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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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.…
Read MoreThe Express: ‘Lower prices this winter!’ John Penrose hands next PM plan to overhaul market and END energy crisis
BRITAIN’S next Prime Minister has been urged by a Conservative MP to speed up urgent market reform to end the energy crisis within months, Express.co.uk can exclusively reveal. The race to be the next leader of the Conservative party, and thus the next Prime Minister is now down to two candidates, former…
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