‘Facing Fakes’ subject of The Times leader column
The Times newspaper wrote it’s leader column, Monday 17 June, on deepfake technology, referencing the recent CPS paper ‘Facing Fakes’. The report by CPS Head of Tech and Innovation Matthew Feeney claims that Britain is experiencing it’s ‘first deepfake election’ and that while we need to be aware of the dangers of people using deepfake… View Article
CPS warns of UK’s ‘first deepfake election’
With voters heading to the polls in just a matter of weeks, a new report warns that this could become the UK’s first deepfake election A number of deepfakes have already appeared online in recent weeks aimed at spreading election disinformation A deepfake video purported to show Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting calling Diane Abbott… View Article
News coverage for ‘Conservative Revolution’ launch
The Centre for Policy Studies published ‘Conservative Revolution’ on Tuesday 8 June with a drinks reception addressed by Charles Moore. The book was covered by the Sunday Express, featured in Moore’s column for The Spectator, and External Affairs Director Emma Revell wrote about the book in her weekly City A.M. column. The launch event also… View Article
Tax cuts for parents ‘extremely welcome’ says CPS Director
Responding to the Conservatives’ pledge to cut taxes for parents, CPS Director Robert Colvile said: ‘The Conservatives’ decision to tackle the unfairness of the high-income child benefit tax charge is extremely welcome. As the CPS identified in its recent paper ‘Family-Friendly Taxation’, this is a hugely unfair measure which results in parents paying higher marginal… View Article
CPS welcomes migration proposals
In response to the Conservative Party’s announcements on immigration policy, CPS Research Director Karl Williams said: ‘The Conservatives’ announcement of an annual migration budget, voted on by Parliament, is a welcome step in the right direction. That is why an annual migration budget was one of the core recommendations of the CPS’s recent report on… View Article
Conservative Revolution: Centre for Policy Studies launches 50th anniversary book
Centre for Policy Studies launches Conservative Revolution, a book looking back on the seismic events of the Thatcher premiership and the revolution she ushered in The book charts the history of the Centre for Policy Studies over the following half-century, from its founding by Margaret Thatcher and Keith Joseph to the present day Crucially, in… View Article
CPS welcomes Tory pledge to cut low quality university courses
Responding to the Conservative Party’s election pledge to cut low quality degrees, Centre for Policy Studies Research Director, Karl Williams said: ‘As the Centre for Policy Studies has repeatedly highlighted, far too many young people are being suckered into low quality university courses with poor employment outcomes. ‘This is bad for students – who leave university… View Article
Net migration hits 2 million over this parliament
New and revised data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published today shows that net migration so far in this parliament (to the end of 2023) has totalled over 2 million, equating to population growth of 3% Gross immigration exceeded 4 million, with non-EU nationals accounting for 74% of the total Revised estimates for… View Article
Red tape choking UK tech start-ups, argues new CPS report
The UK’s current regulatory apparatus, which is slow to adapt to emerging technologies, is holding back the UK’s tech superpower ambitions. Many innovators are looking elsewhere to set up new tech firms, due to Britain’s unsupportive regulatory environment. Previous CPS research established that the net annual burden of regulation on business increased by £6bn in… View Article
MAC review ‘whitewashes’ flaws in immigration system
Responding to the Migration Advisory Committee rapid review of the Graduate route, the authors of CPS immigration report, ‘Taking Back Control’ said: Robert Jenrick MP: ‘We urgently need to unwind the sector’s growing dependency on foreign students. The graduate route should be scrapped and we must fundamentally rethink our International Education Strategy (IES), including the… View Article
McVey makes headlines with CPS-hosted speech
Esther McVey, Minister without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office, made headlines with her first public speech since her appointment. Speaking to invited guests at the Centre for Policy Studies event, McVey set out how to deliver better services, tackle unnecessary processes and wasteful spending, as well as discussing how a common sense approach can improve… View Article
Migration report makes Daily Express front page
Following the release of our report, ‘Taking Back Control‘ authored by Robert Jenrick MP, Neil O’Brien MP and CPS Director of Research Karl Williams, and the subsequent launch event held at Old Queen Street Cafe on Wednesday 8th May, we received coverage across a range of print, radio and TV outlets – plus the front… View Article
Mass migration not delivering promised economic benefits, say Jenrick and O’Brien
New report calls for return to tens of thousands target, caps on main migrant routes and splitting up Home Office to increase focus on border control A new report from the Centre for Policy Studies, written by former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick MP, former minister Neil O’Brien MP, and CPS Research Director Karl Williams argues… View Article
Sunday papers splash on upcoming immigration report
A spectrum of Sunday newspapers have covered an upcoming Centre for Policy Studies report on immigration, written with Robert Jenrick MP and Neil O’Brien MP. The proposal of a ‘Migration Budget’ which would allow Parliament to vote on an overall migration cap and cap the numbers of visas available under individual routes was reported on… View Article
Burden on business increased in 2010s by at least £6bn a year
Since 2010, successive governments have promised to cut regulation – and even claimed to have succeeded But an in-depth study by the Centre for Policy Studies of the impact assessments attached to 3,528 pieces of legislation between 2010 and 2019 finds that £35 billion in annual regulatory costs were imposed on businesses in today’s money,… View Article
CPS fellow gives verdict on Bernanke review
Comments by economist and CPS Research Fellow Dr Gerard Lyons on the Bernanke review were picked up by the i newspaper and by Bloomberg, following its publication April 12. “Given the fundamental problems [the review] highlights”, Lyons said, “it should not be seen as a one-off”. Read Gerard Lyons’ full comment here, he also wrote… View Article
