Fostering Ambitions • Published 24/01/2012 • Latest news 24/01/2012

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Matthew Oakley on BBC Radio 5 Live • 23/01/12

Matthew Oakley, Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy at Policy Exchange, debates the Coalition's benefit caps on BBC Radio 5 Live, arguing that the current system is unfair to those working full time on low income.

Blair Gibbs on The Sunday Politics • 22/01/12

Policy Exchange's Head of Crime & Justice Blair Gibbs is interviewed on The Sunday Politics highlighting how far from its original ideal the European Court of Human Rights has moved.

Why is DECC so defensive about the costs of renewable energy? • 18/01/12

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien questions DECC's refusal to come up with any substantive response to our report The Full Cost to Households of Renewable Energy Policies.

The Full Cost to Households of Renewable Energy Policies • Published 18/01/2012 • Latest news 19/01/2012

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British Bonus Season Set to Disappoint Traders • 17/01/12

James Barty, Senior Advisor on Financial Policy at Policy Exchange, is quoted by CNBC making the case for reforming executive pay so that a substantial proportion is kept in escrow and paid out according to the company's long-term performance.

Kit Malthouse trailblazes path for politicians to control Britain's police • 15/01/12

Blair Gibbs, Head of Crime & Justice at Policy Exchange, is quoted in The Guardian on the roles and responsibilities of police officers and political leaders.

Economic Outlook: growth must come first • 15/01/12

David Smith, Economics Editor of The Sunday Times, references his chapter contribution to Policy Exchange report Looking to the Future of Growth in his column.

Why the Tories must shed their "party of the rich" image • 11/01/12

David Skelton, Policy Exchange's Deputy Director, writes on The New Statesman's Staggers blog setting out why the Conservatives need to shed their image as representing the “party of the rich”.

Neil O'Brien on Newsnight • 11/01/12

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien appears on Newsnight making the point from his earlier blog post that very little study has been conducted on the practical implications of Scottish secession.

David Cameron's Big Idea • 08/01/12

Policy Exchange's influence on David Cameron's modernisation and public service reform policies is cited on BBC Radio 4 in interviews with Jesse Norman MP and The Economist's Janan Ganesh.

Greedy bankers to face prison as Chancellor prepares new law to target reckless bosses who take risks with the economy • 07/01/12

The Sunday Mail reports on Matthew Hancock MP's expected remarks at upcoming Policy Exchange event Executive Pay: Designing rewards for success not failure.

Change in schools has to start at the bottom • 03/01/12

Former head of policy at No 10 James O'Shaughnessy writes in The Times citing proposals from Policy Exchange report More Good School Places for local schools commissioners to act as agents of excellence at 'coasting' schools.

'Development is a good opportunity' • 03/01/12

The Oxford Mail refers to recommendations from Policy Exchange report Cities for Growth that development should allowed on land currently classed as green belt in order to ease Britain's housing crisis.

The Politics of Optimism • Published 01/01/2012 • Latest news 02/01/2012

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Convicts spared jail attack 50 people every day: Thousands serving community sentences commit violent and sexual crimes • 30/12/11

The Daily Mail cites Policy Exchange report Fitting the Crime and its findings that offenders given community sentences were given easy deals such as working in charity shops or costume making.

Ed Boyd on BBC Radio 5 Live • 30/12/11

Crime & Justice Research Fellow Ed Boyd discusses the ineffectiveness of community punishments on BBC Radio 5 Live, a topic examined in Policy Exchange report Fitting the Crime.

Where have all the working-class leaders gone? • 29/12/11

Policy Exchange Deputy Director David Skelton writes on The Guardian's Comment is Free blog examining the decline of working class representation in politics.

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FPC 'must be more independent' • 28/12/11

The Daily Express reports on the recommendation from Policy Exchange report Financial Policy, Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Regulation that the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee should be reformed so that it contains more externally appointed members and more members who have previously been market practitioners.

Keeping the squeeze on • 22/12/11

The Daily Telegraph cites the finding from Policy Exchange report Further analysis on the public sector pay premium that the average public sector worker gets paid 9% more than their private sector counterparts.

Ten people who made their mark on the planning world in 2011 • 21/12/11

Planning Magazine names Alex Morton, Policy Exchange's Senior Research Fellow for Housing & Planning, one of ten people who made their mark on planning this year for his calls for reform of the Use Classes Order in report More Homes: Fewer Empty Buildings.

The Independent View: Now is not the time to debate niceties about constitutional reform • 21/12/11

Policy Exchange Deputy Director David Skelton writes on Lib Dem Voice criticising Nick Clegg for focussing on the Westminster bubble rather than the concerns of ordinary voters.

Obsorne's banking reforms are only the start of a solution • 19/12/11

Policy Exchange's Senior Research Fellow for Economics & Social Policy, Ed Holmes, writes on The Spectator's Coffee House website examining the government's banking reforms. He argues that the reforms focus too much on the preservation of individual banks, rather than the system as a whole.

Why does Britain have more children in workless households than anywhere else in Europe? And what family policy should we have? • 15/12/11

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien posts on his Telegraph blog examining why Britain has more children in workless households than our European neighbours and offering suggestions for direction on family policy.

What would Labour have done? • 14/12/11

Policy Exchange Deputy Director David Skelton writes in Total Politics on the challenge presented to the left by the new eurozone treaty.

Neil O'Brien on the Today Programme • 14/12/11

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien takes part in a debate on the Today Programme on unemployment in the UK, making the case from report Personalised Welfare for more specifically tailored job-search support for jobseekers.

Terence Blacker: The new fad for fairy tales shows our retreat from complex reality • 13/12/11

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien's comments on the British Social Attitudes survey are quoted by The Independent.

Welcome to the self-preservation society • 11/12/11

The Sunday Times extensively quote Director Neil O'Brien and findings from report Just Deserts in an article on the new British Social Attitudes survey.

Has the euro summit changed anything, or are we still heading for disaster? • 09/12/11

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien writes on his Telegraph blog examining whether the recent euro summit has resulted in an agreement that will actually save Europe's economy.

Public sector staff in lower paid regions facing wage cut as Osborne axes national pay deals • 08/12/11

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien is quoted by thisismoney.co.uk defending local pay bargaining agaisnt accusations that it harms the North.

British attitudes: interview • 08/12/11

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien appears on Channel 4 News alongside Deborah Mattinson to discuss the latest British Social Attitudes Survey. Neil highlights how the Survey backs up findings from report Something for Nothing that the public feel that the benefits system is not based on desert.

Companies to be allowed to choose water suppliers • 08/12/11

Simon Less, Policy Exchange's Head of Environment & Energy, is quoted by The Daily Telegraph commenting on the government's adoption of proposals from report Water retail services competition in England and Wales that businesses should be allowed to choose their own water suppliers.

We Tories must conserve our compassion • 07/12/11

Writing on The Guardian's Comment is Free blog, ConservativeHome editor Tim Montgomerie cites polling results from Policy Exchange report Just Deserts? which show the public consider reducing unemployment, cutting tax for the poorest and improving the education system to be more effective ways of reducing poverty than increasing benefits.

Blair Gibbs on Radio 4 • 06/12/11

Head of Crime & Justice Blair Gibbs speaks on BBC Radio 4's Today programme rejecting the premise of the Labour party's policing review that policing is in need of a "common vision and purpose", referencing findings from report Policing in 2020 that future police leaders believe the Peelian principles of policing are still relevant.

Tories in north fear changes to state pay • 04/12/11

Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien is quoted in the Financial Times saying that national pay bargaining should be replaced by a much more localised system that differentiates between living costs from town to town rather than simply from region to region.

Regional pay deals rear their head • 02/12/11

Head of Education James Groves is quoted by the TES arguing that the rising number of academies is likely to weaken national pay bargaining for teachers.

Further analysis on the public sector pay premium • Published 30/11/2011 • Latest news 01/12/2011

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A balancing act • 29/11/11

Writing in Ethos Journal Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien suggests several diverse policies from report Looking to the Future of Growth which would boost long-term economic growth in the UK.

Youth justice policy • 28/11/11

Head of Crime & Justice Blair Gibbs has a letter in The Guardian arguing that the Ministry of Justice’s decision not to abolish the Youth Justice Board is misguided.

George Osborne urged to go further with reform • 27/11/11

The Sunday Express reference Policy Exchange report Looking to the Future of Growth and quote report editor Matthew Oakley calling for "mature and positive debate" about the economy.

Rory Geoghegan on BBC Radio Sussex • 24/11/11

Crime & Justice Research Fellow Rory Geoghegan features on BBC Radio Sussex discussing the crime of burglary and appropriate sentences, in response to news that a burglar in Sussex, who committed 96 burglaries, has now been released from prison and has started re-offending.

Cities for Growth • Published 23/11/2011 • Latest news 23/11/2011

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