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Mrs Thatcher 50 years on: it’s a different country now but she still has lessons for Mrs Badenoch

February 11, 2025

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Immigration is out of control: this ten-year plan could fix it

February 7, 2025

Bridget Phillipson’s claims have sown confusion over teacher pay

February 6, 2025

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Should families get a stamp duty break?

February 5, 2025

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Time for honest questions about race and terror

January 27, 2025

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The absurdity of funding ‘diverse’ research

January 20, 2025

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POLITICO’s London Playbook: Has Leadbeater moved the goalposts on assisted dying?

February 11, 2025

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Labour slammed as cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s past could hit £4bn

February 11, 2025

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Cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s past estimated at more than £2 billion

February 11, 2025

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Attorney General Lord Hermer is an ‘arrogant, progressive fool’ who must be fired, says fellow Labour peer

February 11, 2025

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Troubles law change enabling Gerry Adams to claim damages set to cost taxpayers £2.7bn

February 11, 2025

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Gerry Adams compensation could push Troubles legacy payments to £2.7bn

February 11, 2025

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🇮🇴 'Averting a Strategic Misstep: Why the Government should walk away from its draft agreement to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius'

This new Policy Exchange report calls for the UK Government to withdraw immediately from the proposed deal, arguing that four developments since the deal’s announcement expose its flimsy foundations, and undermine the Government’s claim that the Diego Garcia military base’s “long-term future is… more secure under this agreement than without it”.

The report is backed by former First Sea Lord and former Labour Security Minister, Rt. Hon Admiral Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC PC.

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✍️ "Labour's quiet plan to 'decolonise' street

✍️ "Labour's quiet plan to 'decolonise' street names proves the culture wars aren't over"

Senior Research Fellow (Culture and Identity) at Policy Exchange, Lara Brown, writes for @telegraph ⬆️

📣 Join us next week as we welcome Michael Lind

📣 Join us next week as we welcome Michael Lind and Jason Cowley to discuss: ‘After Populism: The Future of the Western Left’

📅 Wednesday 11th December, 13:00-14:00

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📣 NEW REPORT 👮‍♀️ Non-Crime Hate Poli

📣 NEW REPORT

👮‍♀️ Non-Crime Hate Policing: A chilling distraction from the public's priorities on policing

In this policy note we outline the origins of Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHIs), the approach by police forces to recording them and their impact.

The report – endorsed by former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Lord Hogan-Howe and Lord Jackson, member of the British Transport Police Authority – makes nine recommendations for change.

✍️ Dave Spencer

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✍️"...the ICC has undermined – perhaps fatal

✍️"...the ICC has undermined – perhaps fatally – its own credibility, as well as prospects for a peace settlement in Gaza."

Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange,
Yuan Yi Zhu, writes for @spectator1828 ⬆️

🏠 Ike Ijeh, Head of Housing, Architecture and U

🏠 Ike Ijeh, Head of Housing, Architecture and Urban Space at Policy Exchange, recently spoke to @bbc about how building beautiful can help to tackle loneliness.

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📣 NEW REPORT 🔋Semiconductors: A test for t

📣 NEW REPORT

🔋Semiconductors: A test for the new Government

Authored by Sir Geoffrey Owen, Head of Industrial Policy at Policy Exchange and former Editor of the Financial Times, this report argues that in order to deliver the Government’s ambitions for growth, our industrial strategy should focus on building a distinctive position in a sector of the market – compound semiconductors – where the UK already has considerable strengths.

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✍️"A restoration of common sense to policing m

✍️"A restoration of common sense to policing may well be the first step for the Government and His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in their joint mission to keep the populists at bay"

Policy Exchange's Head of Crime and Justice, David Spencer, writes for @telegraph

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