The Northern Ireland Protocol. Does Johnson’s ‘sensible landing spot’ really exist?

No volume of technical argument will matter if the debate remains framed entirely to the UK’s disadvantage.

Len Shackleton and Victoria Hewson: Imposing a football regulator would be a mistake

The usual justifications for state interference in the private sector don’t apply in this unusual sector.

‘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.

Places need power if they’re to level up

Gove is ready to localise as much either as he wants to or as his colleagues will let him, or both. I hope it’s work in progress.

Conservatives should be sceptical of claims that Big State policies are popular

If local authorities really thought there was backing for Council Tax increases, they wouldn’t dodge holding referendums.

Emily Carver: Kate Bingham is right – the machinery of government is in trouble. It’s time Johnson proved he has a vision.

Unfortunately, ever-increasing public spending and green policies inspire little confidence in the Prime Minister.

Autumn Budget 2021: Think tank response round-up

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

Emily Carver: The UK’s efforts against climate change will mean nothing without the world’s biggest polluters onboard

Many high-emitting nations are either avoiding COP altogether or stalling when it comes to committing to carbon targets.

Emily Carver: The EU’s botched vaccine rollout showed the limits of the precautionary principle. Global Britain, take note.

The Government should implement a binding innovation principle to unleash the UK economy.

Kristian Niemietz: Don’t underestimate the political power of the Millennial Socialist

People dismiss this cohort , believing that they’ll grow out of their economic ideals. But it’s a mistake to do so.

Timothy Foxley: A ‘People’s Rebate’ could be the boost needed in left-behind areas

It would help to level up places struggling to keep pace with the UK’s most prosperous locations.

Emily Carver: The Government’s plan to make exams easier will be devastating for this country’s education system

The Department of Education wants to address school disruption by “reducing pressure” on students.

Nick King: Luntz’s polling shows a crisis of confidence in capitalism. Here’s how we can change that.

Most of the media coverage has been on the survey’s woke and anti-woke findings, but there was another important discovery.

Emily Carver: Young people overwhelmingly think socialism is a good idea. Access to capital is the only way to change that.

Their idealism over this ideology is fairly superficial. Even so, Conservatives must do more to reverse the trend.

Budget 2021: Think tank response round-up

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