Tony Lodge
Tony is a former Editor of the European Journal and a former Chief of Staff to the Shadow Attorney General and Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. He has worked in the Palace of Westminster for over 10 years.
With an extensive list of parliamentary contacts and having worked on many public policy projects in areas including energy, constitutional affairs, the EU, environmental and industrial policy, Lodge brings a wealth of expertise to New Century.
He has written regularly in the national and international media and appears regularly on national TV and radio covering energy, industrial and transport issues.
He has a long standing interest in industrial, energy/environment and transport policy and has commentated widely in the media on the need for an integrated transport strategy and a coherent and sustainable energy and environment policy. He has had numerous articles and reports published in the national and regional press. His past publications include Electrifying Britain – Forward with Coal, Gas or Nuclear? (Economic Research Council 2005), Clean Coal – A Clean Affordable Alternative (Centre for Policy Studies 2007), All Hot Air – Labour’s Failed Strategy on Fuel Poverty (Bow Group 2008), Wind Chill – Why Wind Energy will not fill the UK’s Energy Gap (Centre for Policy Studies 2008), Step Off the Gas – Why overdependence on gas is bad for the UK (Centre for Policy Studies 2009), The Right Track – Delivering the Conservatives’ Vision on High Speed Rail (Bow Group 2010), The Case for Energy Crops – How developing countries can help themselves and boost UK energy security (Bow Group 2010) and Rescuing Renewables – How energy storage can save green power (Bow Group 2011)
His areas of expertise include the energy sector, mining, environmental policy, the European Union and transport policy.
Tony displays a deep and incisive knowledge which is vital when seeking to cut through the jargon and minutiae. The means the analysis and advice you receive is top quality and considered.
— New Energy Review