Adam Memon on Royal Mail Privatisation
CPS Head of Economic Research Adam Memon appeared on Sky News and BBC Daily Politics to discuss the Royal Mail privatisation.
Welcome fall in dependency on the state
Official data released today by the Office of National Statistics shows that 52% of households are receiving more in benefits than they pay in taxes.
#Liberty2014 – Seen around the world 23 million times
Centre for Policy Studies bulletin, 20th June 2014.
Iain Martin: Welcome to CapX
Iain Martin writes on the launch of CapX, the digital news and commentary service from the Centre for Policy Studies.
WATCH: The Full Livestream of #Liberty2014
Raw, unedited footage from the livestream of the Main Hall at the Centre for Policy Studies Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty.
Daily Telegraph: The Thatcher conference on Liberty promises to be a landmark conservative event
Writing about the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty, Toby Young says ‘This promises to be a landmark event’.
Daily Telegraph: John Howard – Margaret Thatcher was my ‘guiding light’
Tim Stanley talks to the former Australian PM about conservatism, liberty, and what he learnt from Britain’s first woman prime minister.
Daily Telegraph: In death, Margaret Thatcher still leads the world’s conservatives
Daniel Hannan argues ‘Only one name could have brought so many political and intellectual leaders together in one place. More than a year after her funeral, Margaret Thatcher remains the queen of global conservatism.’ He will speak at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty on Wednesday 18th June.
Inflation’s down, wages are up, so what’s the UK’s ‘key weakness’? (Saxo TV)
Head of Economic Research Adam Memon was interviewed by Saxo Group TV on inflation and wages.
Who pays the piper – is state science the murderer of invention?
The Centre for Policy Studies is hosting a panel debate – “Who pays the piper – is state science the murderer of invention?”.
Who pays the piper – is state art the murderer of invention?
The Centre for Policy Studies is hosting a panel debate on state art versus liberty at the 2014 Margaret Thatcher Lecture on Liberty, to be held at the Guildhall on Wednesday 18 June 2014.
Daily Telegraph: Thatcher’s descendants are in danger of losing the culture war
Toby Young argues that ‘the state is entitled to insist that all schools teach children to respect the values that are part of our common culture, but it isn’t entitled to dictate every last detail of what’s taught in the classroom or to instruct schools about what teachers they can and can’t hire.’ He will speak at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty on Wednesday 18th June.
Daily Telegraph: Margaret Thatcher was a champion of freedom – exactly what Europe needs now
José María Aznar, Spanish prime minister from 1996 to 2004, argues tthat despite being branded as anti-Europeanist, Britain’s former PM firmly believed in a Europe of nation-states based on cooperation and trade.
Daily Telegraph: Lord Saatchi – Cut corporation tax for small businesses
Peter Dominiczak discusses how Lord Saatchi, the chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) think-tank, has called on the Government to offer major tax cuts to Britain’s small firms.
Daily Telegraph: Today’s Tories have forgotten the need for hard thinking
John O’Sullivan, director of the Danube Institute in Budapest and a fellow of the National Review Institute, discusses the founding of the Centre for Policy Studies and its significance in political history. He will speak at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty on Wednesday 18th June.
