Ruth Lea

Profile: Full name: Ruth Jane Lea Area of interest: Economics, (esp. UK economy); Europe, (esp. EU issues); Education issues Journals/Organisation: The Daily Telegraph Email: Global Vision contact page Personal website: Website: Blog: Blogs.Telegraph.co / Ruth Lea Representation: Gordon Poole Agency | CMM | NYT Networks:

Biography: About: Education: Lymm Grammar School; York University: BA and Bristol University: MSc - Economics and Statistics Career: Sixteen years experience in the Civil Service: The Treasury, Department of Trade and Industry, Central Statistical Office, Civil Service College - in this period also taught economics at Thames Polytechnic (University of Greenwich); joined Mitsubishi Bank, 1988, becoming their Chief Economist, moved to Lehman Brothers as Chief Economist; Economics Editor at ITN; Head of the Policy Unit at the Institute of Directors, 1995/2003; has also served on the Council of the Royal Economic Society, National Consumer Council, Nurses’ Pay Review Body, ONS Statistics Advisory Committee, ESRC Research Priorities Board, Retail Prices Advisory Committee Current position/role: Director of Global Vision also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Non-Executive Director and Economic Adviser to Arbuthnot Banking Group; a Governor of the London School of Economics; a member of the University of London Council; non-executive director of Arbuthnot Banking Group plc (economic adviser) Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: BBC Radio 4: Any Questions? June 2007 (audio)+(transcript) Broadcast media: Frequent appearances on TV and radio Video: Controversy/Criticism: Peter Oborne: A nasty plot in Pall Mall, The Spectator, May 2004 Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

Books & Debate: Many papers and policy study documents on economic matters, see: CPS historic catalogue Latest work: Speaking/Appearances: Regular business speaker Debate:

The Daily Telegraph: Column name: Personal View - (regular column finished December 2006) Column name: Remit/Info: 'Tackles the crucial economic issues of the day and how government and EU policies impinge on business' Section: City Role: Columnist Pen-name: Email: Website: Telegraph.co Commissioning editor: Day published: Monday Regularity: Weekly Column format: Average length: 800 words

Articles: Be kind to the bankers – or get shopping - The City is our most successful exporter. With consumers feeling the pinch in 2011, we’re going to need it - 30th December 2010 This bailout is not enough to save the euro - Ireland, Greece and Portugal will never recover locked in the single-currency straitjacket - 23rd November 2010 (writing in The Times) Bite the bullet. Kick Greece out of the euro - The cracks in the currency have long been apparent. The Greeks have acted irresponsibly and must pay the penalty - 16th February 2010 Summer recovery will turn to a cold winter - The markets are rallying and confidence is returning, but don’t be fooled: there can be only hard economic times ahead - 26th August 2009 Big-bank bashing is pure hypocrisy - The Chancellor knows the days of easy lending are over. It was his Government that let debt run wild - 29th July 2009 Why bother with the G20? - The G20 discussions of tax havens, bonuses and regulation are distractions from the real issues facing the global economy - 27th March 2009 Pre-Budget Report: This is not 'responsible' borrowing, Mr Prime Minister - 25th November 2008 The proposed 45p tax rate is the thin end of the wedge - 24th November 2008 Pre-Budget report: Gordon Brown got us into this mess - The pre-Budget report will, we hope, be an occasion for the truth. We hope that Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, will stand up and tell us just how badly the Treasury expects the economy to perform over the next two years - 22nd November 2008 The rescue plan is bold and welcome - By providing much-needed capital and unlimited liquidity, the government's strategy should underpin confidence in UK banks - 8th October 2008 In a credit crunch we must trade with all - Russia's behaviour in Georgia has been contemptible but David Cameron is unwise to suggest banning Russians from shopping here - 23rd August 2008 In a credit crunch, we still have to trade with dubious regimes - David Cameron is unwise to suggest banning Russians from shopping here, says Ruth Lea - 21st August 2008 A strike against good sense - Council workers' call for a better pay deal are understandable, but we would all pay the price - 17th July 2008 The right to request flexible working: good for some but not for all - The news that the Government is intending to extend the right to request flexible working, as part of its popular “family friendly” policy agenda, comes as no surprise - 16th May 2008 Spare us the meddlers - Take a deep breath: the system is not collapsing, and the last thing we need is more regulation - 10th April 2008 Tories' economic legacy has been squandered - The spectacle of worried customers besieging the branches of Northern Rock is symbolic of an understandable and rising uncertainty about the British economy - 17th September 2007 Brussels is out to clobber the City - It is quite right and proper that much of the current debate on Britain's relationship with the EU centres on the reform treaty. It is also quite right and proper that there are vigorous calls for a referendum on the treaty - 17th August 2007 Brown must stand up for British interests - Last Wednesday, our new Prime Minister announced that he would be "strong in purpose, steadfast in will, resolute in action in the service of what matters to the British people" - 30th June 2007 Why Europe needs to loosen up - The European Union is back in the news... A new EU treaty is being drafted by the German presidency. It will almost certainly be a "slimmed-down" version of the 2004 Constitutional Treaty that was rejected by the French and Dutch electorates - 29th April 2007 Spare us the meddlers - Take a deep breath: the system is not collapsing, and the last thing we need is more regulation - 10th April 2007 Just another excuse for higher taxes - The much-leaked Stern report was released yesterday amid alarmist and apocalyptic hype - 31st October 2006 Gordon Brown's squandered legacy - Gordon Brown is currently preparing his last Pre-Budget Report, which could be his last shout or, possibly, his penultimate shout as Chancellor. Doubtless his analysis of his management of the economy will be strong on self-congratulation and weak on self-criticism. A balanced assessment will not be on the cards. In truth, his management has been very mixed indeed - 27th October 2006 The wealth service - A new documentary says businesses are like psychopaths. What does corporate champion Ruth Lea make of it? - 22nd October 2004 Why I hate the euro - Economic and Monetary Union is almost here - a hugely risky economic and political undertaking for 11 of the EU's member states - 31st December 1998

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