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What shape is the Treasury in now?

18 June 2022

9:00 AM

18 June 2022

9:00 AM

The Chancellors: Steering the British Economy in Crisis Times Howard Davies

Polity, pp.248, 15.99

Don’t bring a bottle. Your chances of finding a party in full swing down those chilly corridors are close to zero. At most, you might hear the sound of a distant flute playing a couranteby Lully. As Sir Howard Davies puts it in this insider’s view, which manages to be both authoritative and quite cheeky:

The Treasury does not cultivate a warm and cuddly working environment.

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