South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury under Chancellor Jeremy Hunt 28th October 2022 An MP from Suffolk was appointed exchequer secretary to the Treasury under new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. James Cartlidge, MP for South Suffolk, including Sudbury... Articles
My statement on the new Prime Minister 25th October 2022 I am delighted that Rishi Sunak has been appointed as our new Prime Minister. These have been challenging weeks for our economy, with my constituents concerned... Articles
My Latest Column - October 2022 20th October 2022 As the local Member of Parliament, I see it as my duty to be frank with my constituents – recent events in Westminster have been damaging to economic confidence... Articles
As a former mortgage broker, rates are nothing of the magnitude we saw in the 2008 crisis 12th October 2022 Credit: Politics Home (Alamy) As a mortgage broker during the 2008 credit crunch, my memory is seared with those extraordinary days when email alerts of... Articles
James Cartlidge: My role in designing the Health and Social Care Levy. And why we now need tax breaks for non-NHS healthcare. 11th October 2022 As Parliament returns today, our main business will be repeal of the six month-old Health and Social Care Levy. Given that all the main parties are now against... Articles
My Latest Column - September 2022 15th September 2022 Last Thursday our new Prime Minister - sworn in before our late Queen barely 48 hours earlier – rose before the House of Commons to set out her planned policy... Articles
My latest column - August 2022 18th August 2022 In my last three columns I’ve written twice on the cost of living and once on industrial action. It is no surprise to me that both these issues continue to hog... Articles
My latest column - July 2022 21st July 2022 The most extraordinary scenes that I’ve witnessed in my lifetime were in Sri Lanka, a country now experiencing political and economic convulsions to make our... Articles
My Statement on the Leadership Election 15th July 2022 My statement below on the current election for leadership of the Conservative Party: We are fortunate to have a talented and extremely diverse set of candidates... Articles