Sarkozy Gambles With French Future By Giving Green Light To ‘Tobin Tax’ (E-Gov Monitor)
CPS Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne spoke to e-gov monitor about French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s gamble to impose a Financial Transaction Tax in his pursuit of re-election in the face of difficult polling.
Protect our children from this toxic cocktail of permissiveness & technology (Mail Right Minds)
Kathy Gyngell continues her series blogging for the Daily Mail’s Right Minds by looking at the effect of a liberal parenting attitude towards Facebook and other technology
Politicians and the pursuit of ‘fairness’ (BBC News)
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne was interviewed by BBC News for an article on ‘fairness’ in politics.
Media scramble to screen rising of the Phoenix (Oldham Chronicle)
Documentary film makers are rushing to cover the opening of the Phoenix free school, an academy set to be staffed completely by ex-military, first proposed in the CPS paper ‘Something Can Be Done’
It’s a fix: Coalition plans for Britain’s energy market are likely to boost fuel poverty (City AM)
CPS Research Fellow Tony Lodge writes for City AM on the problem with the Coalition’s energy policies, including the Carbon Floor Price.
‘The Iron Lady’ Review: Slandering Lady Thatcher’s Legacy as Only Hollywood Can (Big Hollywood)
In a review for the Big Hollywood website, Charles C. Johnson criticises the innaccuracies and absences from ‘The Iron Lady’, including no mention for the Centre for Policy Studies.
The debate: Do superstar CEOs justify superstar salaries? (London Loves Business)
Should shareholders be granted powers to curb executive pay? In a debate for London Loves Business, CPS Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne tackles the TUC’s Brendan Barber.
A lesson in spending cuts; The Iron Lady comes to the CPS
This edition features news on Brian Lee Crowley and Tim Knox’s ‘How to Cut Government Spending: Lessons from Canada’, coverage of our Iron Lady screening and the 34th anniversary of our ‘Stepping Stones’ publication.
Labour’s two Eds are still in denial about the past and the future (Mail Online)
Nick Wood, blogging for The Daily Mail’s Right Minds section, highlights the recent Centre for Policy Studies publication ‘How to Cut Government Spending: Lessons from Canada’.
How to cut government spending: Lessons from Canada
If the Coalition were to be far bolder in cutting public spending, it could expect higher growth, lower national debt – and a political windfall, write Brian Lee Crowley and Tim Knox.
Canada’s Austerity Lessons for the U.K. (Wall Street Journal)
CPS Director Tim Knox writes for the Wall Street Journal on the lessons London could learn from effective Ottawa’s actions.
Government Wrong To Ringfence Departments (Huffington Post UK)
The Huffington Post reports on the CPS publication How to cut government spending: lessons from Canada
Why the methadone doesn’t work (Guardian)
CPS work cited in Guardian article by Peter Dawson into Methadone prescriptions.
When will the Government commit to a proper drugs prevention policy? (Mail Online)
CPS Research Fellow Kathy Gyngell continues her series for the Daily Mail’s Right Minds blog by examing the government’s drug policy for young people.
David Cameron is ending the uncertainty (Conservative Home)
CPS Board Member Lord Forsyth of Drumlean writes for Conservative Home on David Cameron’s courage over the proposed Scottish Independence Referendum.
Divorce can be disastrous. But where children are involved never getting married is far worse (Daily Mail)
CPS Research Fellow continues her series blogging for the Daily Mail’s Right Minds blog.
