John warns Ministers about dangerous Henry VIII powers included in the Energy Prices Bill

A Conservative former minister warned Jacob Rees-Mogg that future Labour governments may use planned sweeping powers in the Energy Prices Bill to renationalise “anything they like”. Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose expressed his “grave disquiet” with Henry VIII powers in the Bill, telling the Commons: “It isn’t just me, it is…

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CAPX: It’s time for a dose of the same medicine that cured the ‘Sick Man of Europe’

This article was written by John Penrose MP for CAPX. It was published on 12th August 2022. The new Prime Minister will inherit an in-tray from hell: double-digit inflation; a predicted recession; anaemic productivity growth; a war in Europe; and the ticking time-bomb of the Northern Ireland Protocol to boot.…

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