Local MP John Penrose has been asked to take part in the British Council’s ‘Future Leaders Connect’ global initiative to find young people across the world who have the potential to be future political leaders or policy makers – and he wants to start searching at home in Weston. The…
We’re all tired of elections but there’s one final round of voting here in parliament and I am running to become chair of the hotly-contested Treasury select committee. We’d be failing in our duty if we allowed the Treasury committee to become a tool for settling old scores or for…
The race is on to elect a new chair for the Treasury select committee after the powerful position was left vacant when influential lawmaker Andrew Tyrie announced he was leaving parliament. Writing exclusively for City A.M., John Penrose makes his pitch for the job. This Parliament will create a new,…
John has published an article in The Guardian about how Brexit offers Britain a chance to mould a fairer society… There’s an element of “back to the future” about this current parliament. Two-party politics is back with a bang, after 25 years away, and with it has come a retro…