Addressing mounting fears over the impact of wholesale power price spikes on energy retailers back in September, Kwasi Kwarteng was sanguine. “It is not unusual for smaller energy suppliers to exit the market”, the energy secretary told the Commons. However, what we have seen heading into this winter is anything…
Read MoreOn 7th October, John was invited to deliver the first of the prestigious annual Beesley Lecture Series. Building on his Government-commissioned report Power to the People, John outlined the state of competition policy, described upcoming challenges for regulators and set out how regulatory reform can best meet those challenges. John also…
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Weston’s MP has said that a spike in energy prices could not have come at a worse time following the Covid pandemic and has pledged to push for a more affordable energy price cap to help reduce fuel poverty. As part of its #ThereWithYouThisWinter campaign, the Mercury recently published figures from…
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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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