Here are the real reasons we have a productivity crisis in the UK
Our workforce is undereducated, exploited and demoralised – it’s no wonder productivity is dropping.
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Britain’s fledgling tech industry is key to our economic survival post-Brexit
Small and medium sized British tech companies are increasingly eaten up by giant global competitors. We need to support them if we’re to survive economically.
Hammond’s budget picked Tory ideology over boosting Britain’s economy
The Chancellor should have taken the chance to revive a stagnating UK. Instead he scrimped on it.
Budget LIVE: Progressives respond to Hammond’s Autumn Statement
Here’s what the left has to say about the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.
A ‘People’s Land Bank’ may the answer to the housing crisis
A national body directing home building on vacant public land could be the bold solution we need to our failing housing system.
The Tories love to make promises on workers’ rights, but Brexit reveals their true colours
At a conference in Gothenburg last week, EU leaders urged Theresa May to commit to an agreement enhancing workers rights.
Revealed: Tory tax cuts for the rich have cost the UK £8.6bn in lost revenue
George Osborne’s 2012 cut in the highest rate of income tax from 50p to 45p lost billions in public revenue — handy if you’re superrich though.
The worldwide transition to renewables will only work if communities directly benefit
A “just transition” for communities reliant on fossil fuels must lead our climate revolution.
Cutting stamp duty would be an admission of defeat on the housing crisis by the Tories
The Chancellor has signalled he may cut the tax for first time buyers. It would be a fig-leaf for the fact they’ve shelved their housing programme.
There are clear ways to rebuild our broken economy but the government is blinded by Tory dogma
It’s not just about increasing borrowing — we need to start closing corporate tax loopholes.