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        Proposals from business secretary would have seen 48-hour week repealed amid slashing of workers’ rights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