Duncan Sim: Global Britain must advance Britain’s soft power – not just our trade
Our new report argues that the Government must focus on security, climate change, human rights, and other shared international agendas and challenges.
Maisie Borrows: A digital border would be a major boost to security and trade
Our current, paper-based system loses billions in missed customs duties and manpower-intensive controls. Hammond is right to see what new technology can do.
Think tanks’ verdict on the manifesto: a good start on generational justice, but weak on the public finances
The Centre for Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Affairs, Bright Blue, and others give their verdict on the Conservatives’ programme for government.
Madsen Pirie: Reclaiming the name ‘neoliberal’ from the left
Many political labels started life as insults. At the Adam Smith Institute we think its time to recognise the extraordinary achievements of neoliberalism.
Think tanks’ verdict: A generally grudging welcome to a dull budget for turbulent times.
Bright Blue, the Institute of Economic Affairs, the Resolution Foundation and others give their views.
Richard Blakeway: There’s finally momentum behind solving the housing crisis
There are many different parts to the solution, and Policy Exchange’s Housing and Urban Regeneration Unit plans to find them.
Sam Bowman: There are much better ways to help low earners than the Living Wage
George Osborne ignored the well-justified caution which had kept minimum wage rises so modest, and the evidence that his ploy will harm employment growth.
Alexander Hitchcock: We must modernise the out-of-date state
Embracing new technology and ways of working can make public services cheaper, more effective, and easier to use.
Laura Croft and Tom Tugendhat: Parliament must act to get judges off the battlefield
The improper expansion of judicial authority is hindering our military and intelligence services in the defence of the realm.
Gerard Lyons: Britain should embrace the opportunities offered by Clean Brexit
This country can thrive under World Trade Organisation rules, provided the proper groundwork is laid by the Government.
“Alarmism about human rights after Brexit is misplaced” – the Judicial Power Project responds to the JCHR’s report
“The report is wrong to assert that withdrawal puts the future of rights protection in doubt.”
Suella Fernandes: We need a clear, comprehensive integration strategy to fight social segretation
Diversity is no guarantee of community: we must nurture it, based on a clear definition of what it means to be an integrated citizen.
Andy Cook: Whether we like it or not, school selection is happening, and usually by wealth
To reach deprived families you need to drag them to the front of the queue.
James Orr: How a British Bill of Rights can help protect religious liberty
Enshrining the doctrine of reasonable accommodation in the Bill would substantially improve the status quo.
Policy Exchange explore how we hold a more powerful judiciary to account
Lord Howard and Charles Moore cross swords with Lord Hope and Joshua Rosenberg on the changing role of our courts and the criticism it brings.