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What is the difference in price between Google and other search engines?
Using most search engines isn’t free, it’s a transaction that requires something from you (usually information). John talks with Radio 4 about the need to know more about what we are getting and what it is costing us in the…
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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.
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‘Invite the Overseas Territories to join the UK post-Brexit’ says Penrose
This article was written by Sebastian Whale for The House magazine The Tories are in a commanding position to address the many outstanding issues that have accumulated over the past few years. From boundary reforms to a bold offer to…
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We need to pour a big dose of drain unblocker down the constitutional plumbing
Constitutions ought to be straightforward things. Bits of political plumbing to make sure democracies work properly, so power can transfer smoothly from a dying Government to a new one without a punch-up. But that’s not what ours is doing. The…
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How to end the injustice of the skewed university degree system
Imagine a world where Eton awarded its own A-levels. No one else could take them and, if you got an A grade in, for example, chemistry, it was worth more than an A grade in the same subject from any…
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Why railways should be more like airlines – and how passengers would gain if they were
There’s just the faintest whiff of new thinking in our railways. A breath of cool air on a passenger’s cheek that might, just possibly, herald a wind of change. And it’s coming, improbably, from the next-door sector of airlines. The…
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John hosts a debate on building up not out…
John makes a speech in his debate on creating more affordable housing by building up not out…
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Why developers need to build up, not out
Britain must rethink its unfair and outdated planning system. Housing, whether it’s rent or mortgage payments, is probably the biggest single monthly bill that most of us face. And, because we haven’t built enough new hoses for decades, no matter…
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Energy regulator accused of being ‘scared to do its job’
This article was written by Nathalie Thomas, Energy Correspondent at The Financial Times. John Penrose has criticised Watchdogs for not imposing a cap on electricity and gas bills. Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the…
