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A big reform of Britain’s housing associations could hit the poor
Estimates by Chris Walker, Policy Exchange’s Head of Housing & Planning, that greater freedoms for housing associations would allow them to build 100,000 houses a year are cited in The Economist.
Whitehall spends more than £1bn on contractors
The Financial Times covers Whitehall Rules!, Policy Exchange’s new report looking at how to improve pay and performance in the Civil Service. The report shows that the cost of government contractors has ballooned to £1bn in 2014/15, money that could be better spent on hiring talented new permanent staff.
Red tape, regulation and quangos cost energy companies ‘at least £600m a year’ – and it’s households who foot the bill
The Daily Mail covers Governing Power, Policy Exchange’s new report looking at how to improve the administration of the energy industry. The report highlights the overly complicated governance structure for the industry, with more than 30 bodies, many with overlapping functions, overseeing energy companies.
Ministers urged to cut £500m from energy bills by having ‘quango bonfire’
The Sun covers Governing Power, Policy Exchange’s new report looking at how the energy industry is run. The report highlights the unnecessary complexity of the system, with more than 30 bodies, many with overlapping functions and with a total cost of more than £500m, all playing a role.
Government should radically overhaul energy regulation
City AM reports calls from Policy Exchange’s report Governing Power, which highlights the unneccessary complexity of the energy industry and how simplifying and consolidating it could save hundreds of millions of pounds.
Grammar school ‘annexe’ in Kent is a dangerous moment
Writing in The Guardian, education journalist Fiona Millar cites a Policy Exchange blog post by Jonathan Simons and Natasha Porter which highlighted evidence against the social mobility case made in favour of grammar schools.
Sell outdated prisons and build new ones – the first step in Gove’s mission to reform the penal system
Mark Wallace, ConservativeHome’s Executive Editor, attributes a recent government decision to sell off old inner city prisons to work from Policy Exchange, most recently in our Future Prisonsreport.
English university finances on ‘unsustainable trajectory’
Policy Exchange’s Higher, Further, Faster, More report is covered by Times Higher Education in an article on university funding. The report called for some university funding to be transferred to the imperilled further education sector.
How cutting red tape in the energy system could accelerate UK’s low-carbon transition
BusinessGreen covers Policy Exchange’s new report Governing Power. The report shows how the level of complexity involved in running the UK’s energy industry is acting as a barrier to growth and innovation in the sector, and has pushed up administrative costs to more than £500m.
Hand it over, higher ed: why colleges deserve universities’ funding
Writing in The Guardian, managing director of City & Guilds Kirstie Donnelly, supports calls from Policy Exchange’s Higher, Further, Faster, More report for £532m of university funding to be redirected to the further education sector. She describes such a move as “absolutely invaluable”.
