Government ministers and other politicians blaming the UK’s economic stagnation on the UK’s departure from the European Union are using Brexit as a scapegoat for decades of failure, says Shanker Singham, Chairman of the Growth Commission and one of the world’s leading experts on trade. The message from Singham – who has previously advised the UK […]
The Growth Commission today announces six former national leaders as members of its newly-established International Advisory Board. The former heads of government comprising the IAB have huge experience on which our Commissioners will be privileged to draw as they continue to focus on economic analysis of the policies which will best deliver growth for Western […]
The Government’s Employment Rights Bill could cause an annual hit to growth of more than £1,000 for every man, woman and child in the UK, according to new calculations from The Growth Commission ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget next month. The Growth Commission – an independent body comprising more than a dozen international economists – […]
Responding to the publication by the International Monetary Fund of its updated growth forecasts, Shanker Singham, Chairman of The Growth Commission, said: “The IMF growth forecasts for the G7 continue to make depressing reading. It is clear that Western Europe continues to stagnate in comparison with the U.S., Canada and even Japan now, with the UK […]
Responding to Kemi Badenoch’s pledge that a future Conservative government would repeal the 2008 Climate Change Act, Shanker Singham, Chairman of The Growth Commission, said: “Today’s intervention from the Leader of the Opposition is an extremely welcome response to The Growth Commission’s previous calls for the Climate Change Act to be repealed. “The UK’s astronomical energy […]
Failure to take urgent action to reverse steep economic structural decline across Europe will result in marginalisation on the global stage and declining living standards across the continent. That is the striking message contained in a new paper published today by The Growth Commission, the non-partisan group of thirteen international economists whose policy analysis focuses […]