(born 11 March 1932), is a British
Conservative
politician
and journalist
. He was a Member of Parliament
(MP) representing the constituency of Blaby
from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer
in the government of Margaret Thatcher
from June 1983 to October 1989. He was made a life peer
in 1992.
Lawson is the father of food writer and celebrity cook
Nigella Lawson
, and journalist Dominic Lawson
.
Lawson was born to a wealthy family in Hampstead
in 1932.
The successful sale of British Telecom...reveals a vast and untapped yearning among ordinary people for a direct stake in the ownership of British enterprise. Investment in shares has begun to take its place, with ownership of a home and either a bank or building society deposit, as a way for ordinary people to participate in enterprise and wealth creation. We are seeing the birth of people's capitalism.
The acid test of monetary policy is its record in reducing inflation. Those who wish to join the debate about the intricacies of different measures of money and the implications they may have for the future are welcome to do so. But at the end of the day the position is clear and unambiguous. The inflation rate is judge and jury.
Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that we have a choice between cutting tax and cutting unemployment, for the two go hand in hand.
During the 1960s, and again in the 1970s, growth in manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom was the lowest of all the seven major industrial countries in the world. During the 1980s, our annual rate of growth of output per head in manufacturing has been the highest of all the seven major industrial countries.