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1 Sep 20
Moving to a four-day working week for the public sector would boost productivity, create jobs and benefit the regions hit hardest by austerity, a report has argued.
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23 Nov 16
The UK's infrastructure and skills gap needs to be addressed without further unbalancing the country's economy
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6 Jul 16
Devolving around one-third of corporation tax to cities could help provide the local funding and incentives necessary to boost UK productivity, a report by the New Local Government Network has...
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18 Mar 16
George Osborne is right that economic storm clouds are gathering. But changes to productivity forecasts show they aren’t in Asia or Europe: they are on our own horizon.
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16 Dec 15
Unemployment in the UK fell to 5.2%, its lowest level for almost 10 years, in the three months to October, official figures have revealed.
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11 Dec 15
The International Monetary Fund has backed Chancellor George Osborne’s economic strategy this morning, but warned that the level of government borrowing remains one of the main risks to the UK’s...
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25 Nov 15
To deliver the reform he wants, George Osborne needs better ways to measure public sector productivity
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19 Nov 15
The chancellor will have to maintain a relentless focus on public sector productivity to meet his ambitious plans for public finances.
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14 Sep 15
Efforts to improve the productivity of the UK economy are being hindered by “fundamental flaws” in governance that means investment in infrastructure is insufficient to boost growth, a...
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20 Aug 15
The government has published a plan to boost the economic productivity of rural parts of England, with devolution of powers to local authorities and improvements to connectivity among the priorities.
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10 Aug 15
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...
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10 Jul 15
Councils that fail to produce local housing and commercial development plans could be forced to do so by the local government secretary Greg Clark, according to proposals in the Treasury’s national...
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1 Jun 15
David Cameron has pledged the majority Conservative government will deliver a good life for everyone in the UK. Richard Johnstone looks at the party’s plans for the public finances now it is in sole...
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6 May 15
Poor economic performance could derail manifesto pledges, but ambitious targets for productivity are missing
1 Sep 20Moving to a four-day working week for the public sector would boost productivity, create jobs and benefit the regions hit hardest by austerity, a report has argued.
23 Nov 16The UK's infrastructure and skills gap needs to be addressed without further unbalancing the country's economy
6 Jul 16Devolving around one-third of corporation tax to cities could help provide the local funding and incentives necessary to boost UK productivity, a report by the New Local Government Network has...
18 Mar 16George Osborne is right that economic storm clouds are gathering. But changes to productivity forecasts show they aren’t in Asia or Europe: they are on our own horizon.
16 Dec 15Unemployment in the UK fell to 5.2%, its lowest level for almost 10 years, in the three months to October, official figures have revealed.
11 Dec 15The International Monetary Fund has backed Chancellor George Osborne’s economic strategy this morning, but warned that the level of government borrowing remains one of the main risks to the UK’s...
25 Nov 15To deliver the reform he wants, George Osborne needs better ways to measure public sector productivity
19 Nov 15The chancellor will have to maintain a relentless focus on public sector productivity to meet his ambitious plans for public finances.
14 Sep 15Efforts to improve the productivity of the UK economy are being hindered by “fundamental flaws” in governance that means investment in infrastructure is insufficient to boost growth, a...
20 Aug 15The government has published a plan to boost the economic productivity of rural parts of England, with devolution of powers to local authorities and improvements to connectivity among the priorities.
10 Aug 15The 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...
10 Jul 15Councils that fail to produce local housing and commercial development plans could be forced to do so by the local government secretary Greg Clark, according to proposals in the Treasury’s national...
1 Jun 15David Cameron has pledged the majority Conservative government will deliver a good life for everyone in the UK. Richard Johnstone looks at the party’s plans for the public finances now it is in sole...
