Warwick Lightfoot: Today’s Budget. Conservatives should not be afraid of public borrowing to ensure a rapid recovery.
Preventing as much long-term damage to the economy as possible now should be the Chancellor’s priority.
Posts by Warwick Lightfoot
Warwick Lightfoot is Director of Research at Policy Exchange. He is a former special adviser to three Conservative Chancellors.
Warwick Lightfoot: The Government must borrow more to boost the post-Coronavirus recovery
After a decade of forward guidance, credit easing and quantitative easing, it was clear even before the Covid-19 crisis that monetary policy had run out of road.
Warwick Lightfoot: Central Government has no choice but to protect Council finances
Local authorities have responsibility for important and complex public services. Yet they have a limited tax base.
Warwick Lightfoot: The right post-Brexit farming policy could unleash agricultural innovation and lighten the load on consumers
Reform must be phased, to allow farmers to adapt, but it will pay dividends.