Expert Comment
UK National Grid withdraws its warning - but are gas supplies secure? Expert comment.
"For the moment, National Grid has withdrawn its Gas Deficit warning, but this winter鈥檚 events serve to show just how fragile the UK鈥檚 gas security can be when demand soars or key infrastructure fails" - Professor Michael Bradshaw returns to the issue of gas security.
Tariffs to be applied to steel and aluminium entering the US - expert comment
"It is highly likely that ... increasing barriers to aluminum and steel imports will trigger retaliation by other WTO members that will leave almost everyone worse off." Markus Wagner, Associate Professor in Warwick School of Law, reacts to the decision by the Trump administration to introduce tariffs.
"A 鈥榗old shoulder from Brussels鈥� could be just as damaging as the 鈥榖east from the east!" - Professor Michael Bradshaw comments on gas security
"With GB demand surging to over 400mcm a day, a loss of capacity from any source of flexible supply, due to technical problems or an inability to attract sufficient gas from European markets, can lead to a supply emergency such as we see at present." - Professor Michael Bradshaw of Warwick Business School comments on warnings of insufficient supply and rising prices for gas.
Dr Andreas Kokkinis on Northern Ireland and the Brexit withdrawal agreement
Dr Andreas Kokkinis, expert in corporate governance, corporate theory and financial regulation, discusses the Brexit withdrawal agreement and whether Northern Ireland will have to follow EU single market rules to avoid a hard border.
Professor Helen Atherton on low public satisfaction with GP services
Professor Helen Atherton, expert in primary care at Warwick Medical School, comments on public satisfaction with GP services, which has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1983.