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Ryan Shorthouse

Posts by Ryan Shorthouse

Ryan Shorthouse is Founder and Director of Bright Blue.

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Ryan Shorthouse: No, family values are not in decline

The marriage rate is down. But people are being choosy, looking for love rather than doing it out of economic necessity. So, marriages now last longer.

Comment | By Ryan Shorthouse | 8 August 2020 at 12:00 pm | 39 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: Next steps for the Chancellor in helping to support the self-employed

By adapting the Statutory Maternity Pay system, the Chancellor’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will improve the lives of thousands of people.

Comment, Highlights | By Ryan Shorthouse | 23 March 2020 at 6:20 am | 4 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: What Johnson should do now to help workers and families

The fifth piece in our series this week about what the Tory Manifesto should look like.

Comment, Highlights | By Ryan Shorthouse | 9 November 2019 at 12:00 pm | 71 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: Brexit is seeing struggle enough. Communitarians and libertarians don’t have to be in conflict.

Interdependence and independence need each other, and the Conservative Party should stand for both.

Comment, Highlights | By Ryan Shorthouse | 3 October 2019 at 6:20 am | 48 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: How to boost integration

What is it – and how can we strengthen it? That is the focus of Bright Blue’s latest report, published today.

Comment | By Ryan Shorthouse | 15 July 2019 at 11:00 am | 140 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: How to add contributions and incentives to the benefits system

Working-aged benefits have been deeply and disproportionately cut. But if the welfare system is to be suitably resourced in the future, the public need to believe it is fair.

Comment, Highlights | By Ryan Shorthouse | 28 April 2019 at 6:30 am | 78 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: Conservatives should champion human rights, at home and abroad

Faced with the real electoral threat of a nationalising, socialistic Labour Government, these principles should matter and be championed now more than ever.

Comment | By Ryan Shorthouse | 11 December 2017 at 12:07 pm | 9 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: Localism is not illiberal

We need liberal – not closed – local communities where empowered, innovative and tolerant individuals can bring positive change.

Local Government | By Ryan Shorthouse | 11 October 2017 at 6:10 am | 13 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: Universities have enjoyed a leap in funding – vice-chancellors must act responsibly in return

It is wrong for those at the top to take advantage of the generosity of government, students, and other, far less well-remunerated, academic staff.

Comment, Highlights | By Ryan Shorthouse | 21 September 2017 at 6:30 am | 15 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: The Tory manifesto should offer loans for childcare and retraining, and better pay for teachers

This second piece of a mini-series on what should be in the manifesto argues that May must show those on modest incomes the good that Government can do.

Comment, Highlights | By Ryan Shorthouse | 27 April 2017 at 6:40 am | 30 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: Balancing the budget. Make private schools pay VAT. End ring-fencing. Charge for missed GP appointments.

The second piece in our pre-Budget series on how to eliminate the structural deficit.

Comment, Highlights | By Ryan Shorthouse | 1 March 2017 at 6:40 am | 48 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: Don’t bend to this anti-establishment rage. Challenge and confront it.

Indiscriminate attacks on Parliament, the judiciary, the civil service, the media and business are anti-meritocratic and nihilistic, which should trouble those on the Right.

Comment, Highlights | By Ryan Shorthouse | 11 November 2016 at 6:50 am | 120 comments

Ryan Shorthouse and James Dobson: Reversing the decline in part-time higher education

The Government should give every citizen a lifetime higher education loan account, and exact a levy from major graduate employers to pay for it.

Think Tanks | By Ryan Shorthouse | 16 November 2015 at 10:00 am | 5 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: How to form a future without poverty

Better pre-school education, more help in need for those who have contributed more, a higher minimum wage, support for grandparents – all fit Conservative ideals.

Comment | By Ryan Shorthouse | 2 March 2015 at 6:30 am | 14 comments

Ryan Shorthouse and David Kirkby: Welfare reform should recognise contributions and support families

As well as saving money, of course.

Think Tanks | By Ryan Shorthouse | 28 November 2014 at 12:15 pm | 5 comments

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