A policy guide to what we can expect from Labour under Jeremy Corbyn
On 12th September, the Labour party overwhelmingly chose Jeremy Corbyn as its new leader. Policy Exchange has taken an in-depth look at the Labour party’s policy positions on a number of key issues relevant to our own research areas. Economic and Financial Policy It...
Garden villages could help solve the housing crisis and empower local communities
Our report Garden Villages recommends a network of new village communities in predominantly rural areas to help solve the housing crisis. It suggests that if each and every one of the 200 mainly rural councils built a new garden village, then a million homes could be...
Additional Policy Exchange analysis of Summer Budget 2015
Introducing the Living Wage Premium The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates that the new “Living Wage Premium” will see the effective Minimum Wage rise from £6.50 today to £9.35 by 2020, benefitting around 6 million people – but at the cost of 60,000...
The government’s right-to-buy targets are achievable – if the politics are possible
The government’s policy of forcing councils to sell off their most expensive properties as they become vacant was an idea initially floated by Policy Exchange in its 2012 report Ending Expensive Social Tenancies. The original idea was that each expensive home sold...
