This article was written by John and originally published in The Telegraph. Obsessing over equalising incomes is the wrong way to go about improving people’s lives In the past 40 years Britain has pretty much defeated mass unemployment, and improved living standards beyond our parents’ and grandparents’ wildest dreams. Yet…
THE anti-corruption tsar has called for a points-based honours system, to sever the perceived link between political donations and peerages. John Penrose proposes an overhaul of the regime so that peerages, titles and other awards are clearly distributed based on “talent, ability and hard work” rather than “who you knew, where…
This article by NICHOLAS EARL was originally published in City A.M. The energy price cap has “completely failed” argued John Penrose, the Conservative MP who first called for the mechanism in parliament. Speaking on Utilita Energy’s podcast yesterday, he called on Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to make the price cap…
This article was originally published in The Telegraph. John Penrose proposes an overhaul of the current honours regime so that peerages, titles and other awards are clearly distributed. Boris Johnson’s anti-corruption tsar has called for a points-based honours system, to sever the perceived link between political donations and peerages. In…