Statement From Members Of Labour’S Economical Advisory Committee

In September 2015, nosotros were pleased to choose the invitation to serve on an Economic Advisory Council (EAC).  We felt strongly that it represented an chance to prepare a vision of a progressive economical policy for Great Britain that departed from the destructive austerity narrative. Our collective stance is that the EAC, in addition to its diverse policy review groups, has indeed had a positive influence on the evolution of Labour’s economical policy, in addition to nosotros promise it continues any the outcome of electrical current divisions.

We ask maintain ever seen this torso every bit providing advice to the Labour political party every bit a whole, in addition to non every bit an endorsement of item individuals inside it. For event nosotros all portion the stance that the European Union plebiscite outcome is a major disaster for the UK, in addition to nosotros ask maintain felt unhappy that the Labour leadership has non campaigned to a greater extent than strongly to avoid this outcome. We believe it is instantly crucial to detect a agency to resolve the economical in addition to political impasse amongst the European Union inwards a agency that brings the to the lowest degree impairment possible to the U.K. economic scheme in addition to those of our neighbours. We volition move honoured to suggest the Labour Party inwards the future, should our advice move sought i time the electrical current province of affairs is resolved.

Diane Elson

Mariana Mazzucato

Anastasia Nesvetailova

Ann Pettifor

Simon Wren-Lewis