How a Real-Estate Entrepreneur Saved Britain From Itself
In December 2022 Lord Young of Graffham, former Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, died aged 90. The Wall Street Journal has published a long-read on Lord Young’s life and career, including his time at the CPS which he joined as a researcher in 1977 before becoming the Director when Margaret Thatcher become Prime… View Article
Strikes are “a tragedy — and it will hurt these children most.”
The problems teachers most commonly face “are the result of poor leadership — not a lack of money” and striking is not the right solution says CPS Head of Education Mark Lehain. Writing in the Daily Mail, the former teacher and headteacher also argues that schools need to be open, consistently open, to allow “children… View Article
Only a non-partisan Royal Commission can rescue UK healthcare
Lord Saatchi, former chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies, has written for the Sunday Telegraph on the need for a Royal Commission on the NHS. To mark Lord Saatchi’s renewed campaign and the article, which featured on the newspaper’s front page, the Centre for Policy Studies has re-published his 2017 and 2018 papers on… View Article
Former Tory housing ministers back report calling for more homes
Housing Today covered a new report from the Centre for Policy Studies, demolishing some common myths about the UK housing crisis. ‘The Case for Housebuilding’ argues that high house prices are caused by undersupply of homes, that brownfield land alone cannot supply enough land for the homes we need, and that housebuilding is more popular… View Article
Housing policy is based on ‘catastrophically’ flimsy beliefs, says Tory think tank
The latest report from the Centre for Policy Studies was picked up with an article in the Daily Telegraph. ‘The Case for Housebuilding’ by Elizabeth Dunkley and Alex Morton was endorsed by four former housing ministers and “criticises current housing policy and says the Government must increase the supply of new houses being built across… View Article
Far too many families don’t have access to the childcare they need
CPS Head of Education Mark Lehain has penned a short comment piece on the Daily Express on childcare. Alongside a news story on parents missing out on pay due to a lack of affordable childcare, Mark writes that despite government subsidies, British parents are sending 30 per cent of their income on nurseries and minders… View Article
