Economic Growth

The latest insights on economic policy, productivity and regional development

Young people are the answer to the UK’s £63 billion digital skills problem

Shankar Narayanan, head of UK&I, Tata Consultancy Services, explains how getting students excited about the digital future will be integral…

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Law enforcers and businesses can now routinely identify you, at a distance and without your knowledge, using a data source…

By Oscar Williams

Martin-Docherty Hughes MP is the SNP’s first ever spokesperson for the industries of the future. Here he explains why his…

James Daunt took on Waterstones when it was an ailing high-street chain and turned it, within seven years, into a…

By Will Dunn

Conservative MP and former technology journalist Matt Warman explains how the UK can be at the forefront of technological disruption

By Matt Warman MP

Clare McNeil, associate director for work and families at IPPR, and Rod Dowler, chairman of the Industry Forum, debate the…

By Clare McNeil

The chancellor of Cambridge University, Labour peer and former science and innovation minister David Sainsbury examines the UK’s need for…

By David Sainsbury

The Labour peer and former Home Secretary explains why the principles of citizenship must be upheld and instilled in young…

By Lord David Blunkett