Will Labour’s plan for growth actually work? Two economists respond
- Written by Phil Tomlinson, Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
Ceri Breeze/ShutterstockThe UK chancellor Rachel Reeves says the Labour government will go “further and faster” to kick-start the British economy. Economic growth – to raise living standards and fund public services – is apparently a core mission of this government.
Yet since the general election last July, this growth has...
