FT Live interview with Chris Giles
It was a good to be interviewed by Chris Giles, Economics Editor at the FT, this week at one of their international conferences. After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the 2020 Global Health Crisis we now have the 2022Global Inflation Crisis. GFC to GHC to GIC.
My FT column – Bank of England’s remit needs a fundamental rethink
This op-ed was first published in the Financial Times - 22nd April 2022. Independence was announced shortly after Labour won the 1997 general election. There had been an active debate about the pros and cons of independence. An independent review in 1993, led by economist Eric Roll, questioned the...
Policy Exchange Agenda podcast
It was good to join my fellow Policy Exchange colleagues, Conor MacDonald and Ruth Kelly, to discuss the Chancellor's 2022 Spring Statement. Watch here or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
LBC Cross Questions
It was good to be on LBC's Cross Questions again discussing the Spring Statement. Some welcome measures, but NI shouldn't have risen, tax take is too high. More was needed for those on benefits. More action required. Watch here.
Times Radio and LBC interviews
Great to be on both Times Radio and LBC this morning discussing the upcoming Spring Statement. The Chancellor should take action by cutting fuel duties and delaying the National Insurance tax rise - or at least he should raise the NI threshold.
Master Investor Show panel
Good to speak on the opening panel at Master Investor's event.
LBC interview
I spoke to Andrew Pierce about the economic implications of a potential early election.
A Long Time in Finance podcast
I was interviewed about the cost of living crisis, inflation, and the global economic outlook by former FT leader Jonathan Ford and former Telegraph City Editor Neil Collins. Listen here. Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Oral evidence to the House of Lord’s European Affairs Committee
It was good to speak to the House of Lord's European Affairs Committee regarding its new inquiry on the EU-UK relationship in financial services, alongside both Miles Celic (TheCityUK) and Rachel Kent (Hogan Lovells). The UK remains one of the two pre-eminent financial centres in the world. My...
House of Lords European Affairs Committee – Oral evidence on the City
It was good to speak to the House of Lord's European Affairs Committee regarding its new inquiry on the EU-UK relationship in financial services, alongside both Miles Celic, TheCityUK, and Rachel Kent, Hogan Lovells. The session can be watched here.