Guy Miscampbell
Economics & Social Policy Research Fellow, 2012-2014
Guy joined Policy Exchange in August 2012 as an intern with the Economics and Social Policy Unit, before becoming a Research Assistant in November 2012 and a Research Fellow in October 2013.Prior to joining Policy Exchange he read Economics and Politics at Durham University. Whilst there he interned in the office of United States Congressman Don Young, as well as winning the inaugural Global Debate and Public Policy Championship.
Related Publications
Welfare Manifesto 2015
The Welfare Manifesto shows how to make the welfare system fit for the 21st Century. The report sets out principles to be make the system simpler, more effective, fairer, more affordable, and reward contribution.
Joined Up Welfare: The next steps for personalisation
Jobcentres are failing to help people find long-term work and should be restructured under new plans that will enable private companies and charities to compete with government providers to offer more personalised and specialist support to jobseekers. Joined up Welfare shows that just over a third (36%) of people using jobcentres find sustained work. Many find themselves in and out of employment largely due to having barriers to work which […]
Smarter Sanctions: Sorting out the system
Benefit claimants who breach their job search requirements for the first time will be given “top-up” benefit cards and be asked to sign on daily as part of a new proposal to create a more compassionate but stricter sanctions regime. Smarter Sanctions reveals that each year as many as 68,000 people on Jobseeker’s Allowance have their benefits taken away by mistake and face unnecessary hardship as a result. This figure […]
Financing Small and Growing Firms post
A new Policy Exchange report, The Fog of Law, co-authored by Tom Tugendhat and Laura Croft, shows how the application of civilian norms to military conduct has led to a surge in legal claims against the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The costs of litigation have now risen out of proportion with forecasts, with the number of claims brought against the MOD totalling 5,827 in 2012-2013.Related Blogs
Will US-style campaign technology provide the winning edge in 2015?
Guy Miscampbell, Policy Exchange's Economics & Social Policy Research Fellow, looks to see what lessons the UK can learn from US-style campaigning technology. Guy argues that, whilst the funding gap between US and UK election campaigning is massive, UK parties could implement important elements, such as increasing mining for electorally useful data.