CPS Director quoted by the i on housebuilding in 2023
Robert Colvile, CPS Director, has been quoted twice by the i in recent weeks on the subject of housebuilding. Firstly, in response to a speech by Housing Secretary Michael Gove, Robert said that although Gove was “adamant” that the country needs more homes, he was inevitably going to be restricted by political reality. In the… View Article
Andrew Lewer writes for ConservativeHome on his new CPS paper
Andrew Lewer, MP for Northampton South and a member of the Education Select Committee, has written for ConservativeHome following publication of his paper ‘Choices for Children’ by the Centre for Policy Studies earlier this week. In the piece, Andrew outlines three proposed changes targeting three groups of children least likely to experience positive educational outcomes:… View Article
Fund private school places for looked-after children, urges leading Tory
The education reform agenda has been built on choice. But those at the bottom of the economic pyramid often have the least control over their educational experience A new report by Andrew Lewer MP identifies three groups who would benefit most from changing this: ‘looked-after children’, those from poorer backgrounds, and children in ‘inadequate’ schools It makes… View Article
The Times campaign against stealth taxes
In a number of articles on stealth taxes, The Times, references support from the CPS. Tom Clougherty is quoted as saying ‘The Times campaign proposes exactly the right general approach: thresholds ought to rise with inflation so that people aren’t dragged into higher bands by stealth.’
Lord Frost undertakes Stepping Stones 2.0 project
Writing in his Telegraph column, Lord Frost, previews his upcoming project for the CPS which will aim ‘to help provide analysis, ideas, a programme, and intellectual confidence for the Right.’ The announcement also received coverage on Guido Fawkes and London Playbook
CPS responds to government migration announcement
Responding to the government’s proposed immigration reforms announced today, Karl Williams, CPS Research Director, said: ‘As analysis in our recent ‘Net Migration and Housing’ briefing shows, record levels of net migration are exacerbating England’s already severe housing and rental crisis. We therefore welcome the Government’s five-point plan to reduce net migration to more sustainable levels…. View Article
Net Migration and Housing Analysis
Following ONS publication of the updated immigration figures in which previous CPS predictions had been vindicated, CPS Director, Robert Colvile used his Sunday Times column to highlight the impact this would have on housing. This was followed by the release of a CPS report from Karl Williams providing data that showed 500,000 homes a year… View Article
King’s Speech response
The CPS appeared in ConHomes round-up of think tank responses to the King’s speech at the state opening of Parliament. ‘The robust line on law and order was not matched by a similarly imaginative approach to the economy.’ The CPS also made appearances on Politics Live and BBC Radio 4’s World at One. The Daily… View Article
How Sadiq Khan failed to fix London’s ‘grave social injustice’
Matt Oliver writes in the Telegraph about Sadiq Khan’s plans to allow prime real-estate in West London to be used as an industrial park for biscuit manufacturer McVities rather than allow much needed houses to built on the site. CPS Director, Robert Colvile is quoted “Nobody can really believe that Britain needs its biscuit production… View Article
Justice for the Young
Quoted in the Telegraph following the publication of The Justice for the Young essay collection and a number of stark statics that showed the increasing generational divide, Karl Williams, CPS Deputy Research Director said ‘We’re at risk of accepting a doom loop narrative’. The Essay collection also received attention in the Guardian and London Playbook
Autumn Statement response 2023
Following the Chancellor’s announcement of ‘full expensing’ in the Autumn Statement and reference to our advice -‘The Centre for Policy Studies says it would maximise business investment, boost productivity, and deliver higher levels of GDP’ – we received a wide range of coverage in the national press, tv and radio. Daily Express, The Telegraph, The… View Article
Niall Ferguson: Conservative politicians ‘repeating the mistakes of the past’
Recent Conservative governments have unwittingly repeated the mistakes that condemned Britain to an era of inflation and stagnation, warns leading historian Niall Ferguson. Prof Ferguson will reflect this evening on the lessons for Britain from the 1970s, as he delivers the 2023 Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture to the Centre for Policy Studies. The lecture, which… View Article
Migration fueling ‘cavernous’ housing deficit, says CPS
Revised net migration figures released last week by the Office for National Statistics show the UK had a record level of net migration in 2022 – 745,000 The new net migration figure is equivalent to 1.1% of the UK population Combined with net migration of 467,000 in 2021, migration has increased the UK population by… View Article
UK net migration figures ‘shocking but unsurprising’, says CPS
Responding to the latest migration data from the Official for National Statistics, Karl Williams, Deputy Research Director, said: ‘The scale of net migration in 2022 makes for shocking but unsurprising reading. Today’s revised total of 745k eclipses the provisional record high figure we were given earlier this year, as CPS analysis predicted. ‘We can now… View Article
CPS welcomes permanent full expensing
The Centre for Policy Studies is delighted to welcome the Chancellor’s decision to make full expensing permanent. The CPS has been leading the calls for full expensing for many years. It is a vital step in counteracting Britain’s chronically low rate of capital investment, which was 20% lower than the OECD average in the decade… View Article
Centre for Policy Studies launches 50th anniversary programme
Lord Frost to lead major policy project on mapping the UK’s problems and how to deal with them Alex Morton returns as a Research Fellow focusing on the relationship between Britain’s institutions, the state and the market Prof Niall Ferguson delivers Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture Programme of reports and events to run through 2024 … View Article
