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David Davis writes about diversifying the sources of lending for the UK’s small businesses
As reported in the Financial Times: “Financing smaller enterprises is not just for venture capitalists, say David Davis and John McFall I would rather see finance less proud and industry more content.” Those words were spoken by Winston Churchill almost 90 years ago, but should serve as a mission statement for our financial industry and […]
David Davis says Britain needs to ‘get fracking’
As in The Daily Mail; “Britain faces two colossal challenges. The first is how to get the economy growing. The Western world is fighting to return to growth levels we took for granted ten years ago. We face a future in a one per cent world. The second challenge is keeping the lights on. EU […]
David Davis – Don’t expect James Bond to act like Mother Teresa
Printed in the Guardian on June 25th 2013; The claims that British intelligence agencies have handed over our personal data to the US for its Prism programme were shocking. However, I have been both amused and amazed at just how many people have approached me to say they cannot believe that my suspicions were correct. […]
David Davis says The Treasury must come clean over Lloyds
As published in The Times; “These are not good times for the Treasury’s banking strategy. The surprise departure of Stephen Hester from the Royal Bank of Scotland — coming just as preparations to privatise the bank get under way — drew widespread praise for the respected chief executive and a flurry of accusations of political […]
David Davis argues that the Conservative party need to start listening to ordinary voters
As published in The Telegraph; “On the subsequent Sunday, the newspaper front pages were dominated by wild headlines about improbably populist policies such as withdrawing from the European Convention and cutting health care for immigrants. They emanated from Conservative headquarters, probably from the same people who did so much damage a decade ago by wittering […]