EU alignment and divergence

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/alignment-wi...

UKICE Lunch Hour: European security - UK in a changing Europe Join our expert panel as they discuss European security and whether current structures and policies are fit for purpose.

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🌍 Rapid shifts in global politics have led to an intensified debate about European security

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The end of the alliance: Europe and the US in the Trump era - UK in a changing Europe Ruth Deyermond looks at Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Security Conference and argues that the US is now an unreliable partner and that Europe must develop its own defence capabilities and archite...

"A seemingly unbridgeable gap now exists between the US and Europe on matters of security and politics."

✍️ @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social argues there is an urgent need to develop a European security architecture that does not depend on Washington

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-end-of-t...

Gorton and Denton: A three cornered fight in a seat of two halves - UK in a changing Europe Ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election on Thursday 26 February, Rob Ford analyses the prospects for Labour, Reform and the Green...

🗳️ Voters head to the polls in the Gorton and Denton by-election with the Greens, Reform and Labour battling it out 🗳️

But why has the race been so close? What are the dynamics at play? And what is at stake?

Get up to speed with this from @robfordmancs.bsky.social👇

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