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    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      UK productivity in 2022 barely higher than in 2019

      Output per hour worked just 1.6% above the average of three years earlier, according to official data

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Chris Giles
      We, the people, are to blame for Britain’s economic woes

      The UK economy looks sickly against international comparisons, so let’s be honest about the three causes

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      UK schools
      Failure to meet teacher training targets set to hit English schools

      Staff shortages emerge in key subjects as recruitment slumps, with science among worst affected

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Special ReportHealth at Work
      How better management can tackle causes of stress

      Working-age people withdrawing from the workforce entirely raises concerns

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Back up ‘warm words’ with funds to lift UK’s skill levels, colleges demand

      Business and education leaders warn of difficulties in providing training ‘the economy needs’

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      UK business & economy
      Truss quashes Rees-Mogg’s ‘half-baked’ labour market reforms

      Proposals from business secretary would have seen 48-hour week repealed amid slashing of workers’ rights

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      Minouche Shafik
      UK government’s plan is both bad economics and a lost opportunity

      We need a serious strategy to deal with the chronic under-investment at the heart of Britain’s productivity puzzle

    • Sunday, 25 September, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Unite union chief urges Labour party to set out clear vision for governing

      Sharon Graham says Keir Starmer should be ‘brave’ in presenting a vision for change

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      Rachel Reeves
      Trickle-down economics is no substitute for a growth plan

      Truss and Kwarteng want to repeat a failed experiment

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Sarah O'Connor
      Are the British really the worst idlers in the world?

      Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s early characterisation of the UK workforce does not entirely stand up to scrutiny

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Diane Coyle
      Tax cut vows are a distraction from the UK’s woeful productivity

      The contenders to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister are ignoring the bigger issue

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      How can the UK improve its productivity? I went to Legoland to find out

      Like theme parks, British businesses could invest more, but uncertainty holds them back

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      UK economic growth
      UK economic strategy needs more than tax cuts, warn three reports

      Resolution Foundation, Treasury select committee and National Audit Office point to shortcomings in strategy

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Sarah O'Connor
      Why are we all working so hard?

      The intensification of work doesn’t seem to be making us richer, but it does appear to be making us sicker

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Sarah O'Connor
      Why a higher UK minimum wage fails to spur productivity

      A British experiment ended up with companies accepting lower profits, charging more or cutting investment

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      News in-depthUK Inequality
      The UK looks to innovation hubs to help ‘level up’ left behind areas

      R&D partnerships involving universities and industry are being set up in Manchester, the West Midlands and Glasgow

    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      Minimum-Living wage
      Rise in UK minimum wage helped narrow inequality but failed to lift productivity

      Low Pay Commission finds uplift did not boost poorest workers’ incomes because of freezes and tapering of benefits as earnings rose

    • Monday, 2 May, 2022
      UK employment
      UK risks ‘sleepwalking into skills stagnation’, says report

      Research shows employer investment in training has fallen sharply since 2005

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Michael Marmot
      Business must play a positive role in the nation’s health

      The private sector has been conspicuously absent from efforts to make the UK healthier and more productive

    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      UK small companies
      UK’s small business support scheme suffers slow take-up

      Less than a tenth of target enrol with as many as 90% of SMEs saying they are excluded

    • Monday, 20 December, 2021
      Scottish economy
      Scotland lags UK average in majority of productivity indicators, study finds

      Index by CBI and KPMG reports declines in business investment and innovation, and high workplace sickness absence

    • Monday, 15 November, 2021
      UK’s levelling-up agenda won’t solve productivity problem, report suggests

      Study shows economy will improve through investment in stronger companies rather than weaker ones

    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Britain’s chancellor should go for growth

      Dismal outlook means spending needs to focus on lifting potential output

    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      Economists Exchange
      Bart van Ark: ‘Productivity is done by the private sector’

      With global supply chains under strain, the head of the UK’s Productivity Institute explains how to revive economic performance

    • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
      News in-depth
      The challenge of unlocking the UK’s low productivity

      Johnson’s policies of cutting immigration and higher wages only parts of complex puzzle

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