Listen to Daniel Mahoney discuss EU threat to UK ports on ShareRadio
CPS head of economic research Daniel Mahoney was a guest on ShareRadio’s Morning Money to discuss the upcoming CPS Economic Bulletin on the EU threat to UK ports, Thursday 4 March 2016.
UK ports under threat from EU rules overhaul (City A.M.)
The Centre for Policy Studies Economic Bulletin on UK ports under threat from EU regulation, due for release at noon on 4th March 2016, was reported on by City A.M. “The UK’s thriving ports could be threatened by new EU regulations to be debated next week. The Ports Services Regulation will end the UK ports industry’s… View Article
Has Ofcom done enough to ensure broadband competition? (City A.M.)
CPS head of economic research Daniel Mahoney wrote for City A.M.’s debate section, answering the question “BT Openreach ruling: Has Ofcom done enough to ensure broadband competition?”, Friday 26 February 2016. “Ofcom has rightly drawn attention to the anti-competitive nature of the UK broadband infrastructure market, but it should have done more. The current set-up gives… View Article
BT Openreach: a quasi-monopoly in the last chance saloon?
Ofcom has today published the initial conclusions of its Digital Communications review into the role of Openreach in the UK’s broadband infrastructure. Ofcom has highlighted a number of problems with the current broadband market, not least that BT’s current structure gives BT Openreach “an incentive to make decisions in the interests of BT, rather than BT’s customers”. For… View Article
Daily Telegraph: Ofcom doesn’t have the power to split BT and Openreach, think tank warns
CPS economic bulletin “Break BT’s Monopoly on Broadband Infrastructure” was featured in the Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 17 February 2016. “BT is facing fresh calls to split with Openreach, its broadband infrastructure division, ahead of a landmark review into the telecoms industry. Ofcom is set to unveil next week a widely anticipated set of proposals for the… View Article
City A.M.: Economic think tank calls for Openreach to be carved out from BT as Ofcom deadline looms
CPS economic bulletin “Break BT’s Monopoly on Broadband Infrastructure” was featured in City A.M., Tuesday 17 February 2016. “BT faces fresh calls for its broadband infrastructure arm Openreach to be hived off today, after economists at the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) found the UK is falling behind international competitors. The CPS also has warned Britain’s current… View Article
UK government intervention is damaging Britain’s energy security
CPS head of economic research Daniel Mahoney wrote for City AM on Hinkley Point C and renewables, Monday 15 February 2016. “The UK’s electricity margins have become very narrow in recent years. National Grid’s latest winter outlook report suggests they are currently at just 1.2 per cent, increasing to 5.1 per cent with the use of emergency measures…. View Article
Daniel Mahoney in Yorkshire Post: Oil glut will not harm case for fracking
CPS head of economic research Daniel Mahoney wrote for the Yorkshire post on why the oil glut will not harm case for fracking, Tuesday 2 February 2016. “THE dramatic collapse of oil prices by 75 per cent since 2014 has sent shockwaves through the global economy. An aggressive geo-political strategy from Saudi Arabia – which is… View Article
Press release: £1,000 per hour: the price of law is restricting access to justice
In a new report The Price of Law, published by the Centre for Policy Studies on Friday 5 February, leading legal costs expert Jim Diamond argues that the hourly rates charged by top London corporate law firms are so high that they risk restricting access to justice. Hourly rates for a partner at a top London… View Article
Daniel Mahoney debates the Housing Bill on Sky News
CPS Head of Economic Research Daniel Mahoney debated the impact of the UK Housing Bill with Eddy Graham of Carers UK on Sky News, 27 January 2016. See a clip of the debate below:
Andreas Wesemann op-ed for City AM
Andreas Wesemann, author of CPS publication “The Abolition of Deposit Insurance“, wrote for City AM, Thursday 21 January 2016. “Deposit insurance has been the most sacrosanct component of the regulatory regime for banks since it was widely introduced during the 1970s following the collapse of the Bretton Woods regime. However, while it seeks to protect consumers… View Article
Michael Johnson’s CPS work leads the way – Paul Goodman, Conservative Home
ConservativeHome writer and former MP Paul Goodman cited Michael Johnson’s work on saving in an article for the Conservative activist website, Thursday 21 January 2016. “None the less, as Michael Johnson put it last year on this site, “tax relief is first and foremost a core component of personal tax planning…rather than a saving incentive”. In other… View Article
Daily Mail feature CPS deposit insurance report
CPS report “The Abolition of Deposit Insurance” by Andreas Wesemann was featured on the Daily Mail’s This is Money website, Saturday 16 January 2016. “Britain should scrap the savings safety net of £75,000 to strengthen the British economy, a think-tank has argued in a report. Andreas Wesemann – the author of the Centre for Policy Studies… View Article
The Times: Call to scrap £75,000 depositors’ safety net
CPS report “The Abolition of Deposit Insurance” by Andreas Wesemann was featured in The Times newspaper, Friday 15 January 2016. “In a report published today, the CPS says that the system, which has operated in the UK since 1979, has increased “moral hazard” in the banking industry by making lenders lax about their risk assessment and… View Article
Daily Telegraph: Scrap guarantees for savers’ deposits to avoid banking crises, says think tank
CPS report “The Abolition of Deposit Insurance” by Andreas Wesemann was featured in the Daily Telegraph, Friday 15 January 2016. “Savers’ deposits should no longer be guaranteed by the Government, as this insurance has made the UK more prone to banking crises, a think tank has warned. The Center for Policy Studies (CPS) said that after… View Article
Press Release: CPS welcomes government enquiry into intergenerational unfairness
On Wednesday January 13 the government announced a major and long overdue inquiry into intergenerational unfairness – a move welcomed by Michael Johnson, Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies, who has written extensively on the issue, raising awareness and urging government action. In Who Will Care for Generation Y?, published by the Centre for Policy… View Article
