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Liam McLaughlin

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Covers:  Economics, European Politics, Scottish Politics, International Relations, European Economics, Financial Markets

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Liam McLaughlin’s Journalist Portfolio

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Why Scottish places at College of Europe must be protected

Why Scottish places at College of Europe must be protected

THIS week's column is unusual because Alyn Smith is writing it jointly with three Scottish students at the Co…

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Auld Alliance unbroken despite Brexit challenges, says French diplomat

Auld Alliance unbroken despite Brexit challenges, says French diplomat

FRANCE'S consul general to Scotland, Laurence Pais, is thankful that people from her country are "really welc…

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Building Scottish Eurocrats: joining The College of Europe

Building Scottish Eurocrats: joining The College of Europe

Reflections on the Scottish Government's attempt to train up its own European civil Servants at The College o…

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Scotland must diversify from kilts and castles to maintain investment, say experts

Scotland must diversify from kilts and castles to maintain investment, say experts

SCOTLAND is continually beating the UK on foreign direct investment, but experts are urging the country to di…

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'Damaging consequence' of Brexit still being felt by students in Scotland

'Damaging consequence' of Brexit still being felt by students in Scotland

STUDENTS in Scotland are still feeling the stark impact of the loss of the Erasmus+ programme as a result of

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Ashley Haden's Fringe show is three shades darker than Frankie Boyle

Ashley Haden's Fringe show is three shades darker than Frankie Boyle

FEDORA-HATTED comedian Ashley Haden is one of the gems of the free Edinburgh Fringe - the type of show you wo…

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The Usefulness of ONS Statistics

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By Fergus Jimenez-England, Liam McLaughlin, Peter Dixon
| National Institute of Economic and Social Research
The panel expressed the highest confidence in consumer price statistics and the lowest confidence in labour market statistics. Around three-fifths of the panel reported high confidence in consumer price statistics, while two-fifths reported low confidence in labour market outputs and a further tenth reported very low confidence. The panel widely viewed improvements to labour market statistics as the most important for strengthening the conduct of economic policy.
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Five Policy Lessons from the CFM-NIESR Survey

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By Liam McLaughlin, Peter Dixon, Stephen Millard
| National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Introduction The new Chancellor’s first Budget falls against a challenging inheritance: the highest borrowing costs in the G7, a fiscal consolidation backloaded towards an election year, cash spending plans whose real value inflation continues to erode, and commitments to find money for defence and for households facing elevated living costs. Against this backdrop, the CFM-NIESR Survey offers a timely perspective on how academic macroeconomists view the policy choices facing the government.
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Building Scottish Eurocrats: joining The College of Europe

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By Liam McLaughlin
| Bylines Scotland Verified
In a small city in Belgium, inland from the famous port of Zeebrugge, sits the principal campus of The College of Europe. Unlike its city, Bruges or Brügge, which is best known for its canals or as the Gothic backdrop to the 2008 Brendan Gleeson film ‘In Bruges’, the university itself is relatively unknown to the public. Nonetheless, The College of Europe, or as it is known within the European bubble, simply ‘The College’, plays a principal role in the lifecycle of a European civil servant.
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