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15 January 2013 | Eric Pickles ‘does God’, but does the government really agree?

  • The Spectator quotes Communities Secretary Eric Pickles MP speaking about the importance of allowing people to freely wear religious symbols in the UK, prior to his speech on integration to Policy Exchange and British Future.

  • 15 January 2013 | I'll protect faith from attack by militants who hate religion, says Eric Pickles

  • The Daily Mail covers Communities Secretary Eric Pickles MP's upcoming keynote speech on integration to Policy Exchange and British Future. Pickles will argue at the event that people in Britain should be allowed to freely wear religious symbols as faith provides a clear moral compass.

  • 15 January 2013 | We must not ban crosses, says Eric Pickles

  • Communities Secretary Eric Pickles MP forthcoming speech to Policy Exchange and British Future addressing integration and ways to unite communities in Britain is covered by The Daily Express. Ahead of an ECHR ruling on religious attire in the workplace, Pickles will argue that people in the UK should be free to wear religious symbols.

  • 03 December 2012 | Spies tasked with preventing extremism in schools

  • BBC Democracy Live covers the announcement by Michael Gove of the creation of a Due Diligence Unit to help prevent religious extremism being taught in schools. Such a unit was first called for in 2010 Policy Exchange report Faith Schools We Can Believe In.

  • 14 November 2012 | Crucial battle against UK 'secret courts' begins in earnest

  • The Guardian cites the assertion by Ken Clarke from his recent speech to Policy Exchange on the Justice & Security Bill that the bill would result in more accountability for the intelligence services and more information being disclosed in court.

  • 15 October 2012 | Upgrading Our Armed Forces on the Today programme

  • Col. Richard Williams, co-author of Policy Exchange's 2010 report Upgrading Our Armed Forces discusses the role of the Territorial Army on Radio 4's Today programme. The report called for an expanded, complementary, role for the TA alongside the regular Army.

  • 06 March 2012 | Compassionate Conservatives find it's time to think again

  • The Guardian highlights Policy Exchange's 10th birthday, calling us the most influential thinktank in Britain, and citing our past successes as well as our future policy plans such as ending national pay bargaining and moving child poverty measures to a 'causes of poverty' target.

  • 22 February 2012 | Murphy launches Labour's defence review

  • In the Spectator's Coffee House Blog Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP and his speech at Policy Exchange is covered as he proposes an alternative to the Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review.

  • 07 February 2012 | European judges' ruling on Abu Qatada 'a threat to our national security'

  • Head of Crime & Justice Blair Gibbs is quoted in The Telegraph criticising the ECtHR for refusing to allow the deportation of Abu Qatada and arguing that the government needs to create a credible plan to curb the power of the Court’s power.

  • 04 October 2011 | May: Foreign thugs to lose human right to a 'family life' in Britain

  • The Daily Mail covers Lord Carlile's exclusive article for Policy Exchange in which he condemns the "promiscuous" application of the Human Rights Act to prevent terrorist suspects and dangerous criminals from being deported.