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Renewal of Government
Renewal of Government is a short analysis of the many issues facing Britain today. It recommends a root-and-branch reform of public policy, and shows in detail how to implement it. This book proposes many different ways to make public sector organisations more dynamic and less bureaucratic. It looks at whether there are alternative, non-statist ways to achieve the objectives of public policy.
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Press Coverage • Guardian • Daily Mail • Daily Mail II • Telegraph • Telegraph Opinion • Times • Sunday Times • Mail on Sunday • ConservativeHome
Fighting Fraud and Financial Crime
The haphazard development of the Government agencies tasked with tackling serious fraud, corruption and financial market crimes has created a system of overlapping responsibilities for investigation and prosecution, a dispersion of powers and caused unnecessary duplication of manpower and specialist resources. Perhaps unsurprisingly then, our criminal justice system struggles to cope with complex fraud trials and if perpetrators of these crimes are to be brought to account, important changes to the criminal law need to be made.
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Escaping the Poverty Trap
There are 5.8 million people on benefits in Britain. This year, the welfare bill will be £81 billion. If the people who have recently started claiming social security and are struggling to find work do not get jobs soon, the personal and social costs of the rise in unemployment will be catastrophic. The report recommends reducing the expected rises in benefits over the next few years, tapering away the Family element of the Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit at 39% once the Child Element has been exhausted and raising the earnings disregard for all means-tested benefits to £92.80.
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Terrorism: Pragmatism, Populism, and Libertarianism
Lord Carlile delivers the inaugural John Creaney Memorial Lecture.
"John Creaney, and people like John Creaney, have risked their careers and even their lives in the careful, honourable and objective prosecution and defence of terrorism suspects and in the pursuit of better law. John Creaney stands as a symbol but many are not major figures like John Creaney; they are the civil servants who put policy into effect, the border officers who stand at passport and customs posts, and the police constables who stand in the front line."
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Fighting Fraud and Financial Crime
Published Thursday 11th March, 2010
Press reports on recommendations made in new Policy Exchange publication Fighting Fraud and Financial Crime.
Coverage • Times • Times II • efinancialnews.com
Published Wednesday 10th March, 2010
Press reports on recommendations made in new Policy Exchange publication The Renewal of Government.
Coverage • Guardian • Daily Mail • Daily Mail II • Telegraph • Telegraph Opinion • Times • Sunday Times • Mail on Sunday • ConservativeHome
Why punish all dog owners when only a few are guilty?
Wednesday 10th March, 2010
Ross Clark, co-author of new Policy Exchange publication The Renewal of Government writes in the Daily Express about plans to compel all dog-owners to buy third party insurance to cover them in case of attacks on members of the public.
Get off our backs and just let us do our jobs
Tuesday 9th March, 2010
Simon Wolfson, who wrote the foreword to upcoming Policy Exchange publication The Renewal of Government criticises intrusive government meddling and excessive spending.
Monday 8th March, 2010
Neil O'Brien writes in the Daily Mail about the financial and political crisis Britain is currently in and draws comparisons with the 1970s.
Think tank: Slackers find a safe haven in the public sector
Sunday 7th March, 2010
Neil O'Brien criticises poor public sector performance in the Times.
Escaping the Poverty Trap
Published Wednesday 3rd March, 2010
Press reports on recommendations made in Policy Exchange's report on welfare Escaping the Poverty Trap
Coverage • The Telegraph • The Express • politics.co.uk • publicfinance.co.uk • ConservativeHome • leftfootforward.org
Why we need to balance the books
Thursday 4th March, 2010
Allister Heath, editor of CITY A.M., references research by Andrew Lilico on successful historical fiscal reform programmes.
Dangerous terrorist suspects are on the streets because of judges' decisions, watchdog says
The Telegraph reports on Lord Carlile's speech on preventing terrorism delivered at Policy Exchange's John Creaney Memorial Lecture
Tories promise universities A-level oversight
Times Higher Education references findings by Policy Exchange that the quality of some A-levels is of concern to universities.
Policy Exchange author Mark Oliver speaks on Newsnight about proposed changes to the scope of the BBC.
Tory project could slash school budgets, says thinktank
The Guardian reports on the Conservative and Liberal Democrat adoptions of the Policy Exchange recommendation that schools be funded by a pupil premium.
Policy Exchange's Lilico Discusses U.K. Bank Bonuses
Andrew Lilico discusses bank bailouts and bonuses on Bloomberg News.
Andrew Lilico: BA's woes reflect wider economic turbulence
Andrew Lilico writes in the Yorkshire Post about how BA's troubles are symptomatic of the UK economy as a whole.
The BBC draft review offers its own manifesto for change
The Guardian references critcism of the BBC throwing money at wooing 16-35 year old viewers levelled by Policy Exchange report Changing the Channel in this report on a BBC internal review.
Prison places shortfall
Press reports on Policy Exchange findings that ending the End of Custody License scheme will leave the UK with too few jail cells.
Coverage • News of the World • Mail
Pound slides as figures underline scale of UK recession
Andrew Lilico is quoted in the Telegraph on how the recently lowered estimate of GDP will affect the public finances for the next few years.
Can you justify your job title?
Natalie Evans is quoted in a BBC News article on how job titles becoming more confusing and convoluted
University managers outpace academics
Anna Fazackerley speaks in the Financial Times on their findings that the number of managers at UK universities has risen more than three times as fast as the number of academics since 2003
Andrew Lilico on BBC Radio 4's The Long View
Andrew is interviewed on BBC Radio 4's The Long View about reducing the UK's deficit
Middle-class students face cuts to loans
Press reports on recommendations from Policy Exchange’s latest report on tuition fees More Fees Please
Coverage • Times Higher Education • BBC News • Guardian BBC Radio 5 Live • BBC Today Programme • The Telegraph • The Sunday Express • Belfast Telegraph • Metro • Politics.co.uk • ConservativeHome
Culture of fear at NHS costs lives
Press reports on documents uncovered by Policy Exchange which show that within the NHS attaining targets has been given higher precendence than saving lives
Coverage • The Sun • The Telegraph • The Mail • Emergency Services News • Metro
The Economist references research by Policy Exchange in its article on increasing transport of the Thames
Cost of cancer to UK to rise to £25 billion over next 10 years
Press reports on recommendations made in Policy Exchange's report on cancer The Cost of Cancer
Coverage • Sky News • The Mail • The Express • The Star • Reuters • The Times • freshbusinessthinking.com • Health Insurance & Protection • ecancermedicalscience.com
Era of cheap money is gone forever
City AM references findings by Policy Exchange in an article on inflation
