Britain needs to rediscover its economic spirit of adventure
https://www.ft.com/content/06363b83-3f17-48aa-b111-19851ed227b8
History teaches us that lasting growth depends on new ideas, innovation and technological progress.
https://www.ft.com/content/06363b83-3f17-48aa-b111-19851ed227b8
History teaches us that lasting growth depends on new ideas, innovation and technological progress.
Britain should stop pretending it wants more economic growth
https://www.ft.com/content/8178b984-cf92-4313-8381-d8e2f6fc7fa0
Janan Ganesh makes a great point:
Britain’s problem is that almost everyone names growth as their priority, and almost no one means it. There is always another consideration that takes precedence, whether geopolitical, ecological, cultural or egalitarian. The result is the worst of all worlds: no serious drive for economic success, but also no tacit national agreement that we should bed down for a life of low-drama stagnation. Either of these would be a grown-up choice, with its own merits and costs. It is the fudge — which holds growth to be desirable in the abstract but in no specific form — that has Britain in its gelatinous grip.
Janan Ganesh makes a great point:
Britain’s problem is that almost everyone names growth as their priority, and almost no one means it. There is always another consideration that takes precedence, whether geopolitical, ecological, cultural or egalitarian. The result is the worst of all worlds: no serious drive for economic success, but also no tacit national agreement that we should bed down for a life of low-drama stagnation. Either of these would be a grown-up choice, with its own merits and costs. It is the fudge — which holds growth to be desirable in the abstract but in no specific form — that has Britain in its gelatinous grip.
The legal profession has seized control of Britain
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/18/the-legal-profession-has-seized-control-of-britain/
Britain’s policymakers can barely move without a judge tripping them up.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/18/the-legal-profession-has-seized-control-of-britain/
Britain’s policymakers can barely move without a judge tripping them up.
Potholes everywhere, shoplifters rampant – today’s Britain looks as broken as it feels
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/27/potholes-shoplifters-britain-public-services-local-council-whitehall
The UK government must make sure it isn’t a confidence killer
https://www.ft.com/content/90ec38f3-7666-424b-b40b-79a98af9603b
There is a danger that animal spirits and the propensity to invest expire in a vicious downward spiral.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/27/potholes-shoplifters-britain-public-services-local-council-whitehall
https://www.ft.com/content/90ec38f3-7666-424b-b40b-79a98af9603b
There is a danger that animal spirits and the propensity to invest expire in a vicious downward spiral.
The struggle to get lazy Britons to follow skilled migrants into work
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/23/the-struggle-to-get-lazy-britons-to-follow-skilled-migrants/
Why the nation’s poor work ethic is keeping employers hooked on foreign labor.
The sick town of England: Why are 13,000 people in Dover too ill to work?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2024/12/dover-sick-town-of-england
A month before Christmas Day, hailing the advent season in an article for the Mail on Sunday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared war on “benefits Britain”. He promised a blitz on “anyone who tries to game the system”, and to get the country back to work. Chief in his sights are those unable to work due to “long-term sickness”, the leading cause of “economic inactivity” in Britain – the 9.3 million unemployed people aged 16 to 64 who don’t have jobs and aren’t looking for one. On paper at least, Dover is the sickest town in Britain. Here: 18.7 per cent of the town’s working-age population is economically inactive due to long-term illness. The figure was just 2.6 per cent in 2019.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/23/the-struggle-to-get-lazy-britons-to-follow-skilled-migrants/
Why the nation’s poor work ethic is keeping employers hooked on foreign labor.
The sick town of England: Why are 13,000 people in Dover too ill to work?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2024/12/dover-sick-town-of-england
A month before Christmas Day, hailing the advent season in an article for the Mail on Sunday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared war on “benefits Britain”. He promised a blitz on “anyone who tries to game the system”, and to get the country back to work. Chief in his sights are those unable to work due to “long-term sickness”, the leading cause of “economic inactivity” in Britain – the 9.3 million unemployed people aged 16 to 64 who don’t have jobs and aren’t looking for one. On paper at least, Dover is the sickest town in Britain. Here: 18.7 per cent of the town’s working-age population is economically inactive due to long-term illness. The figure was just 2.6 per cent in 2019.