Guardian: Calls for post-Brexit reforms of UK competition law

This article was written by Richard Partington of The Guardian. It can be found here. The government should launch sweeping reforms of competition laws to improve consumer confidence, lower costs for businesses and boost the UK economy after Brexit, according to a leading Tory MP. John Penrose, a prominent backbench MP…

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Yorkshire Post: Boosting trading standards teams could help level up the economy, says Conservative MP John Penrose

This article was written by Rob Parsons for The Yorkshire Post. It can be found here. Trading standards teams should be given extra powers and minimum staffing levels in a move which would “raise the local competitive temperature for all firms in every part of the country” and aid the…

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We can cut costs while maintaining standards to deliver better regulation

This article was written by John for Conservative Home to share ideas within his policy paper, Power To The People. Markets aren’t the ‘law of the jungle’ as the political left always claims. Competition needs rules to work properly so consumers have rights when something goes wrong, staff aren’t exploited,…

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