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Energy prices and markets
On Monday we will be asked in Parliament to approve a comprehensive set of powers for government to set maximum consumer prices for energy, to send large subsidies to energy suppliers who have to sell below cost and to remove surplus revenues from producers of electricity selling well above cost.
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You were right first time PM
The Prime Minister was right to want to keep the UK corporation tax rate at the lower end of the advanced countries tax table. We need to carry on attracting large investment flows into our country and leaving domestic businesses with more of their profits to put into new investment.
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Taxing times
Bizarre to hear the media and Opposition mobs out to pull down the PM by forcing her to tear up her pledge to keep the UK competitive on business tax rates.
As always the Opposition wants to do the EU’s dirty work to make us less competitive and get in the...Read More »
Onshore gas
The government has said it is considering allowing extraction of onshore gas in the UK subject to community consent and full safety and planning controls. Critics of this approach call it fracking, which is a description of some reservoir management techniques that have been commonly used in oil and gas...Read More »
My visit to the Alzheimer’s Society’s stand at Conservative Party Conference
At Conservative Party Conference, I visited the Alzheimer Society’s stand.
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