Our campaigns move the political conversation towards growth that works for good.
See below for the latest updates on our research, media appearances, policy interventions and public campaigns. Everything we do is driven by one goal: unlocking economic growth that delivers for people across the UK.
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Cotswold Airport flight tech hub could create 450 jobs
Read Matty Airey’s article in Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard.
Cotswold Airport ambitious expansion plans unveiled
Read Madeleine Evan’s article on our report, ‘A Golden Ticket for Government,’ in The Oxford Mail.
Ministers urged to fast-track Doncaster Sheffield Airport airspace proposals to take advantage of new sectors
Read Harry Harrison’s article on our report, ‘A Golden Ticket for Government’, in The Doncaster Free Press.
Government urged to make Cotswold Airport major drone hub and unlock 450 jobs
Read Hannah Baker’s article on our report, ‘A Golden Ticket for Government’, in BusinessLive.
Calls to turn Lydd Airport into ‘hub’ for drone flights and autonomous aviation, creating 500 new jobs
Read Sam Williams’s article in KentOnline on our report ‘A Golden Ticket for Government.’
A Golden Ticket For Government: Fast tracking Special Use Airspace to let innovation take flight at regional airports
Regional airports are judged against a passenger model that was never built for them, while regulation blocks anything better. We set out a better way forward. Granting Lydd Airport Special Use Airspace would fast-track its access to the third generation of flight, drones, autonomous systems and AI-enabled aviation, cutting years off the standard airspace approval process using powers the Government already has. This could unlock over 1,000 jobs and £75 million in GVA a year, with a blueprint ready to roll out at regional airports nationwide. It is growth that doesn't just keep regional airports open, but turns them into the front line of the future of flight.
Half of disability claimants would swap £1,000 of benefits for help
Read Daisy Eastlake’s front page article on our report launch in The Times.
Investing in Agency: A menu of options for health benefits claimants
The welfare debate is stuck in the wrong place. It asks what benefits cost, rather than what people need to live full, independent lives. We set out a better way forward.
Banning payouts for water companies fatcats ‘could save families' £58 a year’
Read Alex Brown’s article on our research in The Mirror.
The Economic and Financial Impact of Converting Water Companies into Mutuals
Our economic analysis shows how ending dividends and mutualising the water industry could save households £58 per year.
Union calls for robust review of OBR over fears it holds back economic growth
Read Heather Stewart’s article in The Guardian noting our campaign to reform the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Labour Mayors press Burnham to seize controlof sewage-dumping water firms
Read Lucie Heath’s article in The i Paper noting our campaign with Yorkshire mayors to mutualise our water.
Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM
Read Helena Horton’s article on our plan for water in The Guardian.
Water companies should become co-operatives, says GGF
Read Ben Clatworthy’s article on our plan for water in The Times.
Mythbusting: A watertight solution for public control
Read our response to common myths and misunderstandings about mutualisation and cooperatives in the water industry.
A Watertight Solution for Public Control
Water privatisation has been one of the clearest failures of UK policy. For millions of billpayers, weak regulation has let shareholders extract profits while bills soar, debt balloons and sewage pollutes our rivers and coastlines, leaving customers paying more for a worsening service. Here we set out our Watertight Solution - primary legislation that would force the worst offenders into public control fast and give the rest an ultimatum to mutualise or face tougher regulation - would turn water companies into customer-owned, not-for-profit cooperatives, ending the era of extraction and rebuilding a system that finally works for the people rather than profit.
Yorkshire Water: mayors urge Andy Burnham to take control of under-fire firm through mutualisation
Read Ralph Blackburn’s article in The Yorkshire Post about Yorkshire Mayor’s supporting our campaign for water mutualisation.
Don’t Stop the Music: Protecting Britain’s right to joy and the nights that shape us
Don’t Stop the Music is a call to protect Britain’s right to joy by putting nightlife, live music and local venues at the centre of how we regenerate towns and cities. The pubs, clubs and grassroots stages at the heart of British culture are being squeezed by rising costs, development pressure and a growing “war on fun”. We set out a practical plan to keep those lights on, from emergency support for last venues standing to new Cultural Districts and a stronger status for music spaces as cultural institutions
Andy Burnham urged to make clubs and pubs ‘cultural assets’ like opera houses
Read Brooke Davies article on our plans for the night time economy.
Burnham eyes GGF plan to control water companies without expensive nationalisation
Read Caroline Wheeler’s article on our plan for water in The i Paper.