Britain’s tax laws are biased in favour of the self-employed and should be reformed to enable greater investment in people instead of buildings and machines, the LSE Growth Commission has said.
Forging a trade deal with the European Union must be Britain’s top priority in negotiations, because the bloc is the largest export market for 61 of 62 of the nation’s cities, a think-tank has said.
The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the final three months of 2016, on par with the two previous quarters, according to provisional estimates from the Office for National Statistics.
The UK economy will slow down in 2017, with the triggering of the Article 50 process to leave the European Union among the risks to growth, an analysis from the National Institute of Economic and...
Economic growth fell in the first three months following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics – but the preliminary...
The OECD has slightly revised up its growth forecast for the UK in 2016 despite what it said was the “extremely high” uncertainty of the impact of the vote to leave the European Union.
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has named local growth ministers for all of England in order to reflect the role of local places in the development of the government’s industrial...
The UK’s economic growth rate increased in the lead up to last month’s referendum on European Union membership, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics today.
MPs have called on the government to provide a clear strategy for the development of the digital economy following the Brexit vote in order to protect this fast-growing sector.
The UK’s vote to leave the European Union created a mix of impacts across the economy. It is vital in the months ahead policymakers and business work together to meet these challenges
Inclusive growth could help the poorest benefit more from economic expansion. This will require a state that invests in new infrastructure and backs local initiatives to support communities
Universities and local councils are to work together on a pilot project to help drive growth, overhaul public services and strengthen the relationship between communities and academic institutions.
The Centre for Economics and Business Research forecasts that chancellor George Osborne will have to revise down his economic growth predictions in the March budget and has questioned his chances of...
The business rates system is hindering development and reforming it could boost the economy by £1.75bn and create almost 4,000 jobs over the next five years, the British Property Federation has...
Councils, local enterprise partnerships and businesses from across the Midlands have today set out a joint plan to boost the region’s economy, which is to be supported by £5m of government funding.
Milton Keynes is a leader in housebuilding, job creation and population growth, but these trends are not without challenges for council chief Carole Mills
City councils should focus development efforts in central areas to ensure local economies benefit from the boom in urban living among young people, a report has concluded today.
The UK’s economic growth rate slowed in the third quarter of 2015 to 0.5%, down from 0.7% in the previous three months, the Office for National Statistics has found.
The UK’s so-called productivity puzzle can be partly explained by a shift in the economy towards low-skilled, low-paid sectors such as food and accommodation, the Institute for Public Policy Research...
An increase in the UK’s economic growth rate is set to give Chancellor George Osborne greater fiscal flexibility in the run up to the Spending Review and Autumn Statement, analysts have said.
