BBC Politics Live
I was on the BBC's Politics Live alongside Labour MP Wes Streeting, FT Whitehall Editor Sebastian Payne and The Spectator's Isabel Hardman discussing the economic policy of the new Prime Minister Liz Truss and the economic challenges the country faces. Watch here. I was also on Times Radio earlier...
BBC Radio 4 – The World This Weekend interview
I was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 The World This Weekend regarding the need for a pro-growth economic strategy. Listen here, from 15:08 - 21:05 minutes.
The Sunday Telegraph – It’s time to fix wholesale energy prices
This article was first published in The Sunday Telegraph - 04th September 2022 The cost-of-living crisis has been fed by rampant energy prices and poor monetary policy that has contributed to high inflation and higher taxes. I expect the new Prime Minister to unveil a clear, credible policy backed...
The Spectator – Trussonomics: a beginner’s guide
I was interviewed in this week's Spectator regarding Liz Truss' economic policy. It can be read here.
My media highlights – August 2022
Below is the top-line summary of my media coverage for August 2022. I appeared on the Financial Times' Payne's Politics podcast - 27 August - to discuss the economic and energy challenges facing the new Prime Minister. I was on LBC - 22 August - to discuss the energy challenges facing the UK. In...
FT podcast – Payne’s Politics: Struggling with the energy crisis
Presented by Sebastian Payne, with chief political correspondent Jim Pickard, political correspondent Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe and I discuss the economic landscape facing the future Prime Minister. Listen here.
Conservative Home – The world economy. Bleak prospects for the short-term, but better ones for the long
This article was first published on Conservative Home - 23rd August 2022 What is happening to the global economy? As difficult as the present situation is in the UK, we are not unique in facing challenges. The world economy looks set to slow over the next year. This has led to an easing of...
Centre Wright, published by Bright Blue think tank. My ‘Going for growth’ essay.
This is a shortened version of my essay, which was published on CapX. The original, longer, essay can be read in the Centre Wright magazine which is also in my 'UK economic policy' tab. Tax policy should be seen within the context of a pro-growth economic strategy. We currently do not have such a...
BBC Radio 4 Today Programme interview
I was on the Today programme again this morning discussing the latest employment data. Three takeaways, the first two consistent with recent months: labour market tight and wage growth rising, but not matching inflation so real wages down; third takeaway is tentative evidence labour market turning...
The Sunday Telegraph – Only Liz Truss will challenge the failed orthodoxy that has fuelled this crisis
This article was first published in The Sunday Telegraph – 14th August 2022 Liz Truss’s approach is the right one for the economy and business. Under the last government, there was no coherent economic vision. Taxes rose as fiscal policy became obsessed with the budget deficit. Truss, by contrast,...