£37m investment to boost UK productivity, wages and living standards

Posted on 21 Aug 2020 by Jonny Williamson

The government has announced the UK’s largest economic and social research investment, comprising a new £32m UK Productivity Institute and a £5m Programme on Innovation and Diffusion.

As part of the government’s drive to build back better, the new Productivity Institute based at the University of Manchester will conduct research how to increase productivity, boost wages and support the economic recovery across the UK. From September, more than 40 researchers from leading UK institutions will work directly with policy makers and businesses to examine the UK’s…

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