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16 May 2012 | Bernard Hogan-Howe, Met Police Chief, Suggests Drugs Tests By Employers Could Curb Demand

  • The Huffington Post covers comments made by Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe at his recent speech to Policy Exchange that more drug tests for employees at work could act as a deterrant and affect the demand for drugs.

  • 16 May 2012 | Theresa May faces calls to resign after being booed offstage at Police Federation address

  • The Independent cites the discovery by Policy Exchange that three in five officers are earning more than £38,000 a year.

  • 11 May 2012 | Most councils 'can't prove' they have compensated for biodiversity damage

  • Planning magazine covers Policy Exchange report Nurturing Nature, citing the report's findings that green space is being lost because local authorities are failing to force developers to replace green land lost as a result of development. The report calls for the NPPF to explicitly state that large developments must deliver a net gain in biodiversity.

  • 11 May 2012 | Planning system ''is failing our wildlife''

  • Public Service magazine covers Policy Exchange report Nurturing Nature. It reports the finding that local authorities are failing to enforce rules designed to protect England's natural environment.

  • 11 May 2012 | Planning system 'failing' wildlife

  • The Independent covers Nurturing Nature, Policy Exchange's recent report on biodiversity. They report the discovery that steps to protect wildlife habitats from local development are being haphazardly followed - if at all - resulting in loss of over an acre of green space for every 2.5 acres developed.

  • 11 May 2012 | I'll expose 'soft' judges, vows MP

  • Shipley MP Philip Davies is quoted by the Keighley News citing polling findings from Policy Exchange report Northern Lights that the public want the government to be tougher on crime, welfare dependency and immigration.

  • 10 May 2012 | The blue sheep of the family

  • David Skelton, Policy Exchange's Deputy Director, is interviewed by the Northern Echo. He calls for implementation of recommendations on planning policy from report Cities for Growth in Consett, his home town, a system of local pay bargaining and makes the argument from Northern Lights that the Conservatives need to appeal to aspirational working-class voters in the North if they wish to win another election.

  • 10 May 2012 | Countryside under threat as developers fail to compensate for damage to wildlife

  • The Telegraph covers Policy Exchange report Nurturing Nature which criticises the effectiveness of current legislation designed to protect wildlife habitats. Head of Environment & Energy and report author Guy Newey is quoted stressing that development can still be encouraged while at the same time improving England's natural environment.

  • 10 May 2012 | We need 'cultural change' to get true welfare reform, says Iain Duncan Smith

  • 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

  • 09 May 2012 | Newsnight covers 'Northern Lights'

  • BBC Newsnight reports findings from Policy Exchange report Northern Lights that the most important things the British public feels the government could do to help them would be reducing energy bills and reducing fuel duty.