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David Gauke: Cameron’s values in government may be out of favour, but they are not wrong

Looked at in the round, over the 2010-2016 period, the UK had the joint highest growth for a G7 economy, level with the US.

By David Gauke | 13 April 2021 at 6:30 am

David Gauke: I’m a convinced Remainer – but believe nonetheless that the EU has mishandled its vaccine policy

All the same, we have to make this relationship work – because, if we do not, both sides have the capacity to do each other a lot of harm.

By David Gauke | 27 March 2021 at 6:30 am

David Gauke: Is Britain really set to become a low tax, less regulated, free trading, buccaneering country?

Despite a surprisingly liberal migration policy, the bulk of the post-Brexit evidence so far suggests not.

By David Gauke | 13 March 2021 at 6:30 am

David Gauke: My Budget advice to the Chancellor. Raise income tax, not corporation tax.

We need to have a debate about which taxes are least damaging to economic growth. Over the long term, corporation tax ranks as being one of the worst.

By David Gauke | 27 February 2021 at 6:45 am

David Gauke: The UK, the EU, vaccines – and future relations. Here, jingoistic politicians. There, Trumpian ones. Bodes badly.

The EU’s triggering of Article 16 is premature, provocative and sets a precedent that will be cited by those unwilling to accept the consequences of the Protocol.

By David Gauke | 30 January 2021 at 6:30 am | 201 comments

David Gauke: With a position so exposed, how did Burnham get away with it?

It is a bad sign both for the Government and devolution that the Greater Manchester Mayor has been able to run rings round Ministers.

By David Gauke | 24 October 2020 at 6:30 am | 86 comments

David Gauke: Covid-19. Conservative MPs should fear for their seats if they push for a Sweden-style policy – just as deaths are rising

If it it takes hold, people will not want to go to pubs, cinemas, shops or offices, so economic normality will be impossible anyway.

By David Gauke | 10 October 2020 at 6:30 am | 159 comments

David Gauke: Johnson’s Covid policy – and why it’s opening up a rift between him and his traditional Tory supporters

If he is to take the necessary steps to get a Brexit deal (and I hope he does), he is going to have to defy those instincts on a second issue, too.

By David Gauke | 26 September 2020 at 6:30 am | 60 comments

David Gauke: We’re urged to return to the office – but Ministers must face the fact that the world of work is changing.

Plus: On Last Night of the Proms, I get in touch with my inner Farage. And: On Brexit, it’s crunch time as the end of transition approaches.

By David Gauke | 29 August 2020 at 6:30 am | 84 comments

David Gauke: Required next time. A fresh Tory leader who embodies modern, multi-racial Britain. Does that suggest anyone?

Maybe, just maybe, such a leader could take the Conservative Party in a different direction.

By David Gauke | 18 July 2020 at 6:30 am | 183 comments

David Gauke: I fear the Conservative Party is lost for small state free marketeers and One Nation social liberals

When it decided to be the Party of Brexit, when it decided that it should focus on Red Wall voters, the Conservative Party made its choice.

By David Gauke | 4 July 2020 at 6:30 am | 247 comments

David Gauke: Big Government is back. It didn’t work before. It may not now. Here’s why we should be wary of it.

Post-Covid, the environment is likely to be egalitarian and interventionist. For libertarian, small state Eurosceptics, this must come as a disappointment.

By David Gauke | 20 June 2020 at 6:30 am | 140 comments

David Gauke: The Prime Minister will regret not requiring Cummings’ resignation

A Government that shows humility and honesty will retain the benefit of the doubt, but that runs counter to a ‘never apologise, never explain’ ethos.

By David Gauke | 6 June 2020 at 6:30 am | 195 comments

David Gauke: Fairness and the lockdown. Why things must get worse before they get better.

Some areas, people and businesses must be allowed to get back to normal quicker than others – however unjust that may seem.

By David Gauke | 9 May 2020 at 6:30 am | 78 comments

David Gauke: The Government’s lockdown message has been almost too effective – rather than not enough

I am beginning to worry that there may come a time when there will be a need for a more nuanced message – but the public won’t be willing to hear it.

By David Gauke | 25 April 2020 at 6:30 am | 205 comments

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