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What now for the Tories?

    What now for the Tories? with Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Political Science – University of Kent and Author Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner – Public First and co-author of the Conservative Party’s Election Manifesto in 2019 Lord Frost, Senior Fellow – Policy Exchange Will Tanner, Director – Onward Robert Colvile, Director – Centre for Policy Studies (Chair) After… View Article

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What now for the Tories?

    What now for the Tories? with Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Political Science – University of Kent and Author Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner – Public First and co-author of the Conservative Party’s Election Manifesto in 2019 Lord Frost, Senior Fellow – Policy Exchange Will Tanner, Director – Onward Robert Colvile, Director – Centre for Policy Studies (Chair) After… View Article

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No Way to Help the High Street

The Government has floated the idea of an online sales tax to support high streets at the expense of online retailers, potentially set at 1% or 2% of online sales. A new paper from the Centre for Policy Studies, supported by the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), today shows that this would do more… View Article

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The Right to Own

Right to Buy was one of the most transformative policies of the 20th century, making the dream of home ownership a reality for millions. Since its introduction in the 1980s, approximately 4.5 million social tenants took up the opportunity to buy their homes from the state. But the numbers have fallen off a cliff, hitting a low of… View Article

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Why Choose Britain?

Britain’s prosperity has long depended on being open to talent and investment. Following Brexit and the pandemic, and amid the worst cost of living crisis in a generation, that openness is more important than ever. It is crucial to boosting economic growth and raising living standards, and will be absolutely necessary in delivering the Government’s… View Article

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Cutting the cost of living

British households continue to face the dire realities of a worsening cost of living crisis, which the Government has rightly made its number one priority. A new Centre for Policy Studies briefing paper today outlines a host of measures that the Government could implement immediately to help address the short term challenges of the cost of living… View Article

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Changing Track

Just over two years ago the United Kingdom went into its first national lockdown. Overnight, rail lost its monopoly on commuting. Journeys fell from 1.7 billion to 388 million and the industry faced an unprecedented revenue crisis which has burdened taxpayers with a £14 billion bill. Despite the UK being one of the most open societies… View Article

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21.06.22

No Way to Help the High Street
Alex Morton 9.06.22

The Right to Own
Robert Colvile 23.05.22

Why Choose Britain?
Karl Williams 18.05.22

Cutting the cost of living
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Regressive, ineffective and unnecessary – an online sales tax is no way to help the high street
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Elizabeth Dunkley

The Tories are right to revive Right to Buy – it is a policy to be proud of
Gerard Lyons

If the Government wants companies to choose Britain, we need a culture change
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