Josh Buckland
Senior Fellow, Energy & Environment
Josh is a Senior Fellow with Policy Exchange’s Energy & Environment unit. Josh was previously Energy Advisor to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In this role he provided expert policy and strategic advice to both Greg Clark and subsequently Andrea Leadsom on all major energy and climate issues. Josh spent two months working as a senior advisor within the COP26 Unit. Previously he held a number of other senior roles at the centre of Government, including spending three years in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit in No10 Downing Street working on energy and environment issues. He was also Head of the Energy Policy team in HM Treasury.
Download Publication Online Reader Addressing the nationwide energy crisis will be the new Prime Minister’s first and foremost priority. With the new October energy price cap rising to £3,549, and the cap projected to rise to over £5,000 next year, the government is facing growing demands for another round of universal benefits and a freeze on bills. However, in the headwinds of intense inflationary pressures, these measures would further erode […]
Energy policy is back on the front pages, with stories about rising energy bills, energy suppliers going bust, and concerns over security of supply, with the UK’s electricity grid appearing to creak even before demand ramps up during the winter. It’s a formidable in-tray for new Energy Minister Greg Hands, who will benefit from working alongside BEIS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, a former Energy Minister himself. The immediate energy crisis is a liquidity crunch […]
