The Latest Breaking News from Nigel Lawson

Former Conservative chair received a tax break that the poor can only dream of

TORY former chancellor Nigel Lawson has retired from the House of Lords, ending a parliamentary career after nearly five decades.

He represented the former Leicestershire constituency of Blaby in the Commons from 1974 until he joined the House of Lords in 1992.

What good is goodwill, say the Conservatives, if it can’t be monetised?

UK’s crisis has similarities to that of 1980s but our ‘two chancellors’ plan only to muddle through

Chancellor hopes to emulate Thatcher’s chancellor Nigel Lawson with bonfire of red tape, but move had its critics

Global Warming Policy Foundation provides ‘objective view’, ex-Brexit minister argues

Rishi Sunak is set to be our new Prime Minister and Tory dreams and fantasies may finally be coming to an end. For political parties, such bubble-bursting can be painful. Nigel Lawson’s boom in the late Eighties was followed by a prolonged bust. The “no more boom and bust” promises…

Economists soon saw through Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s plans for billions of unfunded tax cuts to benefit the rich

Tax cuts to cost Treasury around £37bn in 2023-24, official figures reveal

The Institute for Fiscal Studies also warned the Government’s dash for growth may not deliver on anything like the scale hoped for