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BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg interview

BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg interview

Assuming there is a new Chancellor, I noted that it has been a somewhat disappointing chancellorship. Her two biggest problems were first, the lack of a credible strategy for growth and second her Party seemed unwilling and unaware of some of the trade-offs that need...
LBC Nick Ferrari interview

LBC Nick Ferrari interview

I highlighted that the focus on devolution is not new. From the Royal (Kilbrandon) Commission in the early 1970s, which examined the Constitution, to the London Finance Commission under Johnson, the case for greater devolution has been made repeatedly. Metro mayors...
Telegraph ‘Planet Normal’ podcast interview

Telegraph ‘Planet Normal’ podcast interview

Good to join The Telegraph’s podcast to discuss the UK’s economic environment, the misdiagnosis of Brexit as the source of the UK’s challenges and what Andy Burnham might mean for UK economic policy making. Listen below. Planet Normal: Burnham is the...
BBC Any Questions

BBC Any Questions

It was good to join BBC Any Questions in Sheffield. Among other points, I note that Andy Burnham’s policy shift may ultimately be constrained by economic and fiscal reality, financial markets and even Treasury orthodoxy. He has to reconcile two competing forces:...
Queen Mary University of London – Honorary Doctor of Letters

Queen Mary University of London – Honorary Doctor of Letters

I was honoured to be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Queen Mary University of London for my work in “economics, finance and policy globally.” It is 43 years since I first came to Queen Mary. I was 22, had a lot more hair and arrived to begin a PhD...