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The UK has spent the last fifteen years locked in a low-investment, low-growth holding pattern of its own making. Since the 2019 election, changes in the national and global economic environment have rendered it increasingly difficult to break out of this self-inflicted stagnation. But these constraints are ultimately political, rather than economic: the new Labour government will be able to change course, if it has the political appetite to do so. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In UK welfare debates, equality and economic growth are often treated as opposites: one inevitably comes at the expense of the other. But evidence that more equal societies are more innovative suggests a need to rethink the assumption that redistributive welfare policies and progressive taxation disincentivise innovation and entrepreneurship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An editorial is presented on the complex relationship between British social democracy and the welfare state. It explores historical and ideological aspects, including challenges faced by the British left, specific policy decisions such as the two-child limit, and the potential future of welfare provision in Britain.

The article discusses political issues in the United Kingdom (UK), particularly the need for the New Labour party to create a vision of the future to recover and win power. Also cited are how the results of the May 2022 local elections showed a decline of the Conservative party amidst sex and insider dealing scandals, and the factors that hindered Labour's return to power like the lack of charisma of its leaders.