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Coal mines, fracked gas and keeping the lights on
The world currently relies on fossil fuels for 80% of its energy. All the time most UK people have a gas boiler, a diesel or petrol car, eat meat and rely on products that need plastics, steel, ceramics, cement and other components that need plenty of energy to produce we...Read More »
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury’s Reply to my Written Parliamentary Question
I am concerned about the decline in self employment and have been an opponent of the IR 35 tax treatments as amended in 2017 and 2021. I have asked what impact there has been. The figures they refer to did not seem to enlighten the issue. I have seen...Read More »
Innovation and productivity
In his speech to the CBI Annual Conference the Prime Minister called for more innovation and better productivity advances. He is right that innovation can accelerate growth, create more better paid jobs, and raise productivity. Waves of innovation in past decades have fuelled huge advances in living standards and pay.
The...Read More »
Additional Government Support for the Homeless
I have received the letter below from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
The Government recognises the additional pressures people are facing with the cost of living and appreciates that some vulnerable households may find themselves at greater risk of homelessness, requiring additional support.
It has announced an...Read More »
The Minister for Development and Africa’s Replies to my Written Parliamentary Questions
I will pursue these matters, as I am concerned about how much aid we give to multinational organisations to spend for us. Having a voice at the Board table in general discussion does not mean all the aid spent will be in ways and in places we would choose,...Read More »