Chancellor
Total 5 Posts
Summer statement: Rishi Sunak goes all out for jobs, leaving public finances for another day.
5 min read
Boris Johnson says he wants to get on top of the UK’s productivity problem, but the job measures in the summer statement could take the country in the opposite direction.
Rishi Sunak: Can the UK’s bright young chancellor change British politics?
5 min read
Initially spoken of as a puppet chancellor, the newcomer seems to be coming out better from this crisis than other ministers. Is he the next Emmanuel Macron?
Sunak’s giveaway Budget — More Barber than Brown.
4 min read
Rishi Sunak hopes to emulate Gordon Brown but risks resembling Anthony Barber whose policy hastened the Conservatives’ double defeat in 1974.
Budget 2020: New UK chancellor unveils £30 billion Coronavirus fightback – but debt forecasts look optimistic.
6 min read
The new chancellor’s plans won’t look half as prudent if the economy tanks.
As Rishi Sunak becomes UK chancellor, a history of battles between No 10 and 11 Downing Street.
4 min read
The question is: how long will Rishi Sunak last?