Simon Williams

4 weeks ago | theconversation.com | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee |Jamie Gaskarth |Linda Yueh |Nicky Shaw |Simon Williams |Steve Schifferes | +1 more

Not even six months on from Labour’s first budget, and the world is a much-changed place. Geopolitical tensions and uncertainties, already high last year, have risen further, and with them the cost of the UK’s debt, while economic growth has stalled. As such, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confronted an array of unpalatable choices – notably cutting disability benefits – to enable her to increase defence spending and stabilise the public finances.

4 weeks ago | theconversation.com | Shampa Roy-Mukherjee |Jamie Gaskarth |Linda Yueh |Nicky Shaw |Simon Williams |Steve Schifferes | +1 more

Not even six months on from Labour’s first budget, and the world is a much-changed place. Geopolitical tensions and uncertainties, already high last year, have risen further, and with them the cost of the UK’s debt, while economic growth has stalled. As such, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confronted an array of unpalatable choices – notably cutting disability benefits – to enable her to increase defence spending and stabilise the public finances.

Apr 2, 2024 | abcnews4.com | Simon Williams

GRAND STRAND, S.C. (WPDE) — Right now is the time you’re most likely to see horseshoe crabs spawning on our beaches, but as a local park ranger and a marine scientist explain, it’s rarer now than it used to be as populations decline, which could directly impact our ability to safely take a pill, get a vaccine or go through any other medical procedure.

Dec 1, 2023 | bmj.com | Simon Williams |Michael Marmot

Simon N Williams, lecturer, School of Psychology, Swansea University, Michael Marmot, professor, Institute of Health Equity and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London This summer has been the world’s warmest, by a large margin.1 The UK experienced its hottest ever June and a record seven consecutive days of 30°C or above in September.2 In the words of UN secretary general Antonio Gutierrez, we are now in the age of “global boiling.”3 Climate change has impacts...