About us
Who we are
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James Newport - Director (Part Time)
James trained as a building surveyor, spending his early career working with builders, architects, and structural engineers to navigate planning and build regulations. He moved HM Treasury to work on international finance and development policy - leading two spending reviews and HMT's financial support for Ukraine following Russia's invasion. He now consults for the Swift Centre for Applied Forecasting and runs his own EdTech, Praxis, alongside co-founding LFG and co-hosting the LFG podcast.
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Lawrence Newport - Director (Full Time)
Dr Lawrence Newport is a campaigner, and co-founder of Looking for Growth. He has led national campaigns for criminal justice reform and public safety, including the successful push to ban XL Bully dogs and tougher sentencing for prolific offenders. A former academic, he uses data and public pressure to force policy change. He is now focused on tackling Britain's decline, unlocking growth, and rebuilding the country's ability to get things done.
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What is LFG
LFG is a political movement to save Britain - we move fast, we build things. Britain is held back by broken systems, and politicians unwilling to deliver the radical changes necessary. Simply put: we are building a real alternative to decline.
Why we exist
LFG exists to make politicians LISTEN and to force them to ACT.
We push forward policies and action to let Britain:
- Build cheap, abundant energy and vital infrastructure.
- Enjoy lower prices, good homes and safe, clean streets.
- Have lower bills, higher wages and for Britain to be the best place in the world to develop frontier technologies.
LFG exists OUTSIDE Westminster and outside the establishment. The only way to enact change with Westminster's broken politics is to PUSH for CHANGE with LFG.
How we'll deliver it
Backed by successful political campaigners, we push the government to adopt pro-growth policies - supporting UK industry, improving infrastructure, backing start-ups, cutting red tape, and driving innovation.
We are building the UK's largest network of ambitious optimists - entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, professionals, and campaigners - united by a shared goal: driving economic growth today and securing prosperity for future generations. Through this community we are:
- Creating opportunities to connect, collaborate, and build. Growth happens when great people come together
- Conducting research to develop smart, growth-focused policies
- Campaigning relentlessly to make sure the government listens
Britain has a legacy of bold ideas, big ambitions, and world-changing innovation. It's time to bring that spirit back. We refuse to let stagnation define our future.
Our History
December 2024 - LFG launches with LFG#1: 300+ people turn up to a sold-out event in Camden.
January 2025 - Launch of the LFG Bill, endorsed by The Times, Dominic Cummings, the Labour Growth Group, Zia Yusuf (Chair of Reform UK), and Ian Hogarth.
February 2025 - We sent 1000 LFG Bills, each MP received a copy of the Bill. The Government adopts some key policies from the LFG Bill.
March 2025 - LFG#2 Policy Summit: over 400 sign-ups for a sold-out Saturday event; speakers from Labour, Conservatives, and Reform, with workshops led by Dominic Cummings, Ben Warner, and other industry leaders.
April 2025 - LFG#3 in Manchester: taking LFG out around the country to prove that this is a growth movement for the whole of the UK, not just London. 16 Chapters are active.
May 2025 - LFG goes to Amsterdam: LFG founders are invited to go and talk alongside the leading Dutch entrepreneurs and the leader of the Dutch political party, the VVD. The LFG movement is influencing growth movements internationally.
June 2025 - Six months in: another sell-out event in Camden. 17 Chapters, 24 speakers, 1000s of attendees, 1 ambitious infrastructure bill. LFG continues to take the fight to those blocking Britain's potential. We are rallying the movement that's ready to build.
June 2025 - Looking for Graffiti Campaign launched to clean up the graffiti on the London Underground that went viral and forced TfL to start properly cleaning their tubes.
June 2025 - Launched the LFG Podcast.
June 2025 - Held the LFG x Basis Hackathon generating some incredible ideas with people flying from all over the world to attend.
June 2025 - Forced the Government to back down over supporting amendments that would have destroyed the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.
June 2025 - Got our first office!
July 2025 - Built a State of the Nation dashboard because the government failed to do so.
July 2025 - Ran clean up community campaigns across the country with our Chapters.