Jim O'Neill explains what a future prime minister could do to put the country's economy back on track.
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Economics
May 19, 2026
Jim O'Neill
There are five big policy-related problems holding back the UK economy. Any politician who tackles them in earnest would benefit from a bond- and equity-market rally, a construction boom, higher business and consumer confidence, and the political dividends that come with broad-based gains to voters' standard of living.
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