Our new Investability Index shows investing in education & work delivers the highest economic and social returns. Investing in schools, teachers and skills boosts productivity, employment, earnings and tax revenues while strengthening resilience to inflationary shocks.

Investing in essentials like education, health, energy and housing should be a top priority, according to our new Investability Index. We assessed 11 sectors of the UK economy to identify where more public investment would have the biggest impact: investinbritain.org.uk/investabilit...

Responding to Andy Burnham's speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester today, campaign director @louiswillis.bsky.social said:

Putting the political drama to one side for a moment, it's great to see so many ideas emerging today for how this government can do better in tackling the fundamental challenges facing our economy - low productivity growth, a lack of resilience and a rising cost of living. /1

Responding to the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee's decision today, Louis Willis, Director of the Invest in Britain campaign, said:

Responding to the Chancellor's Spring Forecast, Louis Willis, Director of the Invest in Britain campaign, said:

We’re pleased to be part of a group of thinktanks including @goodgrowthfdn.bsky.social, Progress, @neweconomics.bsky.social, @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social and others, calling on the Chancellor to reform the fiscal framework to allow for more public investment. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

OBR a backseat driver with out-of-date maps, thinktanks tell Rachel Reeves

Chancellor urged to reform Office for Budget Responsibility to open way to more public investment

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The OBR has been making us poorer for over a decade. They've underestimated the impact of public spending (cuts) on growth. That has helped lead to a doom loop: Cuts -> Lower growth -> lower revenues -> missed borrowing target -> more cuts etc. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

The OBR is pushing us into a doom loop

It has been making us poorer for 14 years

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Responding to the Autumn Budget, Louis Willis, Director of the Invest in Britain campaign, said:

Ramping up public investment is the best route out of the UK’s productivity crisis. Our new report finds increasing public investment by an additional 2% of GDP per year would kickstart growth, raise average earnings, and strengthen the public finances. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

This Budget move could put £1,800 in every worker's pocket, according to economists

A new report suggests that putting more money into public investment would boost growth and average earnings over the next decade

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Responding to the Chancellor's speech, Louis Willis, Director of the Invest in Britain campaign, said:

Labour MPs want the Chancellor to go beyond fiscal tinkering at the upcoming Budget. New polling reveals a majority of Labour MPs (52%) think the Chancellor should raise taxes to fund more spending & investment rather than just to meet her fiscal rules: labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...

Labour MPs call for Chancellor to hike taxes for greater spending - poll - LabourList

A majority of Labour MPs think the Chancellor should raise taxes at the Budget to allow for additional spending and investment above the amount needed to meet her fiscal rules.

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Responding to the Chancellor's speech at the Labour Party Conference today, Louis Willis, Director of the Invest in Britain campaign, said:

Some of the UK’s most distinguished economists have written to the Chancellor warning that fiscal sustainability will not be achieved “without a significant further increase in public investment” to drive economic growth: www.thetimes.com/article/5acc...

Policymakers urge Rachel Reeves to tax ‘better-off older people’

Economists and academics tell the chancellor to stabilise the public finances by boosting investment with levies on wealth and stamp duty reform

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The UK desperately needs a public bank that is laser focussed on delivering for climate, nature and living standards. The National Wealth Fund is an opportunity to have just that. Read our new briefing for how it can be strengthened: bit.ly/4eoQcdI 1/5

Here's what our Campaign Director, @louiswillis.bsky.social, had to say about today's Comprehensive Spending Review: 👇

🧵New polling from @investinbritain.bsky.social by @survation.bsky.social reveals a majority of Labour MPs want the Chancellor to change course on fiscal policy. 1/8 thetimes.com/article/6448...

Majority of Labour MPs oppose Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules

Divisions within the party are exposed as two thirds of MPs are against the Rachel Reeves’ fiscal plans

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At a Treasury Select Committee evidence session on the Spring Statement, the OBR's Richard Hughes explained how difficult it is to forecast fiscal headroom accurately, and that public policy should "not just respond to where the economy might be headed in a 5 year period".

Yesterday the Chancellor announced £8.4bn of cuts to welfare and departmental spending in order to meet her fiscal rules. This decision is based on forecasts which the OBR warn are highly uncertain. 1/4

Invest in Britain Director @louiswillis.bsky.social responds to the Chancellor's Spring Statement earlier today ⬇️

A group of the UK’s most distinguished economists have written to the Chancellor, warning her that new cuts to spending or investment at the Spring Statement would be a “profound mistake”: www.ft.com/content/4b0d...

Letter: A plea to the chancellor to avoid more spending cuts

From Professor Mariana Mazzucato and others

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"Britain’s crumbling public services are bad for business, and spending more taxpayers’ money to fix them is a pro-growth policy, the pensions minister, @torstenbell.bsky.social, has argued." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister

Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’

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Significant intervention by former BoE chief economist & RSA boss Andy Haldane He warns if the OBR March forecasts lead to cuts to spending/investment “it would be deeply counterproductive to both growth & to the fiscal position” & cause “a doomed loop between debt and growth” t.co/ZMW5JyoNXa

Economist @elerianm.bsky.social warns that "fears of stagflation are growing" in the UK but "a wide range of measures... to address more comprehensively infrastructure, research and development, innovation, skill accumulation, and labor retraining – can make a difference.”

Project Syndicate@projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 2y ago

No one should downplay the challenges the UK economy will confront in the months ahead, the structural weaknesses that are compounding its vulnerability, or the policy action that is urgently needed, writes @elerianm.bsky.social. bit.ly/4g604sg

The ex-CEO of PIMCO, one of the world's largest investors in government bonds, says that rising borrowing costs are “an important moment for the government to redouble its efforts on structural reforms to address long-standing weaknesses in productivity, investment, and growth."

Mohamed A. El-Erian@elerianm.bsky.social · 2y ago

The UK continues to experience the unhelpful combination of higher yields and a weaker currency (see Bloomberg chart below on the British Pounds depreciation versus the Dollar over the last three months). This combination, which historically has been more common in developing economies ... 1 of 3

As @jdportes.bsky.social argues, the rise in gilt yields “is mostly driven by global developments, and especially those in the US... There is no need to panic: the government’s overall fiscal strategy is the right one. Spending cuts would be a mistake" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The spiralling cost of borrowing spells trouble for Rachel Reeves – but she must hold her nerve | Jonathan Portes

There is no need to panic: the government’s overall fiscal strategy is the right one. Spending cuts would be a mistake, says Jonathan Portes, a professor at King’s College London

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