Power 2.0: Building a smarter, greener, cheaper electricity system
New Policy Exchange report sets out the economic and environmental case for creating a smarter power system, using clean technologies such as battery storage and demand response.
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The Impact of Development Aid Research Funding
This briefing note gives an overview of the current evidence on the impact of development spending in R&D, with a particular focus on life sciences — the jewel in the crown of the UK economy.
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Saving the Black Cab: Why Black Cabs are Vital to London’s Economy and Identity
In this new report for Policy Exchange’s Capital City Foundation, Nick Ferrari argues that Uber should pay more tax and operate more safely, but that black cabs need change, too.
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Policy Exchange’s Director, Dean Godson, comments on the results of the US Presidential election
What mobilised small town and rural America to vault Donald Trump into the White House? In short, the sense of being effectively told by the Democratic Party, in that most Darwinian of American phrases – “you’re history”. The leading Clintonite pollster and...
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Power 2.0: the Policy Exchange “Smart Power” report in 7 key charts
Download the slides Yesterday marked the launch of a new Policy Exchange report, Power 2.0, on how to build a smarter, greener, cheaper electricity system. The report argues that in order to further decarbonise the power system and integrate renewables, it is...
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Are We Becoming More or Less Segregated?
Richard Norrie — Policy Exchange’s Demography, Immigration, and Integration Research Fellow — discusses the issue of neighbourhood division. He concludes that we need to ‘stop apportioning blame’, and move forward
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Gerard Lyons discusses the future of the City in BBC’s In the Balance
Gerard Lyons took part in the debate ‘Brexit: what next for the City’ on the BBC World Service radio programme, ‘In the Balance’.
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Gerard Lyons: Why Mark Carney Has My Vote to Retain the Role of Governor of the Bank of England
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Policy Exchange’s Chief Economic Adviser points out the five issues to consider regarding Mark Carney’s continued presence as the Governor of the Bank of England
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Gerard Lyons Discusses GDP and Brexit on Radio 4’s The World Tonight
Listen to Policy Exchange’s Chief Economic Adviser on the programme
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Launch Party of Tim Shipman’s ‘All Out War’
Policy Exchange was delighted to host the launch of All Out War, a new book by Sunday Times political editor, Tim Shipman. The event brought together senior political and media figures from all parties and sides in the recent EU referendum. The event was mentioned in... read more
US foreign policy under the new President
Held at Policy Exchange on 10 November, this event will feature Walter Russell Mead and Sir Nigel Sheinwald GCMG
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Power 2.0: how to build a smarter electricity system
On 7 November, you are invited to join a discussion on how to create a smarter, more flexible electricity system in Great Britain. This will mark the launch of a major new Policy Exchange publication, ‘Power 2.0’
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