
James Frayne
Director of Policy and Strategy 2014-16
James Frayne is Director of Policy & Strategy. In this role he oversees the organisation’s research programme.James joined Policy Exchange in November 2014, following a period working in New York City. Prior to that James was Director of Communications for the Department for Education between 2011 and 2012, focusing on the Government’s extensive reform programme.James has worked for a number of high-profile organisations in politics and the corporate world. He was Campaign Director of the successful North East Says No campaign in the 2004 referendum and began his career as a policy researcher at Business for Sterling, the anti-euro campaign.James has appeared widely in the national media. In 2013, his book on public opinion was published – Meet the People – which looks at how organisations must prioritise public communications as they seek to shape their reputation.

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Ministers should add social media to the education mix
by James Frayne | Sep 24, 2015
As part of the Conservatives’ “one nation” approach, they are rightly committed to improving “coasting schools” – those not struggling, but without momentum to provide an outstanding education. Successive governments have transformed the...
Labour needs to focus on the squeezed middle once again
by James Frayne | Jul 21, 2015
Why did Labour abandon its focus on the “squeezed middle”? This is one of the most puzzling political questions of the last Parliament. For the phrase so perfectly summed up the status and feelings of the country’s most important block of voters – the open-minded...
The Conservatives must become the party for the ‘just about managing’ class
by James Frayne | Jun 16, 2015
This blog post originally appeared on ConservativeHome For most of the last two decades, and certainly during the Blair era, the Conservatives were playing catch up on campaigning and communications. Things have been turned on their head. The long Tory campaign ahead...Support Us
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