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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…
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John joins BBC’s Money Box to discuss why childcare in the UK is so expensive and how we may fix it
John gives ideas to BBC’s Money box on why childcare in the UK is so expensive and shares ideas on how we may be able to fix it
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John Penrose MP: How energy market reform can cut bills and leave Putin fuming
Well, thanks a lot, Vladimir. The cold weather is here and, with energy bills being used to put the West under pressure for supporting Ukraine, every family and business has to be miles more careful with the heating than normal.…
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There’s a case for a strong, pro-competitive but tightly-ring fenced Digital Market Unit to erode the power of online network monopolies
I’m honoured to be this month’s ‘Parliamentary TechChampion’, because of the role technology can play in sharpening competition to create big, powerful citizen-consumers so markets work for people rather than the other way round. This is a key theme in…
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John says we need to fix the long-term issues with energy prices
In an interview with GB News, John says it’s not enough to address only the short-term issues with energy prices. Instead, he says it’s time to start fixing both the short-term and long-term issues right away.
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Are Britains regulators up to the task?
In a brief interview, John summaries his policy paper, We Deserve Better, explaining how small changes in the way utility industries are regulated would result in a much better deal for consumers.
