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How Many Homes Does the UK Need?
Decades of lacklustre housebuilding and recent record migration have left the UK with a shortfall of more than 6.5 million homes. The debut research by Head of Housing Ben Hopkinson shows how the UK has fallen dramatically behind comparable European countries, with British families paying the price through unaffordable homes.

Transparency Begins at Home
Many large charities are refusing to admit who funds them. Despite new government regulation urging charities’ to be transparent, the majority of Britain’s largest charities decline to comply.

What Price Localism? A Case Study of the LGPS
Without structural change, the Local Government Pension Scheme is in terminal decline.

Britain and the EU: A Solution
Reforming Britain’s relationship with the EU could boost trade, reveals Dan Hannan MEP.

Jam Tomorrow
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement speech today outlined a number of welcome changes as well as a lot of tinkering.

11 things the CPS wants to see in the Autumn Statement
The Chancellor should take the opportunity in his Autumn Statement speech on Wednesday to outline a series of proposals which are all cost neutral (at worst), which will boost underlying growth and which will continue to reform public services

Mind the Skills Gap
Britain must boost its skills if wages are to increase – says Adam Memon, Head of Economic Research at the Centre for Policy Studies.

Answering the West Lothian Question
Andrew Tyrie MP urges the government to finally answer the West Lothian Question.

Pink Planning – diluting the red tape
Leading economist Keith Boyfield, together with top public lawyer Daniel Greenberg, propose a simple solution to Britain’s planning problem.

Ed Miliband must get serious about labour market reform
If Britain’s employment success is to continue, politicians of all stripes must learn from Germany’s successful labour market reforms.

How Much Do We Use the NHS?
In the wake of a further expected rise in NHS costs, Jesse Norman MP and Museji Takolia propose an innovative solution to curbing misuse.

Why the Bank of England with be Wrong Again on Wages
At the beginning of the year the Bank of England expected a return to real wage growth. The Governor of the Bank of England now forecasts that wages will grow in real terms by mid-2015. Is the BoE forecast reasonable?

Introducing Education Savings Plans
Henry Cobbe and Alexandra Grant propose encouraging prospective students to build assets to fund their fees and living costs.

NICs: The End Should Be Nigh
National Insurance Fund exhaustion could occur as soon as next year warns Michael Johnson.

The Cost of Labour: Estimating the Employment Effects of Labour’s Tax Policies
Head of Economic Research, Adam Memon, estimates the potential cost to the UK economy of Labour’s tax policy proposals, if elected in the upcoming general election.