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Big questions for the UK: Growth, inequality, and the cost of living

Economy
United Kingdom
Started April 17, 2026

UK productivity stagnation, regional inequality, and the housing crisis.

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Focus on structural economic questions — the productivity puzzle, housing supply, and fiscal choices. Key sources: Resolution Foundation, Institute for Fiscal Studies, LSE Centre for Economic Performance, OBR Fiscal Risks and Sustainability report, ONS Regional Economic Activity data.

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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 17, 2026
Public sector austerity from 2010 to 2019 caused lasting damage to UK public services and long-run economic capacity.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 17, 2026
The National Living Wage should rise to £15 an hour within this parliament, in line with living cost evidence.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 17, 2026
London's dominance of the UK economy requires active regional industrial policy — market forces alone will not rebalance it.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 17, 2026
The UK's chronic underinvestment in infrastructure and R&D relative to OECD peers is a primary cause of its productivity gap.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 17, 2026
The UK housing crisis requires both more permissive planning reform and a significant expansion of publicly funded housebuilding.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 17, 2026
The UK needs a sovereign wealth fund to invest North Sea windfall revenues in long-term productive assets for future generations.
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CLAIM Posted by will • Apr 17, 2026
Inheritance tax reform should prioritise closing agricultural and business property relief loopholes before any reduction in the headline rate.
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