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Calling for growth is not the same as delivering it

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Labour productivity growth the very foundation for growth in the GDP has been on the wane in the UK since the mid 1960s .

It’s been hovering around zero for most of the last decade .

To all intents and purposes, we are already living in a post-growth world.

We dismantle our net-zero ambitions, renege on our legal commitment to overseas aid.

We hand over the provision of basic services to equity financiers who suppress wages, offshore profits, pollute our environment and undermine quality.

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