Budget 2016: Think-tank reaction round-up
All the expert reaction to business rates relief, the changing deficit forecasts, the sugar tax and more.
Mark Winterburn: The Government should put social justice at the heart of its housing strategy
Social Lettings Agencies offer a better deal for those trapped on Housing Benefit in the private rented sector.
Jonathan Clifton: How progressive are the Prime Minister’s prison reforms?
Gove’s proposals are a welcome first step, but a truly radical programme must have a much broader scope than jails alone.
Chris Snowdon: Forcing us to be healthy costs the Government money
By compelling us to extend our lives, the public health lobby is priming the real time bomb beneath the NHS: our ageing population.
Richard Ekins: Some senior judges are usurping the role of elected politicians
The Supreme Court’s most important constitutional law decision this year was dangerously wrong.
Autumn Statement and Spending Review: Think tank reaction round-up
Too far or not far enough? Welcome u-turn or misguided retreat? Westminster’s policy experts have their say.
Abigail Watson: Health and education are part of a prosperous society
Yet they’re currently holding Britain back in the Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index. The Government can change this – if it wants to.
Duncan Sim: Direct Planning – the what, the why, and the wider significance
Lord Lexden’s Bill provides an opportunity to bring real localism and better design to building new homes.
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.
Damian Hind: If we want the state to get smart, it needs to recruit better people
The Government too often treats the Civil Service as a cost to be managed, rather than an asset to be cultivated.
Diego Zuluaga: A federal Britain will make us richer and help communities thrive
The UK is by far the most centralised nation in the G7.
Jonathan Simons: Why the spending review should shift money from universities to further education
We also call on the Government to extend the student loan system – to support those students who want to pursue a technical route, not just an academic one.
Emran Mian: Whittingdale should open up public service broadcasting far beyond the BBC
A pluralist model including other providers would allow all of us to learn what public service broadcasting really is.
Damian Hind: We must connect more people to our urban centres
British cities offer jobs and opportunity. The Government must to more to increase labour mobility to allow more people the chance to benefit from them.
Dr Kristian Niemietz: A pluralistic and competitive healthcare system wouldn’t require a revolution
The NHS may be a national religion, but public attitudes are much more secular than politicians and commentators seem to realise.