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Opposition is an extremely welcome response to The Growth Commission’s previous calls for the Climate Change Act to be repealed.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 […]
A new paper published today by The Growth Commission sets out how a properly honed U.S. trade policy can unleash innovation, competition and wealth while boosting economic growth across the globe. The paper, Trade Policy in the Trump Administration: Advancing Reduction of Anti-Competitive Market Distortions, details in particular how the growth of Anti-Competitive Market Distortions […]
Following the publication of the Government’s white paper, The UK’s Trade Strategy, at the end of last week, experts from The Growth Commission today give their verdict on what ministers have proposed in the 100-page document. Shanker Singham, Chairman of The Growth Commission, asserts: “There is much to be commended in the Trade Strategy white […]
72 hours after the dust has settled on the publication of the Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy white paper, experts from The Growth Commission today give their verdict on the proposals contained in the 160-page document. Douglas McWilliams, Growth Commission member and Founder of the Centre for Economics and Business Research, observes: “Governments of all colours have an […]
Growth Commission member Ewen Stewart has issued the following response to the Spending Review statement delivered by Rachel Reeves: “Today’s Spending Review shows scant evidence that the Chancellor understands how sustainable growth is achieved. It focused on centralised spending rather than seeking to grow the cake. There was nothing to encourage private endeavour and no […]