The Growth Commission is today delighted to announce Mieko Nakabayashi as the latest Commissioner to join its ranks. Dr Nakabayashi, currently President of the Tokyo Foundation and a Professor of Political Science at Waseda University, brings to the Commission a wealth of relevant experience, having spent nearly a decade working on the staff of the […]
Responding to Rachel Reeves’ Mais lecture, The Growth Commission today laments that the Chancellor appears to have “given up on growth”. The body of thirteen independent economists today publishes a new estimate that adoption of EU energy, food, agricultural and other regulatory policies – including potentially digital policies – would reduce UK GDP in total […]
Growth Commission member Douglas McWilliams has issued the following response to the GDP figures for January 2026 that have been issued this morning: “The latest GDP data shows some growth – of 0.2% in the three months to January – but hints at longer term weakness. The growth reflects a bounceback in production of vehicles (up 17.5% […]
Following Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement today, The Growth Commission has criticised the Chancellor for wasting an opportunity to make the recovery more sustainable and reiterated calls on the Government to eradicate barriers to growth which ministers themselves have chosen to impose. However, the 13-strong body of independent economists has nonetheless welcomed the Chancellor’s more optimistic […]
The Growth Commission today unveils the policy priorities the Government should be pursuing to deliver growth ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement. As Rachel Reeves puts the finishing touches to the Statement she is due to deliver next Tuesday, the 13-strong body of independent economists concludes that ‘the cyclical recovery is likely to prove fragile […]
The Growth Commission is today urging the UK Government to abandon proposals to align British Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regulations with those of the European Union (EU). The eminent group of thirteen independent economists are making the call after calculating that such a move would likely cause a £15 billion hit to the UK economy. […]