Think tanks give mixed reaction to Budget
The TaxPayers' Alliance is, on the whole, pleased with the Budget: “There is a lot of good news in the… Read more »
Richard Mabey: The wider debate about bankers’ bonuses is about income inequality – and we can win it
Richard Mabey is Research Secretary of the Bow Group. Sometimes governments get so bogged down in the minutiae of policy… Read more »
Patrick Nolan: There really is no money left and no scope for giveaways in next week’s budget
Patrick Nolan is the Chief Economist at the pro-market think tank Reform. Its report, “Reformers not spenders,” is available here…. Read more »
Policy Exchange begins its second decade with a focus on the striving classes
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter A belated happy tenth birthday to the Policy Exchange think tank. Alongside the Centre for… Read more »
Neil O’Brien: If we want smaller government, we will have to think big
Neil O'Brien is Director of Policy Exchange. Follow him on Twitter. Public spending in Britain rocketed from consuming just over… Read more »
Matthew Sinclair: Abolish the EHRC, cancel high speed rail, cut business subsidies – how to save over £7 billion
Matthew Sinclair is Director of The TaxPayers' Alliance The largest savings to be found in the public sector tend to… Read more »
Chris Nicholson: The winter fuel allowance, statutory maternity pay, social housing. How to save over £2 billion a year – and that’s before I get started on Trident.
Chris Nicholson is Director and Chief Executive of CentreForum, the liberal think tank The stagnant economy has forced the Office… Read more »
Ruth Porter: Close DCMS, freeze benefits and pensions, scrap the regional growth fund… how to save up to £35 billion
Ruth Porter is Communications Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs The very language of cuts has been markedly austere and… Read more »
Andrew Haldenby: The Government should cut spending rather than raise taxes. Here’s how to save £7 billion from health and education.
Paul Goodman recently called for a 'Lower Spending Commission' to help the Chancellor deliver his deficit goals and finance job-creating… Read more »
Ryan Bourne: The CPS share scheme idea is still the least bad alternative, as taxpayers, for disposing of our stake in RBS
Ryan Bourne is the Economic and Statistical Researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies. You can follow him on Twitter here…. Read more »
Andrew Laird: The Government should pilot schools run by companies on a social enterprise model
Andrew Laird is a Director of Mutual Ventures, an organisation which supports social enterprise delivery of public services. He is… Read more »
Kwasi Kwarteng MP: No-one we spoke to foresaw the rise of the Salafists. But we are optimistic about the future of democracy in Egypt.
Kwasi Kwarteng is the MP for Spelthorne In March last year the Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC) took a delegation… Read more »
Chris Nicholson: Including student migrants in the drive to cut immigration is harming economic growth
Chris Nicholson is director and chief executive of CentreForum, the liberal think tank. For a party which is pro-private enterprise… Read more »
Round-up of reactions to negative credit rating outlook announcement
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Following the release of a report by credit rating agency Moody's, which adjusted Britain's… Read more »
Nick Seddon of Reform: The NHS Bill should not be dropped – it is only the start of the reforms we need to make
Nick Seddon is Deputy Director of the independent think tank Reform. Tim Montgomerie’s idea that scrapping the enfeebled Health Bill and… Read more »