After the U.K. Downgrade (Wall Street Journal)
George Osborne is banking Britain’s future on high-speed rail and green energy. Lost decades, here we come writes Rupert Darwall for the Wall Street Journal.
“Inflation is Caused by Governments” – Keith Joseph’s Preston Speech
On 5 September 1974 CPS founder Keith Joseph delivered his Preston speech, a rapid departure from Conservative Party policy.
The Justice and Security Bill: Six Crucial Outstanding Issues
The report stage and third reading of the Justice and Security Bill is due to take place in the House of Commons at 3.30pm on Monday 4 March 2013. It will continue on Thursday 7 March. Following the recent publication of the widely-acclaimed Neither Just nor Secure by Anthony Peto QC and Andrew Tyrie MP, it is clear that the following amendments should be made to the Bill as it currently stands.
Anthony Peto QC: A very un-British Bill – my response to Robert Buckland MP (Conservative Home)
Anthony Peto QC, co-author with Andrew Tyrie MP of the report, ‘Neither Just nor Secure’, published by the Centre for Policy Studies in January 2013, writes in Conservative Home on Monday 4th March 2013, in response to Robert Buckland MP.
Scope for more competition (Rail)
Respected industry publication Rail Magazine profiled the findings of Tony Lodge’s Rails Second Chance report in their 3 April 2013 issue.
RBS privatisation is the “light at the end of the tunnel” (City AM)
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne was quoted in City AM on Thursday 28th February 2013.
EU cap on bankers’ bonuses puts a vital British industry under attack (City AM)
CPS Director Tim Knox writes in City AM on Friday 1st March 2013.
The Bank of England panics and misses the point (The Spectator)
Ewan Stewart, author of the Centre for Policy Studies report, ‘Masking the Symptoms: why QE and huge deficits are not the cure’, writes in The Spectator on Wednesday 27th February 2013.
Negative interest rates are the last thing the economy needs (City AM)
Ewan Stewart’s report, ‘Masking the Symptoms: why QE and huge deficits are not the answer’, published by the Centre for Policy Studies in February 2013, was cited in City AM Editor Allister Heath’s column on Wednesday 27th February 2013.
Misguided calls for further stimulus misunderstand Britain’s downgrade (City AM)
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne writes for City AM on Tuesday 26th February 2013, discussing Moody’s decision to downgrade Britain’s credit rating.
Michael Fallon CPS speech in the media
On Monday 25th February, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise Michael Fallon MP conducted a speech for the Centre for Policy Studies entitled, ‘Deregulating for Growth.’ Below is the media coverage of the speech.
Moody’s downgrade will stiffen George Osborne’s resolve (The Sunday Telegraph)
CPS Director Tim Knox was quoted in Business Editor Kamal Ahmed’s column in The Sunday Telegraph on Sunday 24th February 2013.
Anthony Peto: Why Robert Buckland is wrong about the Justice and Security Bill (Conservative Home)
Anthony Peto QC, co-author with Andrew Tyrie MP of the report, ‘Neither Just nor Secure’, published by the Centre for Policy Studies in January 2013, writes in Conservative Home on Monday 25th February 2013.
Painful adjustments will prove worthwhile (The Financial Times)
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne and CPS Director Tim Knox write in The Financial Times on Thursday 21st February, in response to Lord Robert Sidelsky and Professor Marcus Miller’s article, ‘Supply Matters – but so does demand’.
Are pensions ‘finished’? Yes, because ISAs are better (CityWire)
CPS Research Fellow Michael Johnson was interviewed on the current state of pensions in CityWire on Friday 22nd February 2013.
David Cameron should defy European directives and keep our coal-fired power stations running (The Telegraph)
CPS Research Fellow Tony Lodge writes the lead letter in The Telegraph on Thursday 21st February 2013.
