by Paul Goodman The claim comes from Policy Exchange, in a research note launched today entitled "Not With A Bang But A Whimper". According to Ted Sumpster, its author, "the UK’s financial services industry is in danger of fading away" – which has big implications for the economy and taxpayers, since one study found that […]
by Paul Goodman The report is called Reforming provision in English schools, and the thrust of its case is that parents should have a guaranteed choice on what type of schooling their child should get. Its main recommendations are – Greater honesty and clarity from government about the amount of cash available for SEN […]
Tim Montgomerie A new report from Policy Exchange recommends reforms to faith schools to prevent infiltration from extremists. It concludes that Britain’s education system, including OfSted and the Department for Education, is currently not equipped to meet such challenges. The report says: "Current due diligence checks are piecemeal, partial and lack in-depth expertise; The Coalition Government’s […]
By Max Chambers of Policy Exchange, Senior Research Fellow in the Crime and Justice Unit. In just a few weeks time, the Government will publish much anticipated proposals on the future of sentencing and rehabilitation policy. A Green Paper will promise to deliver a ‘rehabilitation revolution’, with innovative reforms seeking to break the cycle of […]
By Paul Goodman The legal action between Policy Exchange and the North London Mosque has ended. The mosque sued the think-tank in relation to its report, "The Hijacking of British Islam" – published in 2007 – and it's worth reading the statement which it issued earlier this afternoon. "Policy Exchange is pleased to report that […]
Alex Morton joined Policy Exchange in October 2010 as a Research Fellow in the Economics unit. His research focuses on housing and planning reform. He previously authored Making Housing Affordable: A new vision for housing policy for Policy Exchange. The coalition has rightly made a huge issue of the six million people on out-of-work benefits […]
By Andrew Lilico In our latest report on controlling public spending, out today, Policy Exchange has investigated detailed scenarios for achieving cuts in resource spending across six important government departments. We explore the implications of 10% and 20% cuts scenarios in Education; and 25% and 40% cuts scenarios in BIS, CLG, DECC, the Home Office […]
Natalie Evans is Deputy Director of Policy Exchange. This new Research Note is timed to mark yesterday’s return to the Commons of the Bill paving the way for a referendum on changing the voting system, almost certainly next May. It is expected to get through the Commons, even if the Lords is another matter. But […]
By Paul Goodman Policy Exchange is probably closer to the Government than any other think-tank. So any paper it releases on student finance is worth keeping a special eye on – especially if it coincides with Ministerial pronouncements and a special report to them on the matter. The think-tank has today issued a research note […]
by Paul Goodman Policy Exchange has been concentrating much of its energy recently on housing. Today, it's published another work on the matter. Housing People; Financing Housing recommends that housing associations should be set free to raise money through methods like equity investment. Natalie Elphicke, the report's author, claims that this so-called “equitisation” could raise […]
By Tim Montgomerie This morning's papers, at the start of the TUC Conference, are full of threats of strike action and civil disobedience from Britain's trade union leaders (see BBC and Guardian). Mark Serwotka of the Public and Commercial Services Union wins the award for Chief Deficit Denier. He warned George Osborne that “not a […]
"Policy Exchange," reports The Telegraph, "calculated that the cost of green taxes, surcharges and other levies on energy will go from £5.7 billion this year to £16.3 billion in 2020. The increase will add £40 to the average household gas bill and £8 to an electricity bill, according to data from the Department of Energy […]
By Jonathan Isaby Following my post in which the Centre for Policy Studies laid claim to have been the source of a number of policies being enacted by the Government, here is the equivalent list of recommendations adopted by the Coalition Government which has been submitted by Policy Exchange. In italics are the names of […]
By Neil O'Brien of Policy Exchange. Yesterday saw two big developments in Britain’s climate policy. Firstly, the Department of Energy and Climate published a new report, which says that our current set of green policies are on course to raise electricity prices by a third. Given that a 1% rise in energy prices pushes around […]
By Jonathan Isaby Tom Miers has written a pamphlet published today by Policy Exchange, The Devolution Distraction: How Scotland’s constitutional obsession leads to bad government, which concludes that the not only has the Scottish Parliament not improved Scotland's economy or public services, but that further constitutional tinkering is a distraction from the real reform that […]