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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Larry Elliott Economics editor

Expert economists back Labour’s plan to end economic stagnation in UK

Keir Starmer surrounded by journalists
Keir Starmer on a visit to a Morrisons supermarket in Swindon, Wiltshire on 19 June. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

Labour’s plans for ending Britain’s long-term economic stagnation have been backed by a group of leading economists, including three Nobel prize winners and a former Bank of England deputy governor.

In a boost to the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, the 16 UK and internationally based economists said change was “desperately needed” after the policy mistakes and failures of the past 14 years since the Conservatives took power.

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