John Penrose MP has said he was honoured to attend an event recognising Weston’s ‘big-hearted’ community champion. Six Westonians were handed Community Champions of Weston awards on Saturday for going above and beyond to make the town a better place. Organiser Richard Nightingale said: “Again this latest round of community…
John Penrose speaks in Parliament about the energy price cap. John says that it could save families hundreds of pounds, but could be better still. As it stands, it’s too anti-competitive, complicated, bureaucratic and inflexible; we should ‘cap the gap’ instead….
The ‘Magnitsky’ powers which are being proposed in Parliament next week aren’t just welcome; they’re essential in the wake of the Salisbury nerve-agent poisonings. We’ve clearly got to get a lot tougher with anyone – not just Russians – who tries to use the streets of Britain for ‘hybrid warfare’;…
Corrupt Russian officials targeted with sanctions for their role in human rights abuses should be treated like terror suspects and named in a public list, the Prime Minister’s anti-corruption tsar says today. Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, John Penrose welcomes Theresa May’s so-called “Magnitsky amendments” allowing ministers to impose asset…