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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…
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John gives his thoughts on Labour’s green wealth fund
The following article was written by Alex Ralph and Lauren Almeida and published on The Times Less than a week after the Labour government was elected, the chancellor and the business secretary unveiled plans for a new National Wealth Fund to…
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‘Opportunity of smart data could make consumer redress quicker and cheaper’
This article was written by Paloma Kubiak for Your Money Magazine John Penrose MP says there’s no reason why open banking can’t be replicated in online retailing, energy and health. Plus when it comes to consumer redress, it could make…
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Competitive decarbonisation is the only way to save our industrial communities
This article was written by John Penrose, Jo Gideon, Stephen Kinnock and Arjan Geveke. Today, we are launching a cross-party and cross-industry commission to explore how the United Kingdom can reach net zero without undermining the competitiveness of British industry.…
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PODCAST: Why hasn’t Britain abolished poverty?
Britain has failed to abolish poverty because we’ve been looking at it the wrong way. Income inequality is an unhelpful lens that has led politicians to treat the symptoms rather than the causes. That’s the argument of a new report…
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Chancellor must look beyond handouts to ease pain of rising energy bills
The article below was written for the times by Ed Birkett, head of energy and climate at the Onward think tank, and John Penrose, Chair of the Conservative Policy Forum Energy bills are shooting up, hurting everybody but hitting the…
