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.
The UK economy slowed in the three months to March this year, according to preliminary growth estimates released nine days before the general election.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde backed the coalition government’s economic strategy, saying levels of growth showed the plan had ‘worked’.
Smart technologies can make our cities work better. But to face the challenges ahead, including population growth and transport, we also need our towns and villages to become ‘smart communities’
Chief finance officers across Britain’s top 350 firms have backed the government’s deficit-reduction plans, but are warning that political uncertainty around next year’s general election could hit...
London is driving the recovery, but other large UK cities should be contributing much more. They must be given the tools to grow their economies and respond to local circumstances
Local government anxiously awaits the outcome of the Spending Review. But it's not just the overall totals that count, it's also the fairness of the distribution system - and poorer councils...