Less than one in five voters believe taxes are too low, says CPS polling
“Only three in 100 people feel they personally pay too litte [tax]” reports The Sun, Monday 5 November. The figures, which come from YouGov polling commissioned by the Centre for Policy Studies, also show fewer than 20% of voters believe taxes are too low. The polling was released ahead of the publication of ‘Make Work Pay’,… View Article
Manchester would have been a better choice for new Channel 4 HQ
“The benefits of relocation are enhanced if there is an established media sector already there” so Manchester is a more natural choice for the new Channel 4 HQ, writes James Heywood, 2 November 2018. Heywood, Senior Researcher at the CPS and Mancunian, believes the existing MediaCityUK development in Salford would mean Channel 4 would have been… View Article
It’s better when people keep more of their hard-earned cash – Robert Colvile on Hammond’s Budget
“Perhaps the best thing the Chancellor did in his budget was say “No””, writes Robert Colvile, CPS Director, in his budget analysis for The Sun newspaper, Tuesday 30 October. Despite repeated calls to do otherwise, Philip Hammond resisted calls to raise taxes and instead decided “people pay enough tax already”. Click here to read the full piece on… View Article
A Brexit commemorative coin would be quintessentially British
As the Chancellor announces a commemorative 50p coin to mark Brexit, City A.M. asks ‘As we head towards a cashless society, is there any point?’. Callum Price, Events Manager at the CPS, says of course! Commemorative coins are as he said “quaint and garishmm subtle and obtrusive, awkward but well-intentioned” and what could be more British. Click here to read… View Article
McDonnell claims re-nationalisation will cost nothing, CPS responds
In an interview with The Andrew Marr Show, Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell claimed his party’s re-nationalisation plans wouldn’t cost the taxpayer a penny, Sunday 28 October 2018. Despite Marr pushing McDonnell with the £176billion figure – what the CPS calculated back in January Labour’s plans would cost – McDonnell repeated his previous claims that… View Article
Ireland shouldn’t bank on taking the Square Mile’s business
Attendees at a free trade conference in London were overwhelmingly supportive of Brexit, while financial service experts in Ireland thought it was a terrible mistake. However, that hasn’t stopped the financial community in Dublin looking forward to welcoming in businesses seeking to move offices from London back into the EU. That was the experience of… View Article
Thirty years on from the Lawson Budget, the Tories need to rediscover their faith in tax cuts
Tom Clougherty urges Philip Hammond to “use his Budget to make clear what he and the Government…believe in” in an article for the Sunday Telegraph, 21 October 2018 Tom, CPS Head of Tax, writes ahead of next week’s budget and looks back on the 1988 Budget as encouragement for the Government to be bold and re-discover their… View Article
Northern Powerhouse is ‘not firing on all cylinders’
“Has the Northern Powerhouse run out of steam?” Emma Revell, Communications Officer at the CPS, takes on the “Yes” side of this discussion in City A.M.’s debate pages. Emma argues that the departure from government of Northern Powerhouse architects, cancellation of various rail infrastructure upgrades, and party politics are getting in the way of the… View Article
Electoral Commission echoes CPS report calls for digital imprint on election materials
The Electoral Commission is proposing non-print election materials be required to carry an imprint which states who is behind it, reports The Sun, Tuesday 16 October. The proposal matches one of the recommendations made by Matt Warman MP in his recent report ‘Who Governs Britain?’, published by the Centre for Policy Studies back in May. The report… View Article
Robert Colvile: The boost to home ownership that would come from Help to Own
“We need to ensure that those properties that are being sold end up being owner-occupied rather than rented – because a society based on mass ownership is one that is more prosperous, more content and more secure”, says Robert Colvile in a piece on ConHome, Monday 15 October. Robert wrote following the publication of ‘From Rent to… View Article
Landlords should be given cash boost if they sell to tenants – The Sun
“Thousands of young people feel stuck renting so a change to offer landlords incentives to sell to their tenants could help them get on the property ladder”, says The Sun on Sunday, 14 October 2018. Reporting ahead of the publication of ‘From Rent to Own’, the new housing report from CPS Head of Policy Alex… View Article
The countryside is not a religion, we must build more homes
“Nigel Lawson once claimed that the NHS was the closest thing the English have to a religion. But the green belt surely runs it a close second”, says Robert Colvile in a column for The Telegraph, Sunday 6 October. However, the houing crisis is pushing voters to reconsider. Polling released by the Centre for Policy… View Article
The death of nimbyism? Brits now support building in their back yard
Brits suppose home-building in their areas, and think that local house prices are too high, according to new polling released by the Centre for Policy Studies. 47% of people agreed that while some countryside should be protected “some ought to be used for new housing”, reports City A.M. Planning restrictions on Green Belt land also have… View Article
The purpose of education is to give people skills for life. And we have lost sight of it.
The purpose of education is to give people tools “with which they can make their own way and support themselves” which requires “a range of schools that suit aptitudes – whether academic or technical.” Writing following the publication of ‘Technically Gifted’, a new report from Toby Young published by the Centre for Policy Studies, Alex highlights the need for… View Article
CPS makes big impact at CPC18
The Centre for Policy Studies has a long history of attending Conservative Party Conference, and our presence at 2018’s conference in Birmingham was bigger than ever before. We had a large, dedicated and prominent events space within the secure zone where we hostesd a vast array of fringe events, including receptions, panel discussions and one-on-ones…. View Article
Jeremy Corbyn has stolen Margaret Thatcher’s best lines – Robert Colvile
Labour Party leaders are “cribbing not just from Marx, but also…Margaret Thatcher”, writes Robert Colvile in the Mail on Sunday, 30 September 2018. Robert Colvile notes Labour are packaging their left-wing policies in the language of Thatcher, speaking about ownership and localism while promising policies that “the only workers given this ownership will be members of hard-Left… View Article
