Carbon leakage risks undermining the economic gains associated with the net zero transition. By effectively offshoring our emissions, carbon leakage has significant economic and environmental consequences, and could ultimately risk the competitiveness…
Unfinished Revolution: The Penrose Competition Review 18 Months On
This is a follow-up to John’s original Report on how stronger consumer choice and competition could ensure that markets work for people, not the other way around. It assesses what progress has…
Poverty Trapped: Why Is Poverty Still With Us, After 70 Years Of The Welfare State?
This paper argues Britain has failed to abolish poverty because we’ve been looking at it the wrong way. It offers new ways of looking at and fixing poverty so people can have…
Power To The People: Stronger Consumer Choice And Competition So Markets Work For People, Not The Other Way Round
This paper explores how policy could be refreshed to deliver stronger consumer choice and competition, so markets for for people, not the other way around.
This report argues that the UK must create a Sovereign Wealth Fund to drive long-term investment, growth in new industries, and meet the challenges facing future generations.
A Shining City Upon A Hill: Rebooting Capitalism for the Many, Not the Few
Britain’s economy isn’t working properly anymore. In the wake of the 2008 banking crash, and in the face of new digital challenges and disruptive technologies, it simply isn’t delivering the goods. In…
Here you will find a selection of older papers by John Penrose MP. Although they’ve been achieved, we don’t think the ideas inside are any less important, they’ve simply been built upon…
THE MP for Weston, John Penrose, has been speaking in Parliament about the importance of improving the dentistry situation for his constituents. Speaking on Tuesday, March 5, Mr Penrose said that he was delighted to hear about last month’s NHS Dentistry Recovery Plan, which involves targeted funding to encourage dentists to…
Weston’s MP John Penrose has welcomed huge boost in Government cash to tackle homelessness in the town. Weston’s Homelessness Prevention Grant is going up by more than half, from £628k to £981k. John said: “This extra Government cash means North Somerset Council can help people facing homelessness, for example by…
This article was originally published on The Somerset Apple. HOUSE of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has had a troubled week, but it was considerably brightened when he was interviewed – in a world exclusive – by young Jill Dando good-news journalists from Somerset. [A trip arranged by John Penrose…
This article was written by Martina Bet and published in The Sun. A beefed up watchdog could effectively prevent Government departments from imposing regulations without considering their impact on businesses BUSINESSES could save billions of pounds in red tape under plans being proposed to Jeremy Hunt ahead of the Budget.…
This article was written by Charlie Cooper and published on Politico. “There are an awful lot of questions that need to be answered before we go for this,” says one Conservative MP. LONDON — Claire Coutinho has promised to cut your energy bills. But she could end up hiking your…