Giles Wilkes
Senior Fellow
Giles's recent work
Four things we learned from Rachel Reeves’ Mais lecture
What is the shadow chancellor’s vision for the economy?
'Orthodoxy' is not the issue: the Treasury’s outsized power creates problems for government
Excessive power, rather than ‘orthodox’ thinking, is the main problem with the Treasury.
Treasury ‘orthodoxy’
The Treasury wields too much influence across government and dominates strategic thinking at the centre.
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What North Shropshire does (not) mean for the prime minister and his agenda
A shock by-election defeat leaves the prime minister facing calls from across his party to switch course,
Where is Rishi Sunak’s plan for growing the economy?
Giles Wilkes warns that the chancellor’s ideological ambiguity may also reveal a lack of clear thinking on how to create economic growth
The questions Rishi Sunak should ask about Boris Johnson's New Economic Model
Giles Wilkes sets out the questions Rishi Sunak needs to be asking
How should autumn shortages affect long-term government policy?
The government should acknowledge the Brexit-related causes of our current problems
Productivity and innovation: not such a simple story
Research and development spending is not sufficient to restore the UK economy to productivity growth
Productivity: firing on all cylinders
A narrow focus on high-value sectors will not address the UK’s £300bn growth gap.
The CBI’s economic diagnosis: welcome optimism, too much collaboration, not enough competition
Giles Wilkes says the CBI's new policy paper steps away from the importance of competition
The Queen’s Speech kicks the tricky decisions away
Giles Wilkes is unimpressed by a Queen’s Speech that relied heavily on the government’s ill-defined promise to "level up"
The UK’s AstraZeneca vaccine decision strikes the right balance
The UK’s health establishment has responded calmly to concern and confusion around the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
The Greensill saga is a brutal reminder of the value in tougher financial regulation
The Greensill affair reminds us that when it comes to “FinTech”, the need for tough financial regulation is as important as ever.