《卫报》新播客《激进思考》最新一期，理应成为英国财政部的必听内容，因为该部门仍受陈旧正统观念的束缚。
The latest edition of Radical Thinking, the Guardian’s new podcast, should be required listening at a Treasury still stifled by outdated orthodoxies As prime ministers have come and gone at bewildering speed in recent years, the search for elusive economic growth has become the overriding fixation of the British political class.
近年来首相更迭令人眼花缭乱，寻找难以捉摸的经济增长已成为英国政界的首要执念。在 2024 年大选前夕，基尔·斯塔默爵士宣称，“增长必须成为工党的执念”，鉴于任何新政府都将面临的财政约束。工党明确表示，其进步政策的规模将与其创造显著 GDP 增长的能力紧密相连。
In the lead-up to the 2024 general election, Sir Keir Starmer declared that “growth must become Labour’s obsession”, given the financial constraints that any new government would be under. The scale of Labour’s progressive offer, it was made clear, would be umbilically linked to its ability to generate a significant uptick in GDP.
“每个邮编区都实现增长”也是安迪·伯纳姆政府的早期口号。这位首相之所以能大权在握，部分归功于他在担任大曼彻斯特市长期间，该地区成为英国增长最快的城市区域这一战绩。呼应斯塔默的做法，伯纳姆的财政大臣约翰·希利在 9 月工党大会上表示：“没有增长，就没有社会民主。”
“Growth in every postcode” is also the early mantra of Andy Burnham’s government. The prime minister swept to power partly by running on Greater Manchester’s record as the UK’s fastest-growing city region while he was mayor. Echoing Mr Starmer’s approach, Mr Burnham’s chancellor, John Healey, told the Labour party conference in September: “Without growth, there is no social democracy.”