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Recent Blogs
Revamping the Green Deal: putting consumers at the heart of a new home improvement programme
In this blog, Richard Howard, Head of Environment and Energy, discusses the opportunity to revamp the Green Deal energy efficiency loan scheme, following the sale of the scheme to the private sector earlier this year. This blog is a write up of a Policy Exchange roundtable which took place in February 2017 involving policymakers, energy companies, and consumer groups
Resolving the UK’s Long-Term Care Problem: An Opportunity for the Conservative Party
Warwick Lightfoot — Policy Exchange’s Director of Research, and Head of Economics and Social Policy — reflects on the Government’s announcement regarding additional spending for personal care. He argues that ‘the present Conservative government has the opportunity to undertake a fundamental reform of the welfare state, which would complete its range of provision, and ensure that it cohered in a practical manner that helps families’.
Five Suggestions for the Spring Budget
Ahead of this week’s Budget, the recommendations of Policy Exchange Economic and Social Policy Research Fellow, Jonathan Dupont, range from a continued reduction of the structural deficit, to the commissioning of an overall strategic review of the tax system.
A response to the McGregor-Smith Review on ethnic-minority progression in the workplace
Richard Norrie — Policy Exchange’s Demography, Immigration, and Integration Research Fellow — explains why the review is ‘statistically crude’ and ‘overly pessimistic’. He contends that ‘we now need to pursue the argument that ethnic-minority progression and inclusion is a matter of basic justice, and also essential if we are to be a successful and integrated multi-ethnic society’.
H R McMaster: The philosopher general who could tame Trump
In his latest piece for the New Statesman, John Bew — Head of Policy Exchange’s Britain in the World project — examines the major challenges facing the new US national security adviser
White self-interest is not same thing as racism
David Goodhart – Policy Exchange’s Head of the Demography, Immigration, and Integration Unit – argues that accepting that all groups have legitimate interests fosters mutual understanding
Why do we read?
In a video to mark the 20th World Book Day, Lindsay Johns – Policy Exchange’s Head of Arts and Culture – asks the question… why do we read?
EU waste diktat could cost Britain £2 billion
“EU waste diktat could cost Britain £2 billion”. That is the headline from a new report published by Policy Exchange today, ‘Going Round in Circles’. The report provides a critical review of European and UK policies concerning waste and recycling.
Tony Blair is back on the pitch, but he and his fellow centrists are still playing last season’s game
As two of New Labour’s most prominent figures re-enter the political fray, John Bew – Head of Policy Exchange’s Britain in the World project – wonders whether the much prized “centre ground” has moved beneath their feet.
The French Presidential Election: Voting and Polling
In the latest of Policy Exchange’s series of blog pieces addressing the run-up to the French Presidential election, Zoe Bengherbi — Energy and Environment Research Fellow — assesses what we can learn from the voting and polling, so far.
