
The UK's productivity puzzle
London’s (in)tangible lossWeak investment in intangibles may be one of the explanations behind London’s weak productivity growth.
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Weak investment in intangibles may be one of the explanations behind London’s weak productivity growth.
The first blog of this series shows that London’s moved from leader to laggard in terms of the UK’s productivity growth, costing billions to the national economy.
London's productivity growth has stalled since 2007, explaining a large part of the UK's 'productivity puzzle' and leaving it trailing behind its global peers.
Samuel Watling and Anthony Breach join Andrew Carter to unpack the findings of their latest report focusing on the history of UK housing.
Writing for Left Foot Forward, Anthony Breach says that delivering growth will require Labour to deliver planning reform and a housebuilding boom to finally solve the housing crisis.
Writing for Conservative Home, Anthony Breach notes two key changes the new housing minister can make immediately to leave a positive legacy in planning and housing.
Compared to other European countries, Britain has a backlog of millions of homes that are missing from the housing market. Building these homes is key to solving the nation's housing crisis.
The national story of rising inactivity and labour shortages only plays out in a handful of cities and this has important implications for how policy goes about addressing the issue.
One year after the publication of the white paper, and three years after a general election, the Government has very little to show on levelling up. This is what should happen now.
As well as providing a deep dive into the latest economic data on the UK’s cities and largest towns, this year our flagship publication focuses on the scale and geography of economic inactivity across the country.