The Prime Minister’s Speech: Coalition Manager or Statesman?
Ahead of David Cameron’s speech on Britain’s relationship with the European Union, four influential voices give their opinion on what the Prime Minister’s speech should contain. They are: Lord Blackwell; CPS Board Member and former Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit 1995-97 “Will the speech set out a serious agenda for the UK? Or… View Article
VIDEO: Medical Innovation Bill: Lord Saatchi on cancer treatment (BBC Daily Politics)
CPS Chairman Lord Saatchi appeared on BBC Daily Politics on 16th January 2013 to discuss the Medical Innovation Bill. This video is courtesy of the BBC website. “Lord Saatchi – best known as an advertising guru – is introducing a bill aiming to help find a cure for cancer 18 months after he lost his wife… View Article
The UK’s credit rating will fall victim to the failure to tweak RPI (City AM)
George Trefgarne, author of CPS publication ‘Metroboom‘, writes for City AM on the surprise failure to change the RPI measure of inflation. To view the full article, visit the City AM website. “WHEN asked who your favourite chancellor is, it’s fashionable to reply William Gladstone. He is the man who helped construct the Victorian liberal state,… View Article
CPS Board member John Nash appointed to government
Many congratulations to CPS Board Member John Nash who has just been named Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Education. Nash was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he read law and then became a barrister. He practiced briefly and then went into the City. He worked at Lazards for 8 years… View Article
Were MPs right to cap the benefits rise at 1 per cent? (City AM)
CPS Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne debates NIESR’s Jonathan Portes on the government’s benefits cap. To view the full debate, visit the City AM website. “THE government is struggling to control borrowing and this is partly due to a 5.9 per cent increase in net social security payments this financial year compared with last. Many… View Article
But why pick on mothers who stay at home? (Daily Mail)
CPS Research Fellow Kathy Gyngell writes for the Daily Mail on the changes to child benefit. To view the full article, visit the Daily Mail website. “When my two sons were pre-school age, my husband and I had dinner with Margaret Thatcher. She had only recently left office and I recall feeling slightly shamefaced when she… View Article
Is it time for a ‘revolution’ in the way we age? (Channel 4)
With the number of over-65s expected to nearly double by 2050 and little plan for how to support them, Channel 4 News looks at what can be done to cope with the perfect storm of an ageing population and spoke to CPS Research Fellow Michael Johnson. To read the full article, visit Channel 4 News. “For… View Article
Vested interests will fight to block necessary spending cuts (City AM)
City AM Editor Allister Heath cited CPS research from “The Progressivity of UK Taxes and Transfers” in his column this morning. To view the full article, visit the City AM website. “In fact, one of the most important facts about British society today is that over half the population receives more from the state in cash… View Article
The coalition’s lack of purpose has ruined our freedom to fail or thrive (City AM)
Sir Martin Jacomb, chairman of Share, former chairman of Prudential, former deputy chairman of Barclays, and author of CPS pamphlet Some Reflections on Freedom, writes for City AM. To see the article at its original destination, visit the City AM website. “A SOCIETY must provide its people with certain basics, including security, food and shelter. A civilised society… View Article
UK can shape new European relationship (Financial Times)
Lord Blackwell, CPS Board Member and Head of John Major’s Number 10 Policy Unit, writes on the future of Britain’s relationship with the EU. To read the full article, visit the Financial Times website (£). At last the real debate about Britain’s place in Europe is about to crystallise. From the day the UK joined the… View Article
Financial Times questions: Europe
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne took part in a Financial Times series of questions on the global economy in 2013. Here are his thoughts on Question 6, Europe: To view the other answers give, visit the Financial Times website. As far as the economics are concerned, how much should people worry that Britain might leave… View Article
