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Time for political game-playing over the Irish border to stop
Policy Exchange’s Senior Fellow on EU Affairs Ray Bassett – himself a former senior Irish diplomat – argues that ‘any hard border in the Irish Sea and North/South would hurt Ireland a lot more than it would Britain’ and that Ireland’s interests are more aligned with the UK than EU. Consequently, he says Dublin should drop its efforts to keep Northern Ireland in the Customs Union.
The Spring forecast – better news but still too pessimistic
Policy Exchange’s head of economics Warwick Lightfoot – former Special Adviser to three Chancellors – argues the Spring Statement was slightly more positive than the forecast published at the time of the November Budget last year, but remains too pessimistic about the future course of the economy.
Moving Forward on Integration
Policy Exchange’s Head of Demography, Immigration and Integration, David Goodhart, responds to the Government’s green paper on integration.
The Spring Statement: a brighter economic picture that should in future be more clearly presented
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, Warwick Lightfoot looks ahead to improving economic conditions but makes a plea for clearer documents with which the public can engage.
Housing: why we need more than numbers
Policy Exchange’s Susan Emmett welcomes the PM’s speech but says the Government is missing a trick on style and design
Turning on the tap of reform: the UK water market and how consumers – and the environment – are losing out
Environment and Energy Research Fellow at Policy Exchange, Josh Burke, explores the recent speech by DEFRA Secretary Michael Gove on the water industry and finds much to praise – but also that there is more reform needed.
UK economy doing well – but there’s little spare capacity
Policy Exchange’s Head of Economics and former Special Adviser to three chancellors – Warwick Lightfoot – assesses new economic data and finds the UK economy in good health. But with a warning, too.
Glowing hot or cold? The future of nuclear power in the UK
Energy and Environment Research Fellow Matt Rooney analyses the Government’s long-term plans for nuclear power. Could Small Modular Reactors be a solution?
The EU’s own report confirms that the Irish Border issue can be resolved with technology – does this expose other motivations in Dublin and Brussels?
Dr Graham Gudgin – himself a former special adviser to the First Minister of Northern Ireland – finds that the EU’s own research group has identified technological solutions to avoid a ‘hard border’, raising questions about Dublin and Brussels’ intransigence on this issue.
Democracy and Brexit
Reflecting on the Foreign Secretary’s speech at Policy Exchange last week, Director of Research and Strategy Rupert Oldham-Reid summarises the speech.
