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Labour wants schools to be local
Jonathan Simons, Policy Exchange’s Head of Education, is quoted by Schools Week criticising Labour proposals to impose further scrutiny from local councils on schools.

London boroughs back common standards-led data approach
Comments made by Eddie Copeland, Policy Exchange’s Head of Technology Policy, at a recent workshop event are covered by Government Computing. Eddie argued that due to the isolated way in which local government IT has organically developed, councils are a long way from being able to adopt open standards and share services.

Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant Strikes A Chord For Diversity And Social Inclusion
Forbes magazine cites findings from Policy Exchange’s 2014 report A Portrait of Modern Britainwhich show that the ethnic minority population in the UK could rise to nearly a third by 2050.

Nationalise then privatise
Writing on 24dash.com, housing expert Colin Wiles reports that Goldman Sachs have been appointed by the government to consider how proposals from Policy Exchange Freeing Housing Associationsreport might be implemented.