News & Updates
The latest from the Invest in Britain campaign.
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Response to the Chancellor’s first Budget
Response to the Chancellor’s first BudgetThis Budget has laid an important foundation for future economic growth. The Spending Review next Spring must now be used to set out a more ambitious investment trajectory that can truly deliver a decade of national renewal.
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Reaction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech to Labour Party Conference
Reaction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech to Labour Party ConferenceThe Chancellor is right to say that investment is the solution to Britain’s economic stagnation and that cuts to public investment are a false economy that damage growth and undermine fiscal sustainability.
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Reaction to Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee decision
Reaction to Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee decisionThe UK’s poorly designed fiscal rules mean that the Bank of England’s decision to continue gilt sales today risks reducing the government’s room for manoeuvre and crowding out much-needed public investment.
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Increase public investment or risk economic decline, top UK economists warn Reeves ahead of Budget
Increase public investment or risk economic decline, top UK economists warn Reeves ahead of BudgetLetter from leading economists calls for overhaul of Britain’s fiscal rules to boost investment
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Economists say Sunak and Starmer’s investment plans are ‘recipe for stagnation’.
Economists say Sunak and Starmer’s investment plans are ‘recipe for stagnation’.A group of 65 economic experts have warned against a return to austerity-era cuts to capital investment by the state after the upcoming election.
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Voter expectations at odds with Labour investment plans, polling data suggests.
Voter expectations at odds with Labour investment plans, polling data suggests.Only 2% of supporters expect party to cut public investment if it takes power, says YouGov poll.