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To boost the economy, Labour cannot afford to duck these four expensive challenges

  • Written by: Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London

Labour has come to power with a mandate for change and big ambitions to grow the economy and rebuild public services. It wants to move swiftly to implement its early pledges while keeping within its self-imposed spending limits.

But in the longer term, to achieve its broader goals Labour is going to have to address four key issues that have...

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