John Penrose: Is the traditional Tory belief in free enterprise leaving the station?
Ultimately, we either believe in free enterprise, and put customers and passengers ahead of fat-cat bosses and bureaucrats, or we don’t.
Posts by John Penrose MP
John Penrose is a former Cabinet Office Minister and is MP for Weston-super-Mare
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John Penrose: We can cut costs while maintaining standards to deliver better regulation
The good news is that if we can break out of our recent rut, the opportunities for post-Brexit Britain to cut red tape should be huge.
John Penrose: Here’s how we can put ‘levelling up’ at the centre of a One Nation agenda
They point towards a Britain that is hopeful, optimistic, energetic and positive – where people can succeed no matter where they started from.
John Penrose: Grassroots Tories, the Conservative Policy Forum needs you
Our Party’s internal think-tank offers has a crucial role to play in broadening our appeal and devising a winning policy programme.
John Penrose: Pro-EU campaigners’ fury is purely about power politics, not high constitutional principle
Nor are they being entirely straight with us when they pretend they only want to stop ‘No Deal’, when in reality they want Brexit repealed entirely.
John Penrose: The conventional wisdom is wrong. Hunt’s spending plans are neither unaffordable nor irresponsible.
Hammond and the Institute for Fiscal Studies are simply mistaken to suggest otherwise. It’s not as though we’re still living in 2010.
John Penrose: Why railways should be more like airlines – and how passengers would gain if they were
The Rail Delivery Group has just suggested a more modern system of tickets and fares. But such change should be only the start.
John Penrose: Rebooting Capitalism 3) Purge the system of kleptocrats, dirty money and fake news
In the second of three articles, the Weston-super-Mare MP argues for drastic action to rebuild legitimacy in the eyes of the people.
John Penrose: Rebooting Capitalism 2) How to help give younger people a fair deal
In the second of three articles, the Weston-super-Mare MP sets out plans on tax, housing deficits and debt to help achieve inter-generational justice.
John Penrose: Rebooting Capitalism 1) A market designed for the many, not the few
In the first of three articles, the Weston-super-Mare MP looks at how to ensure that the customer, not the corporation, is king.
John Penrose: Why we need a new rule to balance the budget
This fiscal rule would leave governments free to borrow for infrastructure investments – but day-to-day spending would be paid through your and my taxes.
John Penrose: There’s a free market-friendly solution to energy price caps
Let’s not set the prices, but instead the gap between the ultra-competitive deals for switchers and the tariffs for loyal customers.
John Penrose: A Property Register will make Britain a world leader in transparency once again
Making it harder for criminals to hide behind shell companies will boost our international standing and remove a driver of high house prices.
John Penrose: Why we need a Sovereign Wealth Fund
Economically, it could be transformational, as it has been in Norway, which established its fund back in the early 1990s. It is now worth over a trillion dollars.
John Penrose: Energy bills. We need a relative price cap – to boost choice, cut prices and stick it to the Big Six.
The lobbyists would hate a relative cap, because there would be less lobbying to do. Putting customers in the driving seat means fewer fat fees, and fat lunches.