Chris urges government to boost UK productivity

3 Dec 2025
Chris in chamber

Americans are twice as rich as they were in 2008. Why are we 10% poorer? Short-termist policymaking has ignored decades of research that policies to support innovation raise growth, such as public R&D. Instead the government has put businesses in my constituency out of business through tax rises. My speech in the budget debate: 

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