Richard Ekins: What the most recent appointments mean for the future of the Supreme Court
Lord Reed’s presidency will hopefully lead to a return to a humbler, more traditional approach to the balance between the judiciary and Parliament.
Chris Philp: Cut Stamp Duty – and unleash a new Home Ownership Revolution
The Government should abolish stamp duty entirely for all purchases of a main home under £500,000.
Mark Harper: Most people think it is right to reduce migration. We need a Sustainable Immigration Plan.
This new plan from Onward would force the Government to set out its own plans and forecasts – and make the trade-offs that are inherent in migration policy.
Natalie Elphicke: It’s time to break free from the long shadow of the financial crisis
The new Prime Minister needs to dream a dream for all of us, and then put in place the political measures to make it a reality.
George Freeman: Our new book. In which forty Tory MPs band together to help revive conservatism.
Britain Beyond Brexit, a New Conservative Vision for a New Generation, is published today by the CPS.
Neil O’Brien: How our new leader should use our fiscal firepower to promote Tory values
Years of sound economic management give the Government space to invest in public services, working families, and rebalancing the British economy.
Philippa Stroud: Now that we can measure poverty, we can work together to tackle it
For too long, much of the political and policy debate on this has not been focused on the action needed to drive better outcomes for the most disadvantaged in our society.
Nick King: Let’s have a tax opt-out to help boost small businesses
Instead of paying four bigger taxes, they could choose to pay a new Simple Consolidated Tax (or SCT): a simple levy on their turnover.
John O’Connell: There are so many better ways of spending £50 billion than on HS2. Here are some of them.
The alternatives we publish today range from airfields to supertrams, roads to rail, bicycles to bridges.
Alice Wilcock: Prisons are a national scandal, and need a national response
Rory Stewart’s pledge to bring security and conditions under control is welcome, but too narrow in scope.
Alex Morton: We urgently need to fix the social care crisis
Any reform must be sustainable both financially and politically. Our new report sets out how the Government could do it.
Andrew Allum: New technology can save the NHS and social care system billions and improve patients’ lives
Hancock’s willingness to embrace such innovation is encouraging, and will bring sizeable benefits.
Anvar Sarygulov: Here’s how the Government can improve Universal Credit
A ‘helping hand’ payment for new claimants, more disability advisers, and an obligation for the state to pay out on time would all help.
Will Tanner: Nansledan offers an answer to Britain’s housing crisis
By engaging properly with the local community, the developer has won local consent for four times as many homes as originally proposed.
David Burrowes: It’s time to make work really pay for low-income families
Cripplingly high effective marginal tax rates, and other imbalances, are skewing the tax system against the things we care about.