Bishop of London Richard Chartres’ address at Lady Thatcher’s funeral (full text)
After the storm of a life lived in the heat of political controversy, there is a great calm.
VIDEO: How did Saatchi & Saatchi ‘sell’ Mrs Thatcher?
Jon Snow asks Centre for Policy Studies Chairman Lord Maurice Saatchi how he “sold” a possible female leader to the UK voters.
The campaign guru: ‘Here endeth her lessons’ (The Times)
CPS Chairman Lord Saatchi writes for The Times on why Margaret Thatcher won three elections.
Margaret Thatcher: Right about nearly everything (The Financial Times)
CPS Board Member Niall Ferguson writes for the Financial Times on the respect Baroness Thatcher commanded abroad.
Lord Saatchi remembers Baroness Thatcher (BBC Radio 4)
CPS Chairman Lord Saatchi appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme to remember Baroness Thatcher.
Why did Mrs Thatcher win three elections in a row?
CPS Chairman Lord Saatchi looks at why Mrs Thatcher won an historic three elections in a row.
Statement from President Obama on the passing of Margaret Thatcher
Statement from President Obama on the passing of Margaret Thatcher
VIDEO: Telegraph look at Margaret Thatcher’s career
Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87. The Telegraph look at her life, her achievements and how she became such a controversial and divisive figure.
David Davison: Time tide turned on pension attitude (The Scotsman)
“Michael Johnson of the Centre for Policy Studies is a formidable figure with a distinguished track record in grasping the major issues facing the UK’s pension sector. He has highlighted the extent of unsustainable public sector scheme funding”, writes David Davison who shares his own view on the UK’s pension sector in The Scotsman
Cost of public sector pensions increases despite Hutton reforms (WSB)
The annual cost of unfunded public sector schemes has increased since the introduction of the Hutton reforms according to figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility .
Abolish ORR and increase open access (Rail)
Rail Magazine profiled the findings of Tony Lodge’s Rails Second Chance report
Forget the Cypriot deposit haircut: Bank failure isn’t the only risk of investing (City A.M)
“It’s important to remember that the risk of a bank failure isn’t the only risk of investing” says Ryan Bourne head of economic research at the Centre for Policy Studies.
Gold-plated public sector pensions ‘set to cost every family £1,500’ (Mail Online, Sunday Mail, This is Money)
Last year the net cost of paying the pensions of retired State workers was £8billion. That figure is set to more than double in 2017/18 says Michael Johnson following his research for the CPS.
Tony Lodge: Getting trains back on track (The Scotsman)
OUR objective is to improve the quality of railway services by creating many new opportunities for private sector involvement. This will mean more competition, greater efficiency and a wider choice of services more closely tailored to what customers want.
