Is the UK economy starting to falter?

IPPR (2017) Time for Change: A New Vision for the British Economy – The Interim Report of
the IPPR Commission on Economic JusticeAll of a sudden Britain has become the slowest growing of the major western economies, and there are increasing concerns about its medium-term outlook. Iain Begg writes that with both government and opposition fixated on what kind of Brexit to favour, there is a growing risk that fundamental and necessary measures to underpin the economy will be neglected.

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ESO: Background information: Britain's economy: enjoy the calm before the storm (CER Bulletin, Feb-Mar 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/britains-economy-enjoy-the-calm-before-the-storm/

ESO: Background information: Testing Brexit: researchers layout blueprint for success - A successful Brexit. Four economic tests (UK in a Changing Europe, January 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/testing-brexit-researchers-layout-blueprint-for-success-a-successful-brexit-four-economic-tests/

ESO: Background information: Defying Gravity: A critique of estimates of the economic impact of Brexit (Policy Exchange, 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/defying-gravity-a-critique-of-estimates-of-the-economic-impact-of-brexit/

The Guardian, 03.08.17: Brexit is putting firms off giving pay rises, says Bank of England https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/03/bank-of-england-keeps-interest-rates-on-hold-despite-inflation-fears

Bank of England: Inflation Report, August 2017 http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/inflationreport/2017/aug.aspx

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 16.09.17: Is the UK’s economy really as strong as the government says it is http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/09/16/is-the-uks-economy-really-as-strong-as-the-government-says-it-is/

IPPR (2017) Time for Change: A New Vision for the British Economy – The Interim Report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice https://www.ippr.org/files/2017-09/cej-interim-report.pdf

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