Going for growth: an ICAEW manifesto
Going for growth: a manifesto for good government and sustainable economic recovery
Find out more about the ICAEW manifesto ahead of the next UK general election and download a PDF of the manifesto.
The next UK general election will take place against the formidable backdrop of a financial crisis and a crisis of confidence in parliament. Although there are promising signals for future economic recovery, business confidence remains fragile. Compounding these challenges, parliamentarians are restrained by a fiscal crisis - caused in part by the government’s intervention in markets that were at the point of collapse.
To support UK parliamentarians in this testing policy environment, we have published our manifesto.
We have sought to make a number of practical recommendations to help government provide the greatest value for taxpayers and an environment conducive to enterprise. We have set out how the UK government can support a more sustainable economy, characterised by a renewed focus on ethics and integrity and led through necessary reform of the financial services sector. Our proposals are intended not just to foster debate about practical policy solutions, but also to offer the expertise of the ICAEW and our membership.
We believe there is a role for government and we offer our support to help strengthen:
Good Government
- Managing Public Spending Better
- Improving the Tax System
- Encouraging Enterprise
Sustainable markets, business and behaviour
- Supporting Environmental Sustainability
- Putting Integrity at the Heart of Business
- Restoring Trust in Financial Services
More about our manifesto
The accounting profession plays a vital role in meeting the need for transparent, high quality information while encouraging new thinking to promote stable, efficient and sustainable markets.
Our manifesto brings together our ideas from across the institute. For further information relevant to the manifesto themes please visit:
- Thought leadership
- Public Sector
- Tax
- Enterprise
- Environment and sustainability
- Ethics
- Financial services
For more information, or for a hardcopy of the report, please email Nick Maxwell, Public Policy Manager at ukmanifesto@icaew.com or call +44 (0)20 7920 8617
