Are grammer schools unfair? CPS report quoted by The Spectator
Grammar schools are back in the news as the Education Secretary Damian Hinds annouces more funding to enable existing schools to set up so-called ‘satellite schools’. In his piece for The Spectator’s Coffee House blog, David Butterfield highlights the unfairness created by increased houseprices near grammar schools. The price increases due to the demand for… View Article
Labour won Trafford by weaponising Nimbyism, writes James Heywood
Since 2004, Trafford has been the Tories’ flagship in the North but Labour gained the council in last week’s local elections by weaponising NIMBYism, writes James Heywood. James, CPS Senior Researcher and a former Tory activist in Trafford, highlights the need for local Conservative activists and campaigners to make a concerted effort both to assuage local… View Article
Jeremy Hunt praises
Jeremy Hunt today praised a recent CPS report on the future of technology in the NHS. In response to a question from Alan Mak MP – the author of “Powerful Patients, Paperless Systems” – asking him to “explore the possiblity of new technologies” in the NHS, the Health Secretary responded by praising the “excellent” report and expressing his desire to “be… View Article
A solution to Tory electoral problems in the capital. Work to make it more like the rest of England – Alex Morton
Alex Morton, CPS Head of Policy, writes his regular column for Conservative Home on the Conservative Party’s London problem ahead of the local elections tomorrow. In it he argues the party’s problems were not caused by Brexit, they were already visible during David Cameron’s premiership. “For some London Conservatives and media commentators, the solution to… View Article
Investing in new technology will create a new era of patient power
By harnessing the new technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Britain can put patients at the heart of a digital-first NHS, writes Alan Mak MP for ConservativeHome, Tuesday 1 May. Figures included in Powerful Patients, Paperless Systems – the new report by Alan Mak published today by the Centre for Policy Studies – outline the benefits of… View Article
How a digital NHS can deliver for the smartphone generation
The NHS means to adapt to the smartphone generation and become as easy to use as Amazon or Netflix, writes Alan Mak MP for Red Box, Tuesday 1 May. While younger generations have grown up in a paperless world, the NHS remains “weighed down at the heavy burden of paper”. Mak, whose new report Powerful Patients,… View Article
The NHS is overdue a digital revolution writes Alan Mak
Britain has a world-leading reputation as a healthcare innovator, but we must act now to ensure the NHS doesn’t fall behind, writes Alan Mak MP on Tuesday 1 May. Writing in City A.M., Alan argues too many NHS leaders are digitally risk-adverse with just £50m – well under 0.1% of the total NHS annual budget… View Article
WhatsApp-style message system could drive NHS into digital age
Doctors and nurses should be able to share patient information via an NHS-endorsed app according to a new report published by the Centre for Policy Studies, writes Edward Malnick in The Telegraph, writes Tuesday 1 May. The “NHS technology lag” as the report terms it, has left healthcare providers struggling to communicate with patients –… View Article
Cancer patients to update doctors on condition through WhatsApp-style service
Cancer patients will be able to update their doctors via a WhatsApp-style app, according to a new report published by the Centre for Policy Studies, Tuesday 1 May. Powerful Patients, Paperless Systems, by Havant MP Alan Mak puts forward a number of proposals to bring forward a digital-first NHS, including a secure messaging app which… View Article
We must demonstrate that capitalism is inherently fair and works in all our interests – Nick King
We must demonstrate that capitalism is inherently fair and works in all our interests, writes Nick King for Conservative Home, Tuesday 24 April. Nick, who recently joined the CPS as Head of Business and was previously a Special Advisor to Sajid Javid, argues there has never been more need to make the case for enterprise, free… View Article
Time to listen to the evidence on safe standing at football grounds
Football clubs want to introduce safe standing, fans want the option to stand, and the evidence backs it, so why does the government force top-flight football grounds to be all-seater?, asks Emma Revell, Communications Officer at the Centre for Policy Studies. After Tracey Crouch, Minister for Sport, defended the ban, claiming only a ‘vocal minority’… View Article
The best cure for loneliness? A home of your own
Home owners are happier, healthier, and less lonely so it makes sense to create more on them, writes Robert Colvile on Wednesday 11 April. Robert was responding to a new report from the Office of National Statistics, commissioned in response to the Jo Cox Foundation’s campaign on loneliness, which showed young renters with “little trust… View Article
We must not let jingoism halt worthy business takeovers, says Robert Colvile
Following the furore over the awarding of the contract to make new British passports to a French company, Robert Colvile is worried about the rise of economic nationalisation. While there is a need for national champions in business, he argues we must be allow corporate protectionism to prevent deals with make economic sense, both for… View Article
Incentives matter, says Colvile, as drop in plastic litter linked to 5p charge
“Incentives matter”, says Robert Colvile, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, in The Guardian Thursday 5 April. Responding to a report linking the introduction of the 5p charge for single use plastic bags to a reduction in plastic bags ending up in Britain’s oceans, campaigners argue similar charges could be introduced to reduce other… View Article
CPS report quoted backing calls for NHS Royal Commission
The time has come for a Royal Commission on the NHS, writes Dr James Noyes, policy advisor and associate at ResPublica. A Royal Commission, proposed by Lord Saatchi in a series of papers for the Centre for Policy Studies and backed by MPs from across the political spectrum, would back the “political sting” out of the debate… View Article
Without capitalism in capital markets, Corbyn wins – Alex Morton
Without capitalism in capital markets, Jeremy Corbyn wins the economic argument, writes Alex Morton on Conservative Home, Wednesday 4 April. Morton, who recently joined the CPS as Head of Policy and was previously part of David Cameron’s Downing Street Policy Unit, argues that Jeremy Corbyn’s offer of simply printing more money and giving it to… View Article
