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Labour’s change to Ofwat doesn’t hold water
This article is the third in a fortnightly series of policy proposals from John Penrose and the Centre for Small State Conservatives. You can read the previous instalments in CapX here:1. Only Thatcher-sized reforms will end Britain’s malaise2. Britain’s benefits system is unfair…
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Britain’s Benefits System Is Unfair To All Involved
The Government’s screeching u-turn on reforming Personal Independence Payments has distracted attention from a more fundamental problem with Britain’s broken benefits system. Regardless of whether the right people are getting the right kinds of benefits or not, too few of…
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Only Thatcher-sized reforms will end Britain’s malaise
This article is the first in a fortnightly series of policy proposals from John Penrose and the Centre for Small State Conservatives. Nobel-Prize-Winning economist Paul Krugman famously said “productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run, it’s almost everything.” His words should send…
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We don’t need to nationalise our railways to fix them
One of the new Labour Government’s first acts was to hand a big wedge of taxpayer cash to already well-paid train drivers, along with a promise of more as rolling rail renationalisation steadily tightens its grip over the next few years.…
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Reeves’ Welcome U-Turn on Cash ISAs
Good to see Rachel Reeves thinking better of cutting the amount people can save into cash ISAs to as little as £4,000, according to The Telegraph. She would have hung millions of savers out to dry if she’d gone ahead…
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Knowing ‘What Works’ Will Help Good Growth
Fed up with a Britain where nothing works anymore? This article for Academy of Social Sciences proposes a single, simple but fundamental change to Government procurement rules to start fixing the problem. John Penrose makes the case for stronger evaluation…
