This week at the G7 Germany as host nation invited Senegal, South Africa, Argentina, Indonesia and India to join the members. India as one of the largest economies and the most populated democracy has been several times before. The presence of two Afr… read more
History shows us that Treasury and Bank advice for the last fifty years has been poor, or in some cases Treasury advisers failed to prevent Chancellors making bad mistakes. 1970-73 The Bank allowed a massive explosion of credit, creating a seconda… read more
Some Conservatives are taking heart from the fact that in Wakefield and Honiton Conservatives stayed away rather than switching to Labour. It should after all be easier to persuade abstainers back than to tell switchers they have got it wrong. In Wak… read more
The government is running up huge bills on industrial interventions that fail to deliver good results. Its ill judged price control on domestic fuel led to the bankruptcy of a large number of suppliers without preventing a subsequent huge surge in th… read more
At the Earley AGMs on Thursday 14th June and at the Wokingham Conservative AGM on Friday 25th June I spoke about the work I have been doing in a number of important areas. Housing numbers and a new local Plan The need for an economic policy to fight … read more