Nigel Thomas Lawson also known as Baron Lawson of Blaby, was a British politician and journalist best known for being the main architect of the Thatcher government’s economic success where he served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Lawson attended Christ Church, Oxford, where he gained a first-class honours degree in philosophy, politics and economics. In 1954 Lawson carried out his National Service as a Royal Navy officer. After his discharge he joined the Financial Times as a journalist... moreNigel Thomas Lawson also known as Baron Lawson of Blaby, was a British politician and journalist best known for being the main architect of the Thatcher government’s economic success where he served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Lawson attended Christ Church, Oxford, where he gained a first-class honours degree in philosophy, politics and economics. In 1954 Lawson carried out his National Service as a Royal Navy officer. After his discharge he joined the Financial Times as a journalist in 1956. Lawson also wrote the Lex column and wrote for other newspapers like City editor of The Sunday Telegraph. He became a Member of Parliament for Blaby in Leicestershire in 1974 to 1992. After Margret Thatcher won the elections, Lawson was put in the position of Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Subsequently in 1981, he was promoted to the position of Secretary of State for Energy. He was behind the privatizations of the gas and electricity industries. After Thatcher's reelection in 1983, Lawson was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. He introduced Lawson's tax cuts, beginning in 1986 which resulted in the Lawson Boom of the British economy, which halved unemployment from more than 3,000,000 by the end of 1989.
