Matthew Sinclair is a British political consultant.[1] He was the chief economist to Liz Truss when she was Prime Minister.[2]
Sinclair is a former employee of the Institute of Economic Affairs.[3] Sinclair was a director of Deloitte and a former chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance think tank.[4] He was chief economic adviser to the Truss ministry.[5] He ran the No 10 economic unit.[6] Sinclair was an important figure in her economic agenda of cutting taxes.[7] He reportedly supported scrapping HS2 and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.[8] He also supported a reduction in the number of government departments and the abolishment of the Green Investment Bank.[9] With the resignation of Liz Truss, Sinclair left government. In 2023, he was appointed director of the UK branch of the Computer & Communications Industry Association.[10]
Sinclair has been described as a "philosophically-committed right-winger".[11]
