By: Gareth Davies MP

Gareth Davies is the Conservative MP for Grantham and Stamford and previously worked as Head of Responsible Business at Colombia Threadneedle Investments

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Manchester was Burnham’s rehearsal – now get ready to pay the bill

Opinion

Burnham has asked to be judged on Manchester – where his record is more spending, more borrowing and higher taxes, says Gareth Davies Andy Burnham walks into Downing Street with a simple pitch: judge me on Manchester. I am happy to take him up on it. Start with tax. In 2018, Mr Burnham created a [...]
Britain’s inflation problem isn’t global – it’s made in the Treasury

Opinion

Reeves can’t keep blaming the last government or global headwinds for doubling inflation – it’s a result of her own policies, says Gareth Davies When the Conservatives left office in 2024, Britain was emerging from an incredibly challenging chapter in our history. Together we navigated the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, subsequent supply-chain shocks and [...]
Gilt trip: why markets are punishing Rachel Reeves

Opinion

Without a credible and transparent medium-term fiscal plan, bond markets will continue to price in higher risk and demand higher returns, says Gareth Davies The UK economy faces an uncomfortable reality. On one side, inflation has continued to rise. On the other, government borrowing costs have surged, with gilt yields now at their highest level in [...]

Mandating investment lays bare the Chancellor’s failures

April 30, 2025

As Latin American countries began to allow for the creation of private pensions in the 1980s and 1990s, they faced a new dilemma on how to maximise domestic investment by these new funds. While they initially opted for a policy of strict capital controls and limits on overseas investments, everyone has to face economic reality [...]
Mandating investment lays bare the Chancellor’s failures

April 30, 2025

As Latin American countries began to allow for the creation of private pensions in the 1980s and 1990s, they faced a new dilemma on how to maximise domestic investment by these new funds. While they initially opted for a policy of strict capital controls and limits on overseas investments, everyone has to face economic reality [...]
We need to build up Britain’s piggy bank and help young workers saving for the future

March 15, 2022

Ten years ago, a government policy came into law that would go on to financially benefit over 10 million people in the UK, giving them a greater stake in our economy and more security later in life. Automatic enrolment is an untold, underappreciated success story that we should look to build on and expand. For [...]
As Britain vies to join the key Asia trade bloc, it must stand up for Taiwan against China

March 10, 2022

Last year, Xi Jinping celebrated the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party with a stark warning: “We must take resolute action to utterly defeat any attempt toward Taiwan independence”. In other words, Beijing remains committed to transforming their “One China” stance from legal fiction into geopolitical fact by any means necessary. With Russia’s Vladimir Putin [...]
We need a British Development Bank to level-up the regions

November 24, 2020

Tomorrow, chancellor Rishi Sunak will address the nation and announce the government’s National Infrastructure Strategy. While the focus has primarily been on what infrastructure investments and tax reforms might be on the horizon, there is an opportunity here to think bigger. What Britain needs is a new financing institution, like a British Development Bank, to [...]

El Nino heatwaves to ‘fuel inflation next year’

Champions Cup rugby team hacked in ransom attack with player data at risk

Cats musical review, Regent’s Park: Purrrfectly exquisite nonsense

By: Gareth Davies MP

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