CBI: ‘Labour’s re-nationalisation plans will profoundly harm UK’
Labour’s plans for re-nationalisation will “profoundly harm” the UK economy, said Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director-General. Speaking at Liverpool John Moores University, Fairbairn quoted CPS figures from “The Cost of Nationalisation” paper published in 2018 which estimated the cost of Labour’s re-nationalisation plans at over £170bn, or £6,500 per UK household. Fairbairn added that over 8… View Article
Corbyn fails yet again to grasp the magic of competitive markets
“Competition is what has given us civilisational wonders like iPhones and Teslas and the Greggs vegan sausage roll” writes Robert Colvile, CPS Director, in City A.M., 19 March 2019. Unlike Jeremy Corbyn – who believes one company having the monolopy of mail delivery is efficient – Colvile argues competition is driving better services for consumers and we should… View Article
Deal or no deal, let’s make the UK the most attractive place for business
“There is no magic bullet post-Brexit” but Britain needs ideas for how to reassure consumers, promote investment, and keep Britain open to trade and talent in the event of no-deal, writes Robert Colvile, 12 March 2019. That is why the Centre for Policy Studies has published ‘A Budget for No Deal’ which sets out more than a dozen… View Article
The battle for Britain’s future requires some ideological firepower
Christian May, Editor of City A.M., writes his weekly column on the rise of the Centre for Policy Studies and tonight’s Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture which will be delivered by Allister Health, his predecessor as City A.M. editor and current editor of the Sunday Telegraph. May highlights the vital role played by the CPS in bringing… View Article
Is Philip Hammond’s plan to thwart Brexit about to reach fruition?
Instead of embarking on viable no-deal planning, Chancellor Philip Hammond wishes to make no-deal sound like “a terrifying act of national self-harm”, writes Fraser Nelson in The Telegraph, 8 March 2019. Fraser, who sits on the Board of the Centre for Policy Studies, highlights missed opportunities to make the case for strong no-deal planning but writes… View Article
CPS named most influential think tank among Tory MPs
Figures from polling company ComRes have revealed the Centre for Policy Studies is considered the most influential think tank by Conservative MPs. The polling was carried out by ComRes, who spoke to over 150 MPs, and gathered their views on a variety of issues relating to the effectiveness, influence, profile, and perceived partiality of think… View Article
Charities should drop their halos and stick to basics
“When you think of the World Wide Fund for Nature, you think of cuddly pandas…[not] funding paramilitary forces that allegedly “tortured and killed scores of people”” writes Robert Colvile in The Times, Wednesday 6 March. The extraordinary news follows a Buzzfeed News investigation and comes after scores of other charities have been “tainted by scandal”. Often, Robert… View Article
By welcoming top talent, Britain can breed a new generation of unicorns
‘Unicorn visas’ for new tech companies, a comprehensive skills review led by businesses, and a nationwide entrepreneur mentoring programme would all enable Britain to support the next generation of tech companies, writes Eamonn Ives. Eamonn’s piece highlights research which shows Brits are in favour of increasing, or at least maintaining, the number of high-skilled immigrants… View Article
Britain must seize the opportunity to lead the tech talent revolution
Will Shu, Chief Executive of Deliveroo, writes in The Telegraph, Monday 4 March, backing the recommendations of the latest report from the Centre for Policy Studies. ‘Herding Unicorns’ followed conversations and interviews with tech investors, entrepreneurs and staff at existing start-ups and scale-ups and identifies the challenges facing companies seeking to become a ‘unicorn’ – an… View Article
Despite what Corbynistas say, when it comes to tax we’re more of a Sweden than a Singapore
Jeremy Corbyn’s fan club may claim Britain is a tax-cutter’s paradise but “when you actually look at Britain’s tax system, you quickly realise that it isn’t true” writes Tom Clougherty, CPS Head of Tax, in The Telegraph. Corporation tax rates have dropped but receipts have risen, the total tax take is at a 32 year high, and… View Article
Purging the bleeping pager is key to digitising the NHS – Alan Mak MP
65 years on from the first use of pagers in hospitals, over 100,00 devices are still in use across the NHS. Alan Mak MP, who has put forward a bill to ban their use, along with fax machines, argues in The Times that they are contributing to inefficiencies and sub-standard patient care. “97 per cent… View Article
Time to stop punishing London’s landlords – Robert Colvile
Rent controls are “economically illiterate” and rent controls proposed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan will only “exacerbate the housing crisis”, writes Robert Colvile in the London Evening Standard, 12 Febraury. Landlords are only painted as “Public Enemy No 1” with rent control seen as a way to protect tenants from landlord greed but Robert highlights the fact that many landlords… View Article
Britain must build more gas-fired power plants now – Tony Lodge
Falling capacity margins in European electricity markets should “concern British policy makers”, writes Tony Lodge in The Times, Monday 4 February. As Britain’s reliance on European imports increases, Germany and Europe are switching from coal to renewables and supplies of cheap, abundant electricity for Britain are reducing. Lodge warns that – if cheap European electricity does… View Article
Government must ‘strain every sinew’ to boost home ownership – Robert Colvile
Home ownership has become an increasingly distant prospect for an entire generation”, warns Robert Colvile, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, warns in the Mail Online, Friday 1 February. Commenting on the news that home ownership among young adults has plummetted by a third, Robert encouraged the government to “strain every sinew to fix the… View Article
How Chavez turned South America’s richest country into a hellhole
“Venezuela has plunged into the abyss…a brutal, corrupt government has turned what has once Latin America’s richest country into a hellhole”, writes Robert Colvile in The Sun, Sunday 26 January. Presidents Chavez and Maduro nationalised the oil industry, heavily taxed foreign firms, introduced price and currency controls, and seized the goods of private companies. Robert also… View Article
Alex Morton: For voters to have more money, Government must spend less
“It is right and crucial that politicians back hard work and effort, rather than seeing the British taxpayer as an endless source of money”, writes Alex Morton in his regular ConservativeHome column. He argues that post-Brexit, the Conservative Party will need to re-engage with their voters and members and the best way to do this… View Article
