James Forsyth James Forsyth

Philip Hammond, the frankest man in the Cabinet

On Thursday, the Cabinet’s Economic and Industrial Strategy committee met. There were, as I write in The Sun this morning, controversial issues on the agenda: new rules on foreign takeovers of British companies, executive pay and workers on boards.

May made clear her views on these questions in the last speech of her leadership campaign.

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