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 […]
The Growth Commission today sets out how the developing Trump Trade Doctrine can be pursued to boost economic growth both in the United States and across the globe. The measures are included in the new paper, How to foster growth by advancing Anti-Competitive Market Distortion-focused trade policy reform in the United States, written by Shanker Singham, […]
The Growth Commission has issued the following response to Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement: Shanker Singham, Chairman of the Growth Commission, said: “While we applaud the Government’s pro-growth rhetoric and commitment to ‘tearing down regulatory barriers’, ministers must be judged by their actions rather than their words. On present form, after two successive quarters with contractions […]
The country is facing the triple whammy of a growth crisis, a fiscal crisis and an exports crisis and the government should take immediate action on a number of fronts if the UK is to escape continued economic stagnation, the Growth Commission reports today. They also conclude that a comprehensive trade deal with the U.S. […]