Brian Unwin, former president of the European Investment Bank, suggests in an article for the OMFIF thinktank that a resumed relationship with the bank would be a good way for the Burnham government to boost productivity and economic growth. As Unwin points out, investment has suffered since the 2016 referendum and “this exacerbates the UK’s chronically poor productivity performance, which in turn is a major contributor to the current loss of jobs, particularly among young people”.
