Will Heaven and Jack Airey: Popular architecture is the answer to NIMBYism
By giving local communities more control, and broadening the scope of government priorities to include quality and design, we can get Britain building.
Matt Kilcoyne: How a flexible Right to Buy will breathe new life into an old policy – and a transformational one, too
Council tenants would be able to transfer the value of their Right to Buy discount and use it towards buying a different, cheaper property which they could afford.
Lesley Rankin: Conservatives cannot afford to ignore the call, by Welby and others, for fundamental economic reform
It is little wonder that young people are turning away from the Right when they find it so difficult to make their way in the world.
Kristian Niemietz: We need more stories about the fundamental flaws of socialism
All the most famous works about the failures of left-wing regimes flatter them by pinning the blame on inept implementation or flawed individuals.
Natalie Elphicke: The private renting experiment has failed six million people. Here’s an alternative approach.
There is compelling evidence that there are only two tenures – social housing and home ownership – by which wellbeing of people is supported effectively.
Matt Warman: Closing the gulf between the politicians and the people
My new report for the Centre for Policy Studies suggests ways in which government can be made more accountable.
Luke Graham: Ministers should pursue the savings offered by embracing new technology
FREER’s new paper on blockchain highlights just some of the ways we can make government more efficient – and free up funding for health and defence.
Dean Godson: Beauty is the key to delivering the extra homes that our country needs
People’s preferences are clear. But the current system insists on bringing forward designs that jar painfully with them.
Ara Darzi: The Government must end the cycle of feast and famine for the NHS
It’s time for a big investment to secure the long-term future of medical and social care free at the point of delivery.
Sheila Lawlor: The Lords’ amendments are legally unnecessary and economically counter-productive
They assume that no deal would be a disaster, but in fact the £40 billion we’re set to pay the EU could be a real boost to the British economy.
Dean Godson: Our mission to help build a new national consensus
At Policy Exchange, we see prosperity, people, place, and patriotism as the four pillars of a politics which seeks to unite the four nations, town and country, and north and south.
Rory Geoghegan: Short-term prison sentences do nothing for prolific offenders. We must get serious about tackling the causes of crime.
Our latest Centre for Social Justice report – Desperate for a Fix – focuses on prolific drug-addicted people and proposes a new Second Chance Programme.
Tony Sewell: Brexit, Windrush, and the rebirth of liberal Britain
Even the liberal commentators are having to acknowledge that post-Brexit the country has become more welcoming to migration, not less.
Sam Hall: How the UK could lead the Commonwealth on climate change
Adopting a net zero emissions target would reinforce the Government’s recent efforts to reach out to younger voters with new policies to protect the environment.
Sophie Jarvis: Why the Conservative Party should champion female entrepreneurship
If they want to remain the party of business, the Tories must channel both Thatcher and Cameron and embrace the need to broaden access to capital.