The civil service seems ever keen to implement every last rule and regulation from the EU before we leave properly at the end of the year. For many years now there has been a large official legislative programme routed from Brussels by eager officials… read more
UK energy policy has always had three aims. There is the need to ensure sufficient capacity to keep the lights on at all times. There is the need to keep prices down so energy is affordable for families and competitive for businesses. There a… read more
Now the government has decided to unite our foreign policy with our overseas aid policy, there is a great opportunity to rethink what we do and what it achieves. 41% of our aid is currently routed through multinational bodies where we have little cont… read more
Several informed people contacted me following my speech on importing electricity in the Commons on Monday. One wrote: “I listened to your speech yesterday in the House and I completely agree with point that you made regarding the inter connectors. I … read more
I am very concerned about the regulation, its provenance and whether it will limit our freedom of manoeuvre in ways we do not wish from the beginning of next year. I hope we will be redesigning an energy policy that is fit for purpose to meet our thre… read more