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Stronger links between small businesses, councils and educators could unlock billions in growth while opening up new job and apprenticeship opportunities for young people – especially those from a low-income background – according to new research by the cross-party think...
Last week, Demos’s Aidan Garner attended The National Growth Debate – here he offers his reflections. The event, organised by the Good Growth Foundation, brought together the most senior economic thinkers and decision makers from across politics, industry, media and...
Must the government choose between a broken promise and a broken economy, or is there another way? As the Budget countdown continues (just 34 days now), that’s the question everyone’s asking. Facing the fiscal hole, the Chancellor has begun rewriting...
Demos and Inner Circle Consulting join forces to help shape the delivery of New Towns and other large-scale developments Last Sunday the final report from the New Towns Taskforce was published, marking a significant milestone in shaping the future of...
There’s been a lot of talk about public sector reform recently – we’ve been talking about public service reform as we wrap up our Future Public Services Taskforce, Pat McFadden’s been talking about civil service reform, and the Prime Minister’s...
This week, the Chancellor delivered a significant Budget – raising public spending by £70 billion, funded by large tax rises and borrowing for investment. Hidden away in the Budget documents was a sneak preview of one of the first major...
Economic growth is at the heart of the new Labour government’s missions for the country, and ensuring this growth is spread across the country is a key part of the mission. Regional inequality has been high on the political agenda...
Rachel Reeves has given the annual Mais Lecture at Bayes Business School, a rite of passage for Chancellors and a chance to show their governing philosophy. Reeves’ speech is undoubtedly the most important articulation of Labour’s strategy since Keir Starmer’s...
With Britain so plugged in to the global economy, the pandemic has raised questions about our ability to provide for ourselves. Fears of shortages at the outset gave the concept of economic resilience – “the ability of an economy as...
