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If Only They’d Asked Us First…. Ministers Ask Regulators How To Grow Faster
PM Keir Starmer, Chancellor Rachel Reeves & Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds have written to regulators, including Ofwat, Ofgem & the Environment Agency, asking for ideas on how to boost economic growth. The move has been greeted with a mixture of…
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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aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, British households are still struggling with high energy bills because of outdated regulations pushing up costs.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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Labour (finally) appoints new Anti-Corruption Champion
The Government have, at last, appointed the new Anti-Corruption Champion after a whopping 917 days of vacancy. Previous Anti-Corruption Champion John Penrose congratulated the new champion, Baroness Hodge of Barking, on her new role within the government, highlighting her record…
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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…
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John & a former Labour advisor agree how the PM is getting it wrong on ‘freebie’ gifts
John Penrose and former Labour adviser John McTernan discuss the news that the PM will pay back some of his gifts.
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Why repaying a few freebies won’t solve the PM’s integrity problem
In response to Beth Rigby’s tweet above, John said: This won’t solve the Government’s integrity problems I’m afraid, for several reasons: 1. It isn’t leadership. Starmer isn’t requiring other Ministers to follow his example or change what they’re doing. 2.…
