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U.S. Supreme Court tariffs ruling provides welcome clarity and a pathway to reducing market distortions

Growth Commission Chairman Shanker Singham and fellow Commissioners named below have issued the following response to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down President Trump’s tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act: “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Trump’s broad global tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) provides […]

Former Mongolian PM and President Elbegdorj Tsakhia joins Growth Commission’s International Advisory Board

The Growth Commission today announces Elbegdorj Tsakhia, the former Prime Minister and President of Mongolia, as the latest former national leader to join the ranks of our International Advisory Board. He joins the likes of former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the […]

Mending Britain’s Broken Economy: our one-day conference on Monday 23rd March

The Growth Commission is co-hosting a major one-day conference with the Institute of International Monetary Research in March 2026 which will be of interest to anyone wanting to understand the UK’s current economic plight and what could be done to fix it. The conference has the theme ‘Mending Britain’s Broken Economy’ and a stellar line-up […]

Latest growth figures give Chancellor ‘no room for complacency’

Growth Commission member Douglas McWilliams has issued the following response to the GDP figures for November 2025 that have been issued this morning: “After four weak months, we saw GDP up by 0.3% in November, with the increase principally coming from the UK’s strongly growing tech sector, which bounced back after its decline in October. […]

Latest hit to growth ‘tragically yet entirely predictable’

Growth Commission member Ewen Stewart has issued the following response to the GDP figures for October that have been issued this morning: “The UK economy continues to fail. Today’s GDP figures for the three months to the end of October show the UK economy in decline: production fell by 0.5%, impacted by the continuing self-inflicted decline in […]