Growing pains
How can the government’s growth mission translate into rising living standards and political capital?
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Samir Jeraj
Samir Jeraj is a policy correspondent at the New Statesman. He writes on topics including cybersecurity, energy and climate change, and housing and is the co-author of The Rent Trap.
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