Anvar Sarygulov: Conservatives must make simplifying the welfare system an urgent priority

When numerous existing schemes are ill-publicised or difficult to sign up for, vulnerable people miss out on much-needed help.

Ryan Shorthouse and Sam Robinson: Tax reforms, not just tax cuts, are what the Government needs to deliver

As Bright Blue’s new report outlines, we can use tax as a tool to help reach a wide set of economic, social, and environmental goals.

Max Anderson: 5G broadband is the key to cost-effective levelling up

Thirty per cent of UK households, mainly rural and left-behind communities, were still on copper wiring last year.

‘The Treasury is taking with one hand to give away with the other’. Think tanks react to the Spring Statement

Takes from the Centre for Policy Studies, the Adam Smith Institute, the TaxPayers’ Alliance, the Centre for Social Justice, and more.

Spencer Pitfield: The new polling that shows health and social care to be voters’ top priorities

They feel that the Government has underperformed, is unprepared for what is to come, and has not delivered.

Paul Howell: Locally-led institutions are crucial to the Government’s levelling up agenda

These bring different people together in pursuit of a common good, so that social cohesion and capital is strengthened.

Phoebe Arslanagić-Wakefield: The pandemic has shown why Britain needs domestic abuse leave

Our research shows many are going back into home working situations that are not only simply inconvenient, but dangerous. 

Patrick Hall: MPs are right to bring forward a ban on trophy hunting imports – since the Government hasn’t done so as promised

In Bright Blue’s report, Global green giant?, we put forward ambitious new recommendations to tackle this problem.

Joseph Silke: However well intentioned, Harper’s Law is a mistake

It would create a two-tier society wherein servants of the state, normal citizens like the rest of us, have their lives valued more highly.

Autumn Budget 2021: Think tank response round-up

How have think-tanks and campaign groups responded to the Chancellor’s fiscal and economic initiatives?

Josh Buckland: How a new carbon pricing system can provide a credible path to Net Zero

While by no means a silver bullet, there is a strong free market case for taxing emissions.

Sam Robinson: It’s time to deliver a progressive alternative to Council Tax and Stamp Duty

The flaws in the current system can no longer be ignored. An Annual Proportional Property Tax would balance the scales.

Adam Afriyie: Self-interest will drive up EV use and drive down pollution if charge points are available

Conservatives must incentivise their uptake and to let people know that they can choose to save themselves a small fortune on traditional vehicle costs.

Patrick Hall: A demand-led on-street chargepoint scheme will be essential to the electric vehicle revolution

In a new report, Bright Blue shows why ministers need to step in to support the rollout of this soon-to-be-essential infrastructure.

Sam Robinson: The case for comprehensive property tax reform is long-standing and crystal clear

The political will is lagging behind the economic case, but change will come and much better for the Tories that it is on their terms.