Editorial balance as implemented at the Daily Mail:
Liz Truss says tax cuts will turbo-charge the struggling economy. Rishi Sunak says they'll just fuel inflation. Confused? We asked eight of Britain's top economists... Who IS right?
The eight turn out to be 4 pro-Truss, 2 pro-Rishi and 2 undecided.
Trust Truss: Jill Kirby, former director of the Centre for Policy Studies; a graduate of Bristol University, she qualified as a solicitor in 1981 and practised in a leading City law firm as a specialist in commercial litigation and employment law
Rishi’s Right: Norman Lamont, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1990-93 BA Economics, Fitzwilliam, Cambridge
Undecided: James Bartholomew, author of The Welfare State We’re In, 'trained as a banker'
Trust Truss: Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at Netwealth and former economic adviser to Boris Johnson, MA Economics, Warwick, PhD Economics, University of London
Trust Truss: Liam Halligan, who presents On The Money on GB News, Monday to Friday, 1-2pm BA Economics, Warwick, MPhil Economics St Antony's College, Oxford.
Rishi’s Right: Martin Vander Weyer, business editor of The Spectator, "15 years an investment banker"
Undecided: Vicky Pryce, chief economic adviser at the CEBR and former joint head, UK Government Economic Service, BSc and MSc Economics, at the LSE
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