Sunak needs to learn the art of governing from Lady Thatcher
The PM has done the easy bit in calming the markets but now he needs to set out how to reform public services.
The PM has done the easy bit in calming the markets but now he needs to set out how to reform public services.
It may well be that, having renounced self-harm just in time and with a following wind, the beleaguered Conservative party will pose a serious threat to Labour at the ballot box.
Polite, sleek and self-disciplined, Hunt remains a political enigma.
If the Chancellor wants to ensure an economic recovery, then he should rethink his anti-innovation proposals.
Johnson’s turbulent time in No10 has been lucrative for the ex-PM. Now those with a ringside seat are also cashing in.
There were few crumbs of consolation to be found in Jeremy Hunt’s socialist budget.
Both men forgot that, to large parts of the population, today’s benefit becomes tomorrow’s entitlement. And now for the bill.
This week, Lucy speaks to the Chief Political Correspondent for the Financial Times about the psychological as well as the economic and political impact of the Autumn Statement.
The Chancellor tightens the easy way – using inflation to squeeze budgets and reduce allowances. The really tough decisions have been left to whoever wins the next election…
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