Poverty Trapped

Endorsements Prof Lee Elliott Major, Professor of Social Mobility, Exeter University  This is a serious report on a topic that should be a central motivation for anyone who goes into politics: how do we create a society in which all can pursue opportunity irrespective of their background? This is a…

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Diginomica: UK’s digital competition unit should focus on tech giants that ‘own and run network and data monopolies’

Britain’s regulatory response to the digital economy needs to focus on network monopolies, which charge nothing upfront, but harvest and use customer data to make money instead. That’s the view of John Penrose MP, who was invited by the government in September 2020 to conduct an independent review of UK…

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Bloomberg: U.K. Urged to Overhaul Competition Rules to Help Consumers

The U.K. should overhaul competition rules to speed up rulings and give consumers more choice, according to a government-commissioned review. John Penrose, the Conservative member of Parliament who carried out the review, recommended speeding up decision-making at the Competition and Markets Authority, giving it more powers over consumer rights, and…

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Utility Week: Penrose review not likely to gather dust

The publication this week of John Penrose‘s review into the effectiveness of UK regulation could be dismissed as simply another Whitehall shelf-filler. However, David Blackman argues that Penrose’s proximity to the centre of power mean his views are more likely than most to be acted upon. So, what could this mean for utilities?…

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