Is artificial intelligence the United Kingdom's productivity solution?

The UK has experienced a "lost decade" for productivity, with no increase in production efficiency between 2007 and 2017. Beware those who tell you they know the answer to our longstanding productivity woes. It is a highly complex question and there is no consensus on the precise causes, or what we should prioritise to solve the problem. Yet the bald facts are indisputable. In 2015, this country's output was just 76% of the level in the US, and well behind that of most of our other major competitors in the global marketplace.