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Starmer Appoints Octopus Energy Tycoon As Cabinet Adviser

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on The Telegraph.

This is the sub-heading.

Greg Jackson Will Help Modernise Whitehall In PM’s Efficiency Drive

These are the three introductory paragraphs.

The founder of Octopus Energy has been appointed to an influential role advising the Government, weeks after Ed Miliband rejected his recommendations on energy pricing.

Greg Jackson will become one of three non-executive members of the Cabinet Office board, providing him with a platform from which to challenge the thinking of ministers and officials.

The entrepreneur said he intended to press departments to embrace the kinds of technology central to Octopus’s success in order to implement policies more rapidly and efficiently.

I certainly, agree with the last paragraph, but I feel that steering the supertanker of government, might need quieter rules on the tiller.

September 1, 2025 Posted by | World | , , , , | Leave a comment