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
Conservatives have no message, claims former minister
The Conservatives have no message – beyond austerity and Brexit – and they will struggle to attract voters if they allow the Left to claim the monopoly on the language of compassion, claimed Robert Halfon in a speech to the Centre for Policy Studies, 9 October 2017. City AM noted that “Halfon has long pushed… View Article
Theresa May told to crackdown on medical legal bills
Theresa May needs to do more to tackle the soaring medico-legal burden on the NHS as highlighted by a new CPS report, “The Medico-Legal Crisis and How to Solve It” by Dr Paul Goldsmith. The report, published 6 October 2017, also highlighted the increased costs of GP indemnity, bourne by the GPs themselves, which risked driving them… View Article
Britain is worse than US for medical negligence claims
Britain now spends more on medical legal claims per head of population than the US, with the NHS spenting £1.6billion on medical negligence claims last year – or £24 per person. That was the headline figure picked out by the Daily Mail in their coverage of the latest CPS report, “The Medico-Legal Crisis and How to Solve It” by… View Article
Taking away Uber is like taking away part of our lives – Robert Colvile for the FT
In the wake of Transport for London’s decision not to re-issue Uber with a private hire licence, Robert Colvile predicts a compromise will be found. “When Transport for London, an independent regulator overseen by the mayor, announced that Uber’s operating licence would not be renewed, the reaction was swift. “Brilliant victory for unions, labour movement… View Article
Prince William is naive about drug legalisation – CPS fellow
Prince William has been branded “naive” by Kathy Gyngell, CPS research fellow, for asking a group of drug addicts for their views on legalisation. The prince asked the group of recovering addicts for their views while visiting the Spitalfields Cyrpt Trust which support people struggling with substance misuse. Kathy Gyngell said his comments were “well-meaning… View Article
Public sector pay rises need to be balanced against risk to taxpayers
On 13 September 2017, Daniel Mahoney joined Iain Dale’s LBC show to discuss the government’s decision to partially lift the public sector pay cap. Click to read Daniel’s report from July 2013 “Abadoning Austerity is No Solution to Public Sector Pay“.
Is now the time to raise public sector pay?
On 13 September 2017, Daniel Mahoney joined Faiza Shaheen, Director of the Class think tank, to discuss lifting the public sector pay cap. With Labur holding an opposition day motion on NHS pay and the government signaling its “flexibility” on the subject by lifting the cap for police officers and prison officers, is now the… View Article
Hugo Chavez, not ‘foreign meddling’, responsible for Venezuela’s crisis
Daniel Mahoney, Head of Economic Research for the Centre for Policy Studies, writes for The Telegraph on the ongoing instability in Benezeula and it’s roots in Hugo Chavez’ economic reforms. “This week Parliament debated the deepening chaos in Venezuela. Even today, many Labour MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn himself, continue to apologise for the legacy of Hugo… View Article
Labour’s magical nationalisation plan won’t fix train overcrowding
Tony Lodge writes for Conservative Home website on the dangers of Labour’s nationalisation plans for the railways. In the piece, Tony argues that Labour’s plans would be costly and impractical with no evidence on how they would improve passenger experiences or reduce costs. Read the full piece on the Conservative Home website.
CPS welcomes Lord MacPherson’s comments on quantitative easing
Daniel Mahoney, Head of Economic Research at the CPS, responded to comments by Lord MacPherson, former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, on the dangers of quantitative easing. Lord MacPherson wrote on Twitter that QE was “like heroin” and the Bank of England needed to “move on.” Daniel Mahoney welcomed the comments, adding “persistently loose monetary policy has left the… View Article
The Telegraph – The Tories can put an end to rail fare hell
Tony Lodge writes in The Telegraph, 16 August 2017, on the need to complete rail privatisation in order to deliver better outcomes for passengers. Passenger surveys show that on lines where passengers have a choice of operators, ticket prices are lower, satisfaction is higher, and rail operators have an incentive to provide additional services such… View Article
