Support grows for an NHS Royal Commission
Many of this morning’s newspapers led with coverage of the latest Centre for Policy Studies report, calling for a Royal Commission on the future of the NHS. In the face of thousands of appointment cancellations, the NHS is struggling and its future looks uncertain. A Royal Commission on the NHS – The Remit, by Maurice Saatchi… View Article
Newspaper leaders back CPS call for NHS Royal Commission following surgery cancellations
Amid yet another winter crisis for the NHS, which this year has led to the cancellation of all non-urgent surgeries for a month, several newspapers have come out in support of an NHS Royal Commission. The Telegraph highlighted that while the cancellations were unusual, the NHS is rarely not in crisis. Ever since it’s foundation… View Article
McMafia doesn’t tell the real story about globalisation
“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.” That is the premise of “McMafia”, the new BBC drama which tells the story of a young businessman drawn into a life of crime. But Robert Colvile, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, argues the dark side of globalisation isn’t the full picture, doesn’t capture the… View Article
Reserve half of all homes for Britons to stop foreigners snapping them up, says think tank report
Restrictions on house buying by people who don’y pay tax in the UK need to be brought in in order to place home ownership at the front of the policy agenda, reports Christopher Hope in The Telegraph. In his new report, ‘Homes for Everyone’, Chris Philp MP points out that foreign buyers are snapping up… View Article
Success for CPS policy as teaching phonics boosts reading standards
International tests have shown that the reading ability of nine and ten year olds in England have reached their highest levels since 2001, following a controversial shift in government policy in 2010 which required schools to teach phonics. The Centre for Policy Studies has been pushing for a phonics-based system for many years, with Tom Burkard… View Article
The Lessons of British Austerity – a new report on the United Kingdom’s experiences with fiscal reform
As the debate continues in the US around Donald Trump’s fiscal reform agenda, a new joint project from a series of leading international think tanks examines the experience of Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand, with the aim of helping to shape a bipartisan consensus for action within America. The project involves a series of… View Article
Conservatives must harness Margaret Thatcher’s ideas to save Britain from a Corbyn government, party grandees warn
“Conservatives must harness Margaret Thatcher’s ideas to save Britain from a Corbyn government”, that was message on the Sunday Telegraph front page on 12 November 2017. The piece led on the launch of the Centre for Policy Studies’ New Generation roject which launches 13 November and aims to promote debate and discussion by the 2015… View Article
We must show how Tory principles can make today’s Britain a better place – Lord Saatchi and Graham Brady MP
The Conservatives need to face the challenges of the 21st century with the same ‘zealous spirit’ as Margaret Thatcher in order to defeat Jeremy Corbyn, write Maurice Saatchi and Graham Brady MP, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies, in the Sunday Telegraph 12 November 2017. The piece comes ahead of the… View Article
Britain needs more robots, not fewer – Daniel Mahoney
Daniel Mahoney joined BBC Radio Scotland’s Gary Robertson to talk about the latest CPS report, Why Britain Needs More Robots.
Right to Buy still has a place in our housing policy – Daniel Mahoney
Is ‘Right to Buy’ still working as a policy? That was the question posed to Daniel Mahoney, Head of Economic Research at the Centre for Policy Studies, by Adam Boulton as they met to discuss the policy on Sky News, Monday 30 October 2017. Daniel was debating the issue with Tom Copley, Labour’s housing spokesman… View Article
Our reliance on energy imports is storing up trouble
Juliet Samuel writes in The Telegraph today, 24 OCtober 2017, on the dangers of increasing electricity imports instead of increasing domestic capacity. Samuel draws on the CPS report, ‘The Hidden Wiring’ by Tony Lodge and Daniel Mahoney, which highlights the government’s quiet abandoning of previous pledges to build more electricity geneators in Britain and instead purchasing more… View Article
Increasing electricity imports from Europe puts Britain’s supply at risk, think tank warns
Tony Lodge, author of a new report on Britain’s energy supply, is quoted by City AM today, Monday 23 October, arguing the government’s apparent change of policy will damage the country. ‘The Hidden Wiring’, written by Lodge and Daniel Mahoney, sets out how the government has seemingly abandoned it’s commitment to generating more electricity at… View Article
Daniel Mahoney on TalkRadio, discussing the effect of the pensions triple lock
Daniel Mahoney joined John Nicolson’s TalkRadio show to discuss his latest paper “Did Clegg create the conditions for Corbyn?
The government can fix tuition fees. Here’s how
The government must do more to help students deal with university debts, or else create a financial time bomb for future taxpayers when loans are written off, argues Michael Johnson in a piece for The Telegraph published 19 October 2017. “Tuition Fees: A Fairer Formula”, written by Johnson and published by the Centre for Policy… View Article
Tories must undergo radical change, says former minister
The Guardian reports on Robert Halfon’s speech to the Centre for Policy Studies and the 1900 Club, in which he urged the Conservative Party to embrace radical reform and the language of compassion to appeal to working voters. “Halfon said welfare reforms such as universal credit had been rolled out without any explanation about whether… View Article
The Conservatives must become the workers’ party, says Robert Halfon
Robert Halfon urges the Conservative Party to rebrand and adopt a radical message to appeal to working class voters, writes Sam Coates in The Times 10 October 2017. In a speech to the Centre for Policy Studies and the 1900 Club, Halfon outlined his plan for a workers party that “reclaimed the language of compassion”… View Article
