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John Penrose MP

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.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 16 February 2021 at 6:20 am | 14 comments

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.

Comment | By John Penrose MP | 8 August 2020 at 6:20 am | 56 comments

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.

Comment | By John Penrose MP | 23 January 2020 at 2:00 pm | 28 comments

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being entirely straight with us when they pretend they only want to stop ‘No Deal’, when in reality they want Brexit repealed entirely.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 1 September 2019 at 6:30 am | 275 comments

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.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 19 July 2019 at 6:20 am | 33 comments

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.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 11 May 2019 at 6:30 am | 60 comments

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.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 18 October 2018 at 6:20 am | 11 comments

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.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 17 October 2018 at 6:20 am | 20 comments

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.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 16 October 2018 at 6:20 am | 11 comments

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.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 13 August 2018 at 6:30 am | 69 comments

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.

Comment | By John Penrose MP | 28 February 2018 at 4:30 pm | 30 comments

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.

Comment | By John Penrose MP | 17 January 2018 at 12:00 pm | 29 comments

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.

ToryDiary | By John Penrose MP | 8 December 2017 at 3:00 pm | 29 comments

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.

Comment | By John Penrose MP | 16 March 2017 at 11:00 am | 28 comments

John Penrose: Why post-Brexit Britain will need a sovereign wealth fund

It should be used to pay for what we owe in our pensions and benefits system – and thus provide more inter-generational justice.

Comment, Highlights | By John Penrose MP | 21 January 2017 at 6:30 am | 59 comments

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