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 (Atlantic), 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 (Hurst), about the value divides in western societies, which was a Sunday Times best-seller. In 2020 he published Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century (Penguin).

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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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Surprisingly good news in the hate crime figures

Surprisingly good news in the hate crime figures

by | Oct 16, 2018

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Immigration after Brexit

Immigration after Brexit

by | Sep 18, 2018

The Migration Advisory Committee report on EU migration is typically hard-headed and balanced and does not accept the often-repeated-as-fact argument that free movement has had clear economic benefits. As MAC Chair Alan Manning writes: “EEA migration as a whole has...
Moving Forward on Integration

Moving Forward on Integration

by | Mar 14, 2018

Government integration policy is always a difficult balancing act. Do too little and you will be accused of ignoring one of the biggest, albeit least tangible, social problems facing the country. Do too much and you will be accused of denying individual choice and...