Publications
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Recent Publications
Diminished Returns: How Raising the Leaving Age to 18 Will Harm Young People and the Economy
Policy ExchangeLeading academic and former government advisor Professor Alison Wolf reports how the British Government have ludicrously over-estimated the benefits of raising the education and training leaving age to 18 and massively under-estimated the costs.
Towards better transport: Funding new infrastructure with future road pricing revenue
Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich and Briar LipsonAccording to Towards Better Transport traffic congestion is now endemic, affecting not just large cities but also the core motorway network and small towns. It currently costs the UK economy in the region of £20bn per year.
Little Britons: Financing Childcare Choice
Louisa MitchellLittle Britons assesses research on parental preferences and reviews how state childcare is currently funded, how it supports individual families and its impact on the private and voluntary sectors.
Learning the Hard Way: a strategy for special educational needs
Policy ExchangeLearning the Hard Way: a strategy for special educational needs argues that the inclusion debate misses the fundamental point: that it is parents, not politicians, who are best placed to decide where their children should be educated. It is parent choice, rather than ‘expert’ opinion, that should drive policy.
Give and Let Give: building a culture of philanthropy in the financial services industry
Rhodri Davies and Louisa MitchellThe most comprehensive report into the state and future of British philanthropy in the City this decade. Give and Let Giveis designed to stimulate high-earning City professionals to embark on a philanthropic journey.
Give and Let Give: building a culture of philanthropy in the financial services industry
Rhodri Davies and Louisa MitchellThe most comprehensive report into the state and future of British philanthropy in the City this decade. Give and Let Giveis designed to stimulate high-earning City professionals to embark on a philanthropic journey.
Unlocking the Prison Estate: Modernising the Prison System in England and Wales
Jonathan McClory, Ben Ullmann and Gavin LockhartIn the face of the inadequacy of Britain’s prison system, Unlocking the Prison Estate, argues that by unlocking the value in the prison estate the Government could generate sufficient funds to construct modern prisons that are fit for purpose and offer a greater number of prison places.
Choice? What Choice? Supply and Demand in English Education
Sam Freedman and Eleanor SturdyChoice? What Choice? finds that parents often do not have meaningful options about where to send their children to be educated.
Cities Limited
Dr Oliver Marc HartwichCities Limited calls into question the value of the plethora of urban regeneration schemes delivered by a myriad of different agencies
More Mirage than Miracle: assessing the UK’s economic performance
Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich and Briar LipsonBank of America Chief Economist Europe Dr Holger Schmieding, Policy Exchange Chief Economist Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich and Policy Exchange Research Fellow Briar Lipson assess the UK’s economic performance since 1992.
