Andrew Gilligan
Senior Fellow and Head of Transport, Infrastructure and Liveable London
Andrew Gilligan is a Senior Fellow and Head of Transport, Infrastructure and Liveable London at Policy Exchange. He was a policy adviser on transport and infrastructure to the Prime Minister from 2019 to 2022 and also advised Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP as Mayor of London (2013-16). Previously he was a senior correspondent of The Sunday Times and had also served as head of the Capital City Foundation at Policy Exchange. Between 2013 and 2016 he also worked as cycling commissioner for London.
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Driving Growth
Download Publication Online Reader The new Government has stated that its highest priority is economic growth. There are few measures that would give an immediate, large boost to economic performance. Introducing a full system of road pricing, where motorists pay according to the distance, time and place they travel, is one such measure. As it stands, congestion on UK roads is costing the economy between 1.4% and 2.5% of GDP every […]
The Global Peace and Unity Festival
Download Publication Online Reader Policy Exchange can reveal that the Metropolitan Police had been listed as a “supporting partner” of an event in London on the 19th-20th October 2024 that will platform a substantial number of extremists, antisemites and supporters of the 7/10 attack on Israel. The “Global Peace and Unity” (GPU) event will also feature co-organisers of the Palestine marches in London which the Met polices. The policy recommendations […]
Ticket to save
Download Publication Online Reader As rail fares go up again this week, we propose something that would both ease the pain and address four of the government’s wider priorities: tackling the cost of living; getting people back into the labour market; getting existing workers back into the office; and meeting the UK’s net-zero pledge. Commuters by bike or low-emission car can already save hundreds or thousands of pounds a year […]
Tarnished Jewel
Download Publication Online Reader This report documents the declining order and increasing squalor in the immediate vicinity of the Palace of Westminster in recent years. Violent crime has risen two and a half times faster in the streets around Parliament than in London as a whole, and three times faster than in Westminster borough as a whole. The report documents how police have allowed serious potential security threats to develop […]
“Professionalism is not relevant”
Download Publication Online Reader Junior doctors in England are currently being balloted on whether to proceed with a 72hr strike in March in pursuit of a 30 per cent pay rise. The ballot comes amid significant inflationary pressures throughout the economy and upon the NHS. Dissatisfaction amongst many in the medical profession over pay and working conditions is genuine and long-felt. But there is another factor which explains the […]
HS2: The kindest cut of all
Download Publication Online Reader In this week’s Budget, the government reportedly plans to achieve £54bn per year of fiscal tightening – £33bn from spending cuts, £21bn from tax increases – by 2027/28. Few of the choices are palatable. Many are awful. But at least one would actually be popular. Scaling back HS2 could alone deliver almost a tenth of the spending cuts required, £3bn per year by 2027/28, […]Related Blogs
