Inside Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s economic meltdown, with David Gauke and Duncan Weldon
Settling the financial markets will require some painful political medicine.
David Gauke
David Gauke is a former Conservative cabinet minister and was MP for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019.
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