The broken state of UK economy is clear; Hunt and Starmer’s solutions are less so

Resolution Foundation report underlines lack of progress by Tories but Labour proposals seem woolly

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Britain's economy is broken. That was the simple message given by the Resolution Foundation thinktank in the final report of its long-running look into the state of the nation.

Monday's conference to launch the report was a high-powered affair, containing past and present members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, Richard Hughes, and other members of the great and good.