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Britain’s quest for productivity growth: Hammond’s small step in the right direction

The Centre responds to a number of policy announcements made by the Chancellor Philip Hammond in the 2017 Budget.

Britain’s quest for productivity growth: Hammond’s small step in the right direction

The story of Britain’s post 1945 economy has largely been one of governments trying to work out why productivity across the UK has been so much lower than in other advanced economies. So it shouldn’t be surprising that when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stepped up to deliver his last spring budget, productivity was mentioned 10 times in the speech.

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Author The CentrePosted on 08/03/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills, SkillsLeave a comment on Britain’s quest for productivity growth: Hammond’s small step in the right direction

Business rates are locked in the past

Business rates are locked in the past

Writing for CapX, director of the Centre for Progressive Capitalism Thomas Aubrey argues that the current business rates system is not fit for a dynamic 21st century economy.

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Author Thomas AubreyPosted on 06/03/201709/11/2018Categories Trade and Competitiveness, Fiscal and Monetary PolicyLeave a comment on Business rates are locked in the past

How skills policy can energise the modern industrial strategy

To solve the technical skills shortage and energise the industrial strategy, the government must empower prospective students and technical course providers with the data they need to make the right choices

How skills policy can energise the modern industrial strategy

The failure of successive governments to design and implement effective reforms to technical education in the UK has been well documented. Its legacy, according to the current government, is a complex, confusing system of technical education which ‘does not deliver either for individuals, for the skills needs of employers, or for the wider economy’.

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Author Andy NormanPosted on 03/03/201709/11/2018Categories Skills, Public Services, Welfare and SkillsLeave a comment on How skills policy can energise the modern industrial strategy

Research Areas

  • Public Services, Welfare and Skills
    • Health and Social Care
    • Skills
  • Strategic Economic Infrastructure
    • Housing
    • Transport
  • Sustainable Public Finances
  • Trade and Competitiveness
    • Competition Policy
    • Corporate Governance
    • Fiscal and Monetary Policy
    • Investment
  • Productivity
  • Inclusive Growth
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