I’m honoured to be this month’s ‘Parliamentary TechChampion’, because of the role technology can play in sharpening competition to create big, powerful citizen-consumers so markets work for people rather than the other way round. This is a key theme in my Government-commissioned report on Competition Policy, Power to the People…
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WESTON has never had a steelworks or a power station, and the closest we’ve come to an oil refinery was the ‘See Monster’ retired oil rig at the Tropicana last year. But, as a seaside town, we’re just as vulnerable to the rising sea levels and global warming which their carbon…
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This essay is taken from King College London’s Essays on Equality: The politics of childcare. More info here We have to find and solve the causes of the UK’s internationally high childcare costs, so parents can find high-quality, safe and affordable care The UK’s childcare problem is wearily familiar to everyone.…
Read More Just over a year ago, I held a debate in Parliament to explain to Ministers why it’s so important Weston isn’t overlooked for Government grants to promote Levelling-Up. The problem is that Weston is geographically part of North Somerset which, on average, counts as an affluent area. And that means…
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