Gordon Brown: Treasury must leave ‘comfort zone’ to ‘break out’ of low growth
by Sophie Wingate
Mar 11, 2024
3 minutes
Gordon Brown called for a “turnaround strategy” for the economy and urged the Treasury to get out of its “comfort zone” and help the UK “break out” of a low-growth cycle.
He joined fellow former prime minister Sir John Major on Monday in calling for government reform.
In a speech at the launch of a report by the Institute for Government (IfG), Mr Brown said: “We are in a make-or-break decade for our economy.
“Our growth levels are half what they
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