Video: Power to the people: how to improve consumer protection and promote competition

Post-Brexit and pandemic, putting consumers at the heart of our approach to regulation will be integral to ensuring that the UK can grow into the independent and dynamic economy it aims to be. Putting consumers first requires good regulation, and proper competition. In his new report ‘Power to the People’,…

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Express: PM eyes blueprint to ‘Corbyn-proof’ Britain after ‘worrying’ Labour plot to destroy UK

BORIS JOHNSON’s Government is considering a blueprint to “Corbyn-proof” the UK and stop the Labour Party from re-nationalising industries if it gets into power. In a policy paper commissioned by the Government, Tory MP John Penrose outlines how the UK should diverge from the EU on competition rules now it…

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Diginomica: UK’s digital competition unit should focus on tech giants that ‘own and run network and data monopolies’

Britain’s regulatory response to the digital economy needs to focus on network monopolies, which charge nothing upfront, but harvest and use customer data to make money instead. That’s the view of John Penrose MP, who was invited by the government in September 2020 to conduct an independent review of UK…

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Bloomberg: U.K. Urged to Overhaul Competition Rules to Help Consumers

The U.K. should overhaul competition rules to speed up rulings and give consumers more choice, according to a government-commissioned review. John Penrose, the Conservative member of Parliament who carried out the review, recommended speeding up decision-making at the Competition and Markets Authority, giving it more powers over consumer rights, and…

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