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New Policy Thumbnail: Cheaper Energy
UK energy costs are already amongst the highest in the world and current Government policies will make them even more expensive; limit household choices (for example by forcing people to buy particular types of cars or home heating); and cost…
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Small-State Conservatives need to revive the mission to deliver supply-side reforms
Churchill is supposed to have said that America can usually be relied on to do the right thing, but only after they’ve tried everything else first. It’s a phrase that applies just as strongly to today’s Conservative Party as well.…
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Britain’s pension system is bust – it’s time for radical reform
With all the fuss about Labour’s ‘heat or eat’ decision to means-test pensioners for their winter fuel allowance, and the ‘did-she-or-didn’t-she’ media hyperventilation about Kemi Badenoch questioning the future of the pension triple lock, it’s easy to forget that Britain’s state…
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Dear Pat McFadden: We’d Like A Pony For Christmas Please……..
Pat McFadden, a senior cabinet minister, has called for “responsiveness” and “calculated risk-taking” within the civil service, as reported by the Institute for Government. But just wishing for something won’t make it happen, as John Penrose, founder of the Centre…
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Sacking Chair Of Competition Watchdog Creates Fresh Questions Over Chancellor’s Growth Plan
Marcus Bokkerink, Chair of the Government’s top competition watchdog the Competition & Markets Authority, has been forced to resign by Government Ministers. John Penrose, author of the Government-commissioned report on competition policy…
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Betrayal Is Never Pretty: Why Labour Should Rethink Their Response To WASPI Women
This week Labour Cabinet Minister Liz Kendall announced that ‘WASPI’ (Women Against State Pension Inequality) women won’t get any redress for Government mistakes which caused injustice to some (although not all) of them. That’s in spite of her (along with…
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A Cheaper Route to Net-Zero: 20 Ways to Cut Energy Bills
Despite international gas prices coming back down in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, British households are still struggling with high energy bills because of outdated regulations pushing up costs. ‘A Cheaper Route to Net Zero’ by John Penrose,…
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The UK’s sluggish economic growth, & how to fix it
Why has UK economic growth been so much slower than USA since 2008, & than our normal rate before then too? According to new work from international economist Tyler Goodspeed in a lecture for the Institute of Economic Affairs this…
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Why The Welfare State Is Bankrupt, How Rachel Reeves Just Made It Worse, & How To Fix It
John Penrose joins Jacob Rees-Mogg on State of The Nation to discuss how Rachel Reeves’ 1st budget massaged the figures to justify more borrowing, and how a new National Balance Sheet would keep politicians honest by revealing what they’re really…
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CAPX: A national balance sheet can keep politicians honest
Rachel Reeves is in a bind. Not just because of ‘did they or didn’t they’ arguments about whether Labour fibbed about long-planned tax rises during the election, or because all those bushy-tailed new Labour MPs and battle-scarred union bosses want…
