David Goodhart

Head of Demography, Immigration & Integration


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David Goodhart is Head of Policy Exchange’s Demography, Immigration, and Integration Unit, and Director of the Integration Hub website. He is a former Director of Demos, and former Editor of Prospect magazine, which he founded in 1995. David is a prominent figure in public debate in the UK, as a well-known broadcaster, author, commentator, and journalist. He has presented several BBC Radio 4 Analysis programmes. Before Prospect, he was a correspondent for the Financial Times, including a stint in Germany during the unification period. In 2013, he published The British Dream, a book about post-war multiculturalism, national identity, and immigration. It was runner up for the Orwell Book Prize in 2014. In 2017 he published The Road to Somewhere: The new tribes shaping British politics, about the value divides in western societies, which was a Sunday Times best-seller.

David Goodhart

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Immigration & Integration After Brexit

Immigration & Integration After Brexit

by | Aug 5, 2016

View Report This Policy Exchange briefing paper looks at how to phase out freedom of movement and replace it with a work permit system for EU nationals. Recommendations—most of which could be implemented prior to Brexit negotiations—include: a maximum of six weeks to...
Integration Index

Integration Index

by | Apr 7, 2016

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The cost of cutting immigration

The cost of cutting immigration

by | May 22, 2017

So how big is the bill for the Government’s “objective” to reduce immigration to “tens of thousands”? The Office of Budgetary Responsibility’s (OBR) long term projections on the apparent fiscal benefit of high immigration are being used to beat ministers over the head...
White self-interest is not same thing as racism

White self-interest is not same thing as racism

by | Mar 3, 2017

Read Article This article was also featured in the Financial Times The dividing line between liberals and conservatives in the US and the UK increasingly hinges on different definitions of racism. Liberals attack President Donald Trump’s proposal to erect a wall along...