Civil Nuclear Technologies
Download Publication Online Reader Civil Nuclear Technologies surveys the rapidly changing reactor landscape confronting Britain as it seeks to deliver a new ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear power. From established large reactors and SMRs to advanced and micro-reactor technologies, innovation is widening the range of options available. As part of its detailed examination of possible reactor technologies, the report argues that...
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The Special Air Service in Northern Ireland
Download Publication Online Reader Drawing on original interviews with over a dozen SAS veterans – the first account of its kind – this report shows the important contribution the unit made to Operation Banner by degrading the IRA’s capacity to kill, restoring order in areas where the IRA had operated with near-impunity, and helping convince the republican movement that armed...
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The Home Secretary Interviews
Download Publication Online Reader This groundbreaking new report from Policy Exchange, “The Home Secretary Interviews”, presents a series of exclusively obtained on-the-record interviews with fourteen of those who served as Home Secretary over the last three and a half decades. In these candid interviews the former Home Secretaries reveal their successes, failures, regrets and reflections of their time in office...
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Evidence of Learning Through Assessment
Download Publication Online Reader Policy Exchange’s ‘Evidence of Learning Through Assessment: Protecting the Value of a Degree in the Age of AI’, by Professor Philip Newton, exposes that university assessment mechanisms are increasingly vulnerable to cheating by students using generative AI, due to their heavy reliance on take-home essays and unsupervised remote exams, instead of monitored, in-person assessment. A Freedom...
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British Policy and the Iran Crisis
Download Publication Online Reader Written by the UK’s leading Iran scholar, Professor Ali Ansari FRSE, British Policy and the Iran Crisis examines how the ongoing crisis has exposed serious weaknesses in Britain’s strategic thinking, preparedness and military capacity toward Iran and the Gulf more widely. The report diagnoses a Whitehall trapped by institutional inertia, depleted Persian expertise and an overriding...
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Powering the Future
Download Publication Online Reader Powering the Future examines how Britain can secure a leading role in the emerging civil maritime nuclear industry. Nuclear-powered civilian vessels and floating power plants promise the transformation of commercial shipping, energy resilience and sustained access, power and presence in remote and contested maritime regions. Russia already leads in operational deployment, while China is combining its...
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“Without fear or favour”?
Download Publication Online Reader Policy Exchange’s report, “Without fear or favour”? An assessment of “Anti-Racism” in policing today raises concerns that the principle of ‘equality before the law’ has been eroded – with increasing evidence to suggest that people are being treated differently based on their race. The report estimates that the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion activities by police forces and Police...
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How to Make Taxation Less Taxing
Download Publication Online Reader This paper argues that the UK tax system is stunting growth and calls for radical reform, with Stamp Duties, Inheritance Tax, the 45% additional rate of Income Tax and National Insurance to ultimately be abolished, alongside cutting public sector spending. The report contends that reform requires not only a focus on reducing the overall tax burden...
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Litigating Climate Change
Download Publication Online Reader This report warns that Britain could be liable for climate change “reparations” running into the trillions of pounds, after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion that countries have binding legal duties to prevent climate harm – duties going well beyond the Paris Agreement on Climate Change – and can be sued for...
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A Matter of Choice
Download Publication Online Reader Despite record-breaking increases in spending, parents continue to find the current childcare system inflexible and expensive. The status quo fails to work for families with flexible working patterns or who have low or irregular income. Despite increasing funding, the childcare sector itself is also under strain, and childminder numbers are at an all-time low. A Matter...
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