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Parliament must be given the final say on human rights

25 January 2012 | Parliament must be given the final say on human rights

  • Blair Gibbs, Policy Exchange's Head of Crime & Justice, writes in The Telegraph calling for a democratic override for national parliaments over the ECtHR or, if this cannot be achieved, withdrawal from the Court's jurisdiction as advocated in report Bringing Rights Back Home.

    • Welfare reform: how to create a different and tighter benefit cap

    23 January 2012 | Welfare reform: how to create a different and tighter benefit cap

  • Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien writes on his Telegraph blog proposing alternative, principle-driven ways to cap welfare.

    • We need to focus on growth and being greener - not 'green growth'

    18 January 2012 | We need to focus on growth and being greener - not 'green growth'

  • Simon Less, Policy Exchange's Head of Environment & Energy, makes the case from report Greening the economy - not 'green economy' in ConservativeHome that the government's 'green economy' policies are an incredibly expensive way of reducing carbon and smack of 1970s-style industrial policy.

    • Why is DECC so defensive about the costs of renewable energy?

    18 January 2012 | Why is DECC so defensive about the costs of renewable energy?

  • 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.

    • Why the Tories must shed their

    11 January 2012 | Why the Tories must shed their "party of the rich" image

  • 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”.

    • Carbon pricing provides the tools for a less regressive UK climate policy

    10 January 2012 | Carbon pricing provides the tools for a less regressive UK climate policy

  • Head of Environment & Energy, Simon Less, discusses the social impacts of reduced UK carbon emissions.

    • We need a Royal Commission on the implications of Scottish independence

    10 January 2012 | We need a Royal Commission on the implications of Scottish independence

  • Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien notes in his Telegraph blog the absence of neutrally written work setting out the implications of a break up of the United Kingdom and examines some of the issues himself.

    • Should tax cuts for people on low incomes prioritise people with children?

    04 January 2012 | Should tax cuts for people on low incomes prioritise people with children?

  • Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien writes on his Telegraph blog examining how the tax system should respond to the number of children a person has, citing polling findings from report Just Deserts? that show that the public is quite split about how much help people with children should expect from the rest of society.

    • Default Thumb

    03 January 2012 | Change in schools has to start at the bottom

  • 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.

     

    • Where have all the working-class leaders gone?

    29 December 2011 | Where have all the working-class leaders gone?

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