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
Bernanke review ‘damning indictment’ of how the Bank of England is run, says Lyons
Responding to Dr Ben Bernanke’s review into the Bank of England’s forecasting processes, CPS Research Fellow Dr Gerard Lyons said: ‘Andrew Bailey may have called the Bernanke review a ‘once in a generation’ review but given the fundamental problems it highlights it should not be seen as a one-off, but more usefully as a catalyst… View Article
CPS Director responds to new CPRE research on rural housing
Responding to new analysis of the rural housing crisis from CPRE, Robert Colvile, CPS Director, said: ‘It is welcome that the CPRE has finally noticed that there is a housing crisis in the British countryside. However, the CPRE has done as much as any organisation to create that crisis, by resolutely opposing any and all… View Article
City figures urge Hunt to axe stamp duty on shares
A new CPS paper leads the front page of City A.M. ‘Sharing the Wealth’, written by Gerard B. Lyons and CPS Director Robert Colvile, calls on the government to abolish stamp duty on shares. The paper, which is endorsed by major city figures, makes the front page of City A.M., with an opinion piece by… View Article
New Home Office data shows pressure from migration unlikely to ease
As Home Office figures show a year-on-year rise in the number of visas issued in 2023, CPS Research Director Karl Williams’ comments were reported in the Daily Mail and Daily Express. Read Karl’s full response here.
Stamp duty on shares is ‘a tax on growth’, new CPS modelling shows
First full analysis since financial crisis shows scrapping stamp duty on shares would result in significant uplift to pensions, savings and investment, at little or no overall cost to the taxpayer Abolition of the tax would increase long-run GDP by 0.2% – 0.7%, increase business investment by FTSE firms by between £2.8bn and £6.8bn, and… View Article
Pressures from record migration ‘show no sign of abating’
Home Office migration data published today and covering the whole of 2023 shows that pressures from unprecedented levels of immigration are not abating. Overall, the number of (non-visitor, non-temporary) visas issued rose only marginally (by 1%) in 2023 compared to 2022 – to a new record of 1.36 million visas. However, the underlying trend is… View Article
