This episode is supported by private equity platform Moonfare.

Sajid is currently the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove. He has held two of the four 'Great Offices Of State' in the UK government: Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. He was first elected to Parliament in 2010. Before that, he worked at Deutsche Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank. At Deutsche Bank, he helped build their emerging market businesses. Sajid was born in Rochdale (Manchester) and was raised in Bristol. He read Economic and Politics at Exeter University. In the podcast, we talk about:

1. How has the UK handled the pandemic so far?
2. The UK fiscal outlook – spending focuses and taxes
3. How pandemic shocks differ from wars
4. Why inflation could pick up
5. The importance of climate change and the UK track record
6. Results of the UK's Integrated Review and centrality of climate change
7. Why biodiversity also matters
8. Will UK parliament's unanimous support for climate change policy continue?
9. UK's global role in a post-Brexit world
10. New measures to attract international talent to UK
11. Possible future global alliances