New study: Britain spends a third more on transport infrastructure than its peers, but because of high construction costs ends up with a fifth less. The UK spends £1.65 to get what £1 buys in France, Germany and Spain. (1/N)
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
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"Following the Milburn Review this further confirms the need for urgent action to support young people who are not in education, employment or training."
✍️ L&W chief exec @stephenevans.bsky.social responds to today's labour market statistics from ONS.
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Only 11% of UK businesses intend to increase investment in the near term. Yet, few firms cite access to finance or inadequate returns as a reason.
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Stephen Evans
Super useful & interesting for everyone working on qualitative research & thinking about the role of AI in it.
Other things may grab more media attention today. But remarkably July's labour market stats will be even less reliable than normal because the ONS allocated researchers to the wrong survey & didn't spot it! There's a vacancy for PM, but also we haven't had a National Statistician for a year I think.
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L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the latest labour market data from ONS.
Contrary to what has become a standard view in policy circles, the British state does not invest far less than its peer countries. Britain’s broken system of infrastructure investment has limited the ...
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