
Help hard-working people and go for more growth. The economic policy and message that Johnson needs.
The Government seems to have no plan to communicate as cost of living woes multiply. Here’s a first stab at one.
The Government seems to have no plan to communicate as cost of living woes multiply. Here’s a first stab at one.
The shock-absorber is a looser fiscal policy. Although the budget deficit is higher than one would like, the good news is that it is falling sharply.
But unless the Party offers them a genuine shot at prosperity, it risks sliding into decline.
His Spring Statement was a missed opportunity despite some welcome measures – and further measures may be unveiled during the months ahead.
My instinct last week was that he tried too hard to please the Tory press. Nothing’s that’s happened since has suggested otherwise.
The criticism of him in the newspaper most read by Party activists took little account of the effects of war and pandemic on the choices he must make.
The Chancellor should not feel constrained by the OBR’s forecasts into limiting the actions he can take.
The Government gains from her making a Tory case on disparities, which too few of her colleagues are willing to do.
Of the main tax cut candidates urged on the Chancellor, the best available is a VAT fuel reduction.
If the war lasts a few years at most, the Chancellor can take the hit. If it’s a new normal that lasts for decades, the outlook is grim.
Our troubles will be compounded by Ministers’ import promotion policies, most pronounced in the Business, Energy and Agriculture departments.
Watch in particular for interaction between Ukrainian refugees and small boats as the year lengthens.
His Mais lecture revealed more about what he’d be like as Chancellor during the normal times that once again are denied us.
The Party Chairman responsible for fund-raising is playing for higher stakes than he may appreciate.
The fundamental problem is that costs are going up faster than we are getting more productive.