Shaping the policy agenda: For better public services, a stronger society and a more dynamic economy
Economics & Social Policy
Economics & Social Policy
"taking responsibility"
By encouraging responsibility by individuals, government and business we believe that growth can be secured, public services improved and better outcomes delivered for families across the UK.
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP delivered a keynote speech on the government's welfare reforms and helping people back in to work at the second Leonard Steinberg Memorial Lecture.
with John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning
John Hayes MP and a panel of experts assessed how the legacy of the Olympics can be secured and how it can contribute to both short and long-term growth in the UK and be part of a plan for a growing London.
James Barty, Senior Consultant to Policy Exchange on Financial Policy, criticises the performance of Sir Mervyn King, and the Bank of England in general, and calls for reform of the Bank so that there are more people who understand financial markets and a few less who understand general equilibrium models of the economy.
James Barty, Senior Consultant to Policy Exchange on Financial Policy, has made a submission to the BIS Shareholder Voting Rights consultation. He argues that the government’s proposals to make shareholder votes on remuneration policy binding is an overreaction and calls for the UK to emulate the Australian model instead.
The Daily Telegraph covers Iain Duncan Smith's speech on welfare reform at Policy Exchange's second Leonard Steinberg Memorial Lecture. He argued that cultural change, rather than political or technocratic change, within both society and government is needed in the coming years
Ed Holmes, Senior Research Fellow for Economics & Social Policy, is quoted by The Daily Mail making the case for local, rather than national, pay bargaining, arguing that it would improve the quality of public services by linking pay with merit.
Shareholder votes on executive pay packages should only become binding if a company fails to secure the necessary threshold of votes in two consecutive years. In a response to the BIS consultation on executive compensation, James Barty says the government’s proposals to make shareholder votes on remuneration policy binding is an overreaction.
Sovereign default has become a reality in Greece with profound implications for the rest of the Euro Area and the international financial system. This paper looks at what lessons can be learnt by examining the last major sovereign default in Argentina 2002.
With new figures revealing that huge numbers of people previously claiming Incapacity Benefit are now being deemed capable of some form of work Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien points out that this new influx of newly capable workers will be a big shock to jobcentres and the welfare system.
Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien makes the case for a carefully thought out reform of disability benefits. Neil stresses the importance of getting the tone of the reforms right in order to prevent those claiming DLA being seen as "spongers".
Policy Exchange is delighted to host a roundtable seminar with Gary Pisano. Professor Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His research has examined technology strategy, the management of innovation, organizational learning, outsourcing, and the management of intellectual property. His research, teaching, and consulting on these issues span a range of science and technology based industries including aerospace, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, health care, computers, software, telecommunications, and semiconductors.
In his new book The New Few Ferdinand Mount argues that this was supposed to be the era when democracy came into its own, but instead power and wealth in Britain have slowly been consolidated the hands of a small elite, while the rest of the country struggles financially and switches off politically.
