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…
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The post-privatisation utility model is “wobblier” than it has been at any time since energy and water companies were taken out of public ownership three decades ago, Conservative MP John Penrose has warned. In his opening keynote address at the Utility Week Forum in London on Tuesday (8 November), Penrose said that…
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This article was written by John and originally published in The House magazine. Depending on your point of view, ‘green technology’ is either one of those mythical creatures that would come to humanity’s rescue if only it could first be found and caught, or an unreachable obsession that’s always just…
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