Zahawi faces shortest chancellorship since 1970 – and may be glad of it
The ex-vaccines minister appears to be the equivalent of a caretaker football manager, with Kwarteng waiting in the wings
September 2020
Theresa May, Michael Howard, Norman Lamont: the new Tory awkward squad
Surprise rebels now critical of Boris Johnson for his swerves over Covid and potential breaches of key agreements include party heavyweights
August 2020
Rishi Sunak is riding high, but history shows No 11 can be a dangerous address
William Keegan
From Barber’s boom to Gordon Brown’s financial crisis, Britain’s current chancellor is treading a well-worn and precarious path
December 2017
Thatcher warned Major about exchange rate risks before ERM crisis
National Archives: private warning came just five weeks into Major’s premiership and 20 months before Black Wednesday
July 2017
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Labour accuses Johnson and Tories backing public sector pay rise of hypocrisy - as it happened
Lord Lamont tells ministers: stop ganging up on Philip Hammond
March 2017
'Rookie error': former chancellor criticises Hammond's NICs plan
Norman Lamont says lower NICs are only way to boost entrepreneurship while rebellion emerges over ‘death tax’ plans
June 2016
Cameron criticises former Tory leaders who question Bank over EU
Norman Lamont and Iain Duncan Smith among grandees accusing Bank of England of bias in warning of Brexit consequences
May 2016
Lord Lawson accuses Treasury of 'prostituting' itself with Brexit report
Two Tory former chancellors attack officials’ analysis that leaving EU would produce either economic shock or severe shock
May 2014
Help to Buy: three former chancellors warn of house price bubble
Lord Lamont, Alistair Darling and Lord Lawson add to pressure on George Osborne to rethink scheme
March 2014
George Osborne makes commitment 'to fight for full employment' in Britain
Chancellor repudiates 1991 declaration by Norman Lamont that unemployment was a price worth paying to bring down inflation
January 2014
UK-Iranian ties thaw after storming of embassy as Straw leads MPs to Tehran
Former foreign secretary heads parliamentary group to Iran a month after first diplomatic visit since mission was shut in 2011
December 2013
George Osborne challenged over housing bubble denial
Senior Tory Lord Lamont contradicted chancellor's view and said Help to Buy scheme could make overheating worse
October 2013
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 8 October 1986: Privatisation programme here to stay, say Tories
Originally published in the Guardian on 8 October 1986: Controversial policy is enthusiastically endorsed at the Conservative party conference in Bournemouth
September 2013
The Blunders of our Governments by Anthony King and Ivor Crewe – review
An amusing and enraging compendium of ministerial error lays bare major flaws in the way the British run their politics. By Peter Wilby
August 2013
Lord Lamont warns boom in buy-to-let mortages could bring economic collapse
Former chancellor says Bank of England and government need to monitor buy-to-let property market
September 2012
In praise of ...
In praise of … Black Wednesday
Editorial: The pound's plummeting 20 years ago proved to be a gift in disguise
Black Wednesday, 20 years on: a bad day for the Tories but not for Britain
The momentous day gave Blair's Labour biggest ever victory and liberated the UK economy
Black Wednesday 20 years on: how the day unfolded
Sterling had joined the EU's Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) in 1990 and struggled to remain inside its designated floating band - now circling City speculators saw a chance to attack Britain's currency
