This article was written by John Penrose and originally published in The Telegraph In September 2020, Rishi Sunak (then the chancellor) commissioned me to write an independent report on how the UK’s approach to competition and consumer issues could be improved. The pandemic was scarring our economy and the Brexit transition…
Read MoreMichael Gove, The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, tells John he’s so impressed with his Private Members Bill, and the assessment of the impact it would have on housing supply, that the Government would like to shamelessly rip off John’s ideas and take them for their…
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Weston’s MP, John Penrose, has welcomed Government cash for new homes on a brownfield site in central Weston. Ministers have given just over £1million for new homes on the old Police Station site in Walliscote Place. It is the latest instalment of almost £7million they’ve already provided to improve the…
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Article by JAMES FORSYTH and originally published on The Times Online. Before Covid shut down politics, Boris Johnson was determined to push through planning reform and create more homes — and more homeowners. There was to be a particular focus on getting more homes built where property was least affordable.…
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