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Recent Blogs
Housing – why planning powers should be reshuffled to local people and a new Secretary of State
Senior Research Fellow for Housing & Planning Alex Morton sets out recommendations from his Policy Exchange research that would see kickstart housebuilding levels and calls for the creation of a new Department for Housing & Planning.
Grey power is growing – and it can make Britain a better place
Policy Exchange Director Neil O’Brien examines the politics of having an increasingly aged population and argues that we need to learn to use the capabilities older people have to cope with the aging population.
Want to get out of recession? Start building houses
Alex Morton, Policy Exchange’s Senior Research Fellow for Housing & Planning and author of new report Ending Expensive Social Tenancies, calls for the government to show that it is serious about housing by creating a Secretary of State for Housing & Planning.
How’s this for a deal? Regional pay restraint…to fund regional infrastructure
Matthew Oakley, Head of Economics & Social Policy at Policy Exchange, argues that recommendations from reportEnding Expensive Social Tenancies and reforming public sector pay would create savings which could be reinvested into growth-enhancing infrastructure.
No one has a right to live in Kensington at taxpayers’ expense: it’s time to start recycling social housing
Policy Exchange Director Neil O’Brien writes advocating recommendations from new report Ending Expensive Social Tenancies that expensive social housing should be sold and the proceeds used to build more social housing.
“Expensive” social housing is unfair for everyone in the system
Alex Morton, Senior Research Fellow for Housing & Planning and author of Policy Exchange’s latest report Ending Expensive Social Tenancies makes proposals from the report that could see hundreds of thousands of new homes built and highlights the unfairness of housing social tenants in accommodation many hard-working people may never be able to afford.
Raise a glass to students’ success but we need to talk about A-levels
David Skelton, Deputy Director at Policy Exchange, argues that A-levels should be judged on the esteem in which they are held by employers and businesses. He argues that schools should use autonomy over their curriculum to teach subjects that are academically rigorous, with real world application, potentially working in conjunction with local universities and businesses.
Don’t let apathy rob you of a say on how you are policed
Policy Exchange’s Head of Crime & Justice, Blair Gibbs, explains the importance of new Police & Crime Commissioners and introduces our new website – PoliceElections.com – which is designed to raise public awareness about the elections and those who are standing in them.
Re-regulating energy retail will break it, not fix it
Simon Less, Policy Exchange’s Senior Consultant for Regulatory Policy, argues that re-regulating the energy market will not work as it will undermine the competitive market. He suggests reducing regulatory burdens on small energy suppliers and improving tariff transparency.
The Olympics teach us (among other things) that Britain isn’t meritocratic enough
Policy Exchange Director Neil O’Brien draws six lessons from the Olympic Games, including that Britain actually can successfully conduct big projects, should focus on ‘victory through specialisation’ and embrace elitism and meritocracy.
