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 […]
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. […]
As MPs again debate the Government’s Employment Rights Bill, new Growth Commission calculations of the potential impact of the legislation provide further cause for concern about the likely hit to economic growth. Last week the non-partisan Commission comprising thirteen international economists established a likely hit to UK GDP of £23 billion over a five-year period […]
New calculations from the non-partisan Growth Commission today reveal that despite a concession from the Government that will water down some aspects of its Employment Rights Bill, the legislation is still set to cause a significant hit to the British economy. The impact will likely represent a £23 billion GDP hit to the UK economy […]
Rachel Reeves needs to cut public spending, reverse the revenue-losing tax rises she instituted last year and pursue significant supply side reforms if she is to reduce borrowing and deliver meaningful economic growth. That is the message contained in The Growth Commission’s Growth Budget 2025, published ahead of the Budget. With the Prime Minister having […]
New calculations published today by The Growth Commission in The Impact of Brexit on the UK Economy – and the opportunities yet to be realised set out the considerable benefits to the UK economy of using Brexit freedoms to enact pro-competitive regulations which diverge from the EU rule book. The Commission’s economic models suggest that even taking into account […]