Are you angry with the Lords? Don’t abolish or elect it. Here’s a better reform
As the House of Lords continues to flex its muscles over Brexit, the debate should be about reform, not abolition or election, writes Alex Morton in his regular ConHome column. Alex argues that an elected second chamber would leave to a “struggle for legitimacy” between the two houses and “greater chaos” while dispensing with a… View Article
‘Stop Going On About Venezuela’ Gove Tells Tories Who Want To Win Young Voters
Michael Gove warned that the younger generation are broadly “suspicious towards capitalism” and the Conservative Party should listen to their concerns, reports the Huffington Post, Tuesday 15 May. In a speech at the launch of ‘New Blue: Ideas for a New Generation’, an essay collection published by the Centre for Policy Studies and aimed issues that matter to younger… View Article
Michael Gove warns Tories need to move on from Margaret Thatcher
Michael Gove urged Tories to remake the argument for capitalism, reports The Telegraph, Tuesday 15 May. Speaking at the launch of ‘New Blue: Ideas for a New Generation’, Gove suggested young voters accosiated capitalism with “an economic system that seems to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer” and it was up to the Conservative… View Article
Rising Tory calls on housing developers to pay tax to local community
“[Housing] developers should pay a new tax – with funds going directly to the local community, a rising Tory star has recommended”, according to The Sun, Tuesday 15 May. Bim Afolami, Conservative MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, proposed the new tax in an essay written for the ‘New Blue: Ideas for a New Generation’ essay collection, published… View Article
Give unions more powers in the workplace but curb their political activity, says top Tory activist
Workers should be given greater say in how their workplaces are run, argues Nick Denys in “A Modern Employment Act”, his essay in the CPS’ ‘New Blue’ collection. The Mirror reports that Nick argues for greater trade union involvement in workplaces but that unions should cut back on political activity and show they “concretrate on… View Article
Who are these so-called young people and why won’t they vote Tory?
“For Conservatives, politics at the moment can feel a bit like Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, writes Robert Colvile today in The Times. As exclusive CPS polling revealed last week, almost half of young people say they would not consider voting for the Conservatives at the next general election and yet they are more likely than older… View Article
ConHome praises the CPS ‘New Blue’ essay collection
The Centre for Policy Studies is experiencing a revival with the New Generation programme according to Conservative Home. In a piece written by the editor Paul Goodman, the website outlines how the programme and the most recent essay collection “New Blue: Ideas for a New Generation” are driving debate on the future of economic policy…. View Article
CPS publishes ‘New Blue: Ideas for a New Generation’
The Centre for Policy Studies today publishes a landmark collection of policy essays, ‘New Blue: Ideas for a New Generation’, from rising stars of the 2015 & 2017 intakes of Tory MPs and other fresh voices. ‘New Blue’, which will be launched this evening by the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP at a reception in Parliament,… View Article
Majority of Britain’s youth will not vote Tory in next election, CPS figures reveal
Just 5% of 18-24 year olds are sure to vote Tory at the next general election, according to figures released today. The findings, reported in The Sun, form the basis of a collection of essays writen by young Conservative MPs and activists on the centre-right due to be published by the Centre for Policy Studies… View Article
Tories battle image problem in fight to capture youth vote
The Conservative Party must do more to breakdown negative stereotypes around the party in order to win support from young voters, says Ben Bradley MP, in the Sunday Telegraph, 13 May 2018. The Conservative Party Vice-Chair for Youth outlined his viewed in the introduction to a collection of essays from Tory MPs and thinkers due to… View Article
Replacing inheritance tax is easier said than done, says CPS Head of Tax
The Resolution Proposal to fund a ‘Citizen’s Inheritance’ through replacing inheritance tax with a ‘lifetime receipts tax’ wouldn’t be as simple as it sounds, according to Tom Clougherty, Head of Tax at the Centre for Policy Studies. Writing his CapX debut, Tom points out that – according to the Taxpayer’s Alliance – inheritance tax accounts… View Article
Are grammer schools unfair? CPS report quoted by The Spectator
Grammar schools are back in the news as the Education Secretary Damian Hinds annouces more funding to enable existing schools to set up so-called ‘satellite schools’. In his piece for The Spectator’s Coffee House blog, David Butterfield highlights the unfairness created by increased houseprices near grammar schools. The price increases due to the demand for… View Article
Labour won Trafford by weaponising Nimbyism, writes James Heywood
Since 2004, Trafford has been the Tories’ flagship in the North but Labour gained the council in last week’s local elections by weaponising NIMBYism, writes James Heywood. James, CPS Senior Researcher and a former Tory activist in Trafford, highlights the need for local Conservative activists and campaigners to make a concerted effort both to assuage local… View Article
Are young people clamouring for Corbyn? New CPS polling sheds light on the new generation
The 2017 election showed that age has replaced class as the great electoral divide in British politics. In its wake, the question of whether and how the Conservatives can win back young voters has become a topic of intense discussion. Now, new polling by YouGov for the Centre for Policy Studies has provided the best… View Article
Jeremy Hunt praises
Jeremy Hunt today praised a recent CPS report on the future of technology in the NHS. In response to a question from Alan Mak MP – the author of “Powerful Patients, Paperless Systems” – asking him to “explore the possiblity of new technologies” in the NHS, the Health Secretary responded by praising the “excellent” report and expressing his desire to “be… View Article
A solution to Tory electoral problems in the capital. Work to make it more like the rest of England – Alex Morton
Alex Morton, CPS Head of Policy, writes his regular column for Conservative Home on the Conservative Party’s London problem ahead of the local elections tomorrow. In it he argues the party’s problems were not caused by Brexit, they were already visible during David Cameron’s premiership. “For some London Conservatives and media commentators, the solution to… View Article
