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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‘Austerity is nowhere near over’: IFS gives bleak assessment of budget
Things are going to get much worse, before they get better.
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.
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.
Budget: the Chancellor’s obsession with the deficit will drive our economy into the ground
There are a number of tools available to Philip Hammond to fix our broken economy, but Tory ideology blinds him to them.
Brexit ‘no deal’ will hit poorest hardest as import prices soar, new report shows
Over 3m low-income families would be about £500 worse off as tariffs on EU goods are imposed and high street prices rise.
Britain’s self-employment boom relies on a diminution of workers’ rights
15 per cent of the British workforce are now self-employed but this often comes at the cost of job security and employer obligations such as pensions and sick pay.
Labour should champion a 1940s-style paradigm shift in the economy
The UK economy is not working. Dramatic reform is needed now.
8.3m people have personal debt problems — it’s a bubble waiting to burst
Personal debt in Britain stands at £200bn and grows by 10 per cent a year. Any increase in interest rates could tip millions over the edge.
Despite high employment, the economy is not working for everyone
It is no longer generating rising earnings for a majority of the population, and young people today are set to be poorer than their parents.