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 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.’
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.
Banning payouts for water companies fatcats ‘could save families' £58 a year’
Read Alex Brown’s article on our research in The Mirror.
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.
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.
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.
The new plan to raise student loan repayment threshold to £33,500
Read Caroline Wheeler’s article on our student loans campaign in The i Paper.
Protect graduates with ‘triple lock’ on student loans, government told
Read Alice Wright’s article about our student loans campaign in The Times.
Nearly half of working-class students ‘put off university due to cost’
Read Alex Brown’s article about our research on student loans in The Mirror.
Government officials explore GGF policy to create ‘Motability-like’ scheme for other services
Read Chris Smyth’s article in The Financial Times.
Create an Oyster Card for whole of North to boost Olympic bid, think tank says
Read Ralph Blackburn’s article on our Oyster Card for the North in The Yorkshire Post.
Tap on at Bury and tap off at Bradford? How a Northern Oyster could still be on the cards
Read Rob Parsons article on our campaign for a Northern Oyster Card in Manchester Evening News.
Tap-in, tap-out contactless travel for the North could be brought in under Burnham
Read about our new campaign for a North Card in The i Paper.
