Moody’s downgrade will stiffen George Osborne’s resolve (The Sunday Telegraph)
CPS Director Tim Knox was quoted in Business Editor Kamal Ahmed’s column in The Sunday Telegraph on Sunday 24th February 2013.
Anthony Peto: Why Robert Buckland is wrong about the Justice and Security Bill (Conservative Home)
Anthony Peto QC, co-author with Andrew Tyrie MP of the report, ‘Neither Just nor Secure’, published by the Centre for Policy Studies in January 2013, writes in Conservative Home on Monday 25th February 2013.
Painful adjustments will prove worthwhile (The Financial Times)
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne and CPS Director Tim Knox write in The Financial Times on Thursday 21st February, in response to Lord Robert Sidelsky and Professor Marcus Miller’s article, ‘Supply Matters – but so does demand’.
Are pensions ‘finished’? Yes, because ISAs are better (CityWire)
CPS Research Fellow Michael Johnson was interviewed on the current state of pensions in CityWire on Friday 22nd February 2013.
David Cameron should defy European directives and keep our coal-fired power stations running (The Telegraph)
CPS Research Fellow Tony Lodge writes the lead letter in The Telegraph on Thursday 21st February 2013.
Justice and Security Bill will hide Britain’s role in kidnap and torture (The Times)
CPS author Andrew Tyrie MP writes in The Times on Thursday 21st February 2013 in response to an open letter by Minister without Portfolio Kenneth Clarke, concerning the Centre for Policy Studies report, ‘Neither Just nor Secure’ by Andrew Tyrie and Anthony Peto QC.
With no new nuclear until 2020, UK on collision course with gas import dependency (Power Engineering)
CPS Director Tim Knox was quoted in Power Engineering on Tuesday 19th February 2013, discussing the energy crisis affecting the UK.
UK faces a “rollercoaster” energy market says Ofgem (Energy Global)
CPS Director Tim Knox was quoted in Energy Global on Wednesday 20th February 2013, discussing the energy crisis affecting the UK.
Supply matters – but so does demand (The Financial Times)
CPS Director Tim Knox and Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne were cited in The Financial Times on Wednesday 20th February 2013, discussing the Government’s deficit reduction strategy.
The 10p rate is pure politics – let’s raise people out of income tax altogether (City AM)
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne on the disadvantages of reintroducing the 10p income tax rate, writing for City AM on Tuesday 19th February 2013.
Will energy policy influence the next election?
As Ofgem Chief Executive Alistair Buchanan warns that falls in Britain’s power production capacity could lead to a negative effect on customers, CPS Research Fellow Tony Lodge and the Centre for Policy Studies has been highlighting this failure over the last six years.
The justice and security bill is a chilling affront to British justice (The Guardian)
Andrew Tyrie and Anthony Peto’s report, ‘Neither Just nor Secure’, published by the Centre for Policy Studies in January 2013, was referenced in The Guardian on Sunday 17th February 2013.
Chancellor considering CPS share scheme (The Daily Mail and The Independent)
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is considering the share scheme promoted in James Conway, Toby Fenwick and Michael O’Connor’s report, ‘Give Us Our Fair Shares’, published by the Centre for Policy Studies in May 2011. This was featured in both The Daily Mail and The Independent on Saturday 16th February 2013.
Dominic Raab MP: We need to arm the little guy to take on big business (Conservative Home)
Dominic Raab MP writes on the upcoming Centre for Policy Studies paper on Conservative Home on Sunday 17th February 2013.
Lives Remembered: Professor Hamid Ghodse (The Times)
CPS Research Fellow Kathy Gyngell, Professor Neil McKeganey of The Centre for Drug Misuse Research and other contributors remember Professor Hamid Ghodse in The Times on Thursday 14th February 2013.
Why the NHS Keeps Failing Britain (The Wall Street Journal)
CPS Research Fellow Rupert Darwell writes for The Wall Street Journal on the state of the NHS in the wake of the Francis Inquiry on 14th Febraury 2013.
