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The UK’s growth problem runs deeper than Trump’s trade war

April 23, 2025

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Why it is more important than ever to preserve Shakespeare’s legacy

March 29, 2025

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Will Streeting’s shake-up save the NHS?

March 17, 2025

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Wes Streeting is right to abolish NHS England — but must not fail this crucial test

March 14, 2025

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Here’s how we can rebuild our broken benefits system

March 10, 2025

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Two-tier justice is taking over the courts

March 7, 2025

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Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction – now the movement has gone deeper underground

April 25, 2025

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Keir Starmer warned Britons will never forgive Brexit surrender

April 25, 2025

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Revealed: Russia’s secret war in UK waters

April 7, 2025

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‘Voters sceptical of Labour’s domestic agenda ahead of local elections’

April 7, 2025

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Fact check: How many schools ban mobile phones?

April 7, 2025

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Kids with phones will be like ”portraits of Victorian children smoking”

March 28, 2025

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📣 NEW REPORT The Sentencing Council’s new gu

📣 NEW REPORT

The Sentencing Council’s new guideline is at odds with the principle of equal treatment before the law.

It is wrong that an Arm’s Length Body can make fundamental policy changes concerning the justice system without Parliament’s consent.

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📊 The models of the impact of Brexit on UK expo $📊 The models of the impact of Brexit on UK exports used by the OBR are greatly exaggerated – and the real impact is only a small fraction of what has been assumed. This is the central argument of @policyexchange’s new paper, 'Less than Meets the Eye: The Real Impact of Brexit on UK Trade', which was endorsed by former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP @jeremyhuntmp 📰 The launch of this report was covered by The Sun, The Independent, The Daily Express, City AM, The i Paper, GB News, The Irish Times and POLITICO Read it on our website 🧑‍💻 (Link in our bio)$

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A new report from Policy Exchange warns that the Church of England’s reparations plan (known as ‘Project Spire’) is historically uninformed and may lack legal justification.

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📉 Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?

This report sets out the incentives in the system that have led to consistently high migration and the problems with the human rights framework, and outlines the policy responses needed.

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⚖️ Misjudging Parliament’s reversal of the Supreme Court’s judgment in R v Adams

Backed by 16 leading peers, this report shows that a new Government decision to change the law will result in Gerry Adams and hundreds of others being in line for a pay day from the taxpayer as “compensation” for their detention in the 1970s for suspected involvement in terrorism.

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📣 New report

🇮🇴 '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”.

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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.

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