Britain’s Labour Party must be bolder about growth

Barring a last-minute collapse in support or a catastrophic polling error, that government will be formed by the Labour Party under Sir Keir Starmer. The campaign so far has solidified Labour’s large poll lead over the beleaguered Conservatives. The decision by Nigel Farage to take the reins of Reform UK, a challenger party, has intensified the threat to the Tories from their right. Increasingly, therefore, the question is not who will win, but what Labour will do in power. And on economic growth, the avowed centrepiece of Labour’s plan for government, the answer is: not enough.