Liam Shields
Senior Lecturer in Political Theory @UoMPolitics. Former post-doc @stanfordethics Author of edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-just-enou…
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EU citizens in UK demand clarification of status as no deal looms
EU nationals cancel travel plans amid confusion over potential sudden end to free movement
Newark Catholic Nonviolent Action for Immigrant Children
Causes event by Faith in Action and 9 others on Wednesday, September 4 2019 with 160 people interested and 43 people going.
Asylum seekers crammed into rat-infested rooms
‘Guest houses’ provided by Home Office contractor unfit for habitation, say lawyers
British children so hungry they eat loo paper and scavenge in bins, says charity
Laurence Guinness, chief executive of the Childhood Trust, has warned of 'holiday hunger' and said parents are not able to feed their children over the summer without free school meals
Jeremy Corbyn Has Called the Extreme Centrists’ Bluff
With his proposal for a caretaker government to stop a No Deal Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn has finally torn the mask off the hardline Remainers and centrist ultras. They’d rather see Britain crash out of the EU under Boris Johnson than risk departing from...
Confirmed: NHS cash reserves will fund PM’s capital spending promise
The capital spending announced by Boris Johnson will be largely funded by cash reserves already held by NHS providers, a letter to the service confirms.
The City of London extracts wealth from the rest of the UK's regions, inquiry submission finds
Report finds the City of London’s “financial superstructure extracts wealth from Britain’s regions”
On USS’s discount rate and long-term funding targets
Number 77: #USSbriefs77
Information operations directed at Hong Kong
We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong, specifically the protest movement and their calls for political change.
Social Gradient in Health: How Fair Retirement could make a Difference
Abstract. Social inequalities in health in the UK persist despite attempts to reduce them. We argue that work and pensions constitutes an area of intervention
Queen 'talked Lord Mounbatten out of plot to overthrow Labour'
Lord Mountbatten, the Prince of Wales' great uncle and mentor, came close to leading a group of industrialists, generals and tycoons in the coup to replace then Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Peter Reid: No-deal Brexit is class war. It’s time to take back control and defeat Johnson and Rees-Mogg
I do not hate the people who voted Leave in 2016. Many are working-class, many donate to food banks, many are carers in our communities. No – the enemy are those who have turned good people against each other
Papers
Here are links to my published and working papers Published Papers Sufficiency Principle, International Encyclopedia of Ethics, LaFollette, Hugh (ed.) (2013). The International Encyclopedia of Ethi…
Liam Shields
You can read my entry to the International Encyclopedia of Ethics on the Sufficiency Principle here
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Jen Williams: Why the dream of a functioning northern transport network is now at a critical point
As negotiations ramp up with government over new rail links, last week saw a row break out among northern leaders and officials. But now, more than ever, one united voice from the region is essential
The NHS Is Slowly Cancelling Free IVF – And This Is The Impact It's Having
As Cambridgeshire and Peterborough becomes the fifth area to cut all services, three couples share their experiences.
ICE raid separates 4-month-old baby from breastfeeding mom
The dad is now caring for the couple's three young children. He awaits his own deportation hearing.