Neil O'Brien in the news
5th August 2010
John McTernan v Neil O'Brien: Can Iain Duncan Smith fix Britain's welfare problem?
Neil goes head to head with John McTernan on welfare reforms being led by Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith.
3rd August 2010
Give the falling property market a push
Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien writes for the Financial Times on the British property market.
28th July 2010
A greener, cheaper energy policy
Neil discusses climate and energy policy, and the findings and launch of the latest Policy Exchange report Greener, Cheaper for Conservative Home.
20th July 2010
The Business: Labour's economic legacy
Neil features in The Guardian's The Business podcast commenting on the Labour Party's economic legacy.
19th July 2010
Yes, we can bring law and order to the Wild West Web
Neil comments in the Daily Mail on the Facebook tribute to Raoul Moat.
19th July 2010
Throwing money at poverty is no cure for it
Neil writes in the Telegraph on the problems with the previous Government's approach to poverty and suggests a new approach for the Coalition.
14th July 2010
Scots should forget about flying the flag and fix their country
Neil writes for the Daily Telegraph on why Scotland should focus more on its problems rather than on constitutional change and devolution, following the release of latest report The Devolution Distraction.
8th July 2010
Should we care about inequality - or poverty?
Neil blogs for the Daily Telegraph on the debate over poverty and inequality, including findings from a critique of The Spirit Level in Policy Exchange's latest report Beware False Prophets.
2nd July 2010
Unemployment can still fall, even as the state shrinks
Neil writes on the Telegraph's blog about shrinking the public sector.
23rd June 2010
Neil O'Brien on The World Tonight
Neil speaks on The World Tonight about the measures taken in the recent Budget to cut government spending.
22nd June 2010
This Budget is only a start: our debts will still be nearly three times higher than in 2007
Neil writes for the Daily Telegraph on the spending reductions outlined in the emergency budget.
21st June 2010
Neil O'Brien on 'How to Save £100 Billion - Live'
Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien features on Channel 4 Dispatches programme, How to Save £100 Billion - Live.
19th June 2010
Neil is quoted on the News of the World Politics Blog on public spending cuts and the need to reduce the public sector pay bill.
18th June 2010
Neil O'Brien speaks to Victoria Derbyshire
Neil speaks to Victoria Derbyshire about the findings of Controlling Public Spending on the differences in pay and conditions between the public and private sectors.
18th June 2010
How Public Sector Staff Earn 30% More In Nine Fewer Years
Neil is quoted in the Express discussing the need to bring down the public sector pay bill, as highlighted by Policy Exchange report Controlling Public Spending.
18th June 2010
Public/Private Sector Pay Gap Widens
Neil is quoted in a Sky News article on the need to lower the public sector pay bill and proposals contained in the latest Policy Exchange report Controlling Public Spending.
18th June 2010
Public sector pay, conditions outstrip private sector, report says
Neil is quoted in the Daily Telegraph discussing the need to bring down the public sector pay bill, as highlighted by Policy Exchange report Controlling Public Spending.
18th June 2010
Public sector workers work nine years less
Neil is quoted in an article on the thisismoney website discussing public sector pay versus the private sector and proposals to lower the public sector paybill, as highlighted by the report Controlling Public Spending.
18th June 2010
The TUC are wrong: public sector workers are now far better paid for the same jobs
Neil writes on the Telegraph's blog on the findings of the latest Policy Exchange report Controlling Public Spending into pay and staffing costs in the public sector.
16th June 2010
£50bn a year in welfare benefits is handed to the middle class
The Daily Mail reports on Policy Exchange findings and quotes Neil saying "We're wasting billions on a merry-goround that taxes people and then gives them their own money back in the form of benefits."
16th June 2010
Just by sounding serious about the deficit, the new government has saved us £6.6 billion
Neil writes on Conservativehome about how the government's stance on debt reduction has saved the country £6.6 billion on debt interest payments.
9th June 2010
Will the government cut back middle class welfare? Let's hope so.
Neil comments on the activities of the Treasury at ConservativeHome
8th June 2010
Are old people winning the 'generation clash'? And is there even a clash?
Neil writes on the Telegraph's blog.
8th June 2010
Public Service Review: Central Government
Neil writes for publicservice.co.uk on the options open to the coalition as they face a debt forecasted to rise to £776.6bn by the end of this financial year.
16th June 2010
£50bn a year in welfare benefits is handed to the middle class
The Daily Mail reports on Policy Exchange findings and quotes Neil saying "We're wasting billions on a merry-goround that taxes people and then gives them their own money back in the form of benefits."
3rd June 2010
After the killings in Cumbria, what should we do about guns?
Following the recent shootings in Cumbria, Neil examines gun crime in the UK and what can be done to combat it.
28th May 2010
Coalition government - how to hold it all together
Neil examines the stability of the Liberal Conservative coalition on Public Service.co.uk
23rd May 2010
Britain's new political elite
In their article on the influential figures surrounding the new government the Times includes former and current Policy Exchange Directors Nick Boles and Neil O'Brien.
18th May 2010
The next big political battle will be about the cost of living
Neil writes on the Telegraph's blog on how the cost of living is rising, in part because of Britain's ageing infrastructure which will cost £500 billion over the next decade.
15th May 2010
Neil O'Brien on the Today Programme
Neil speaks on the Today Programme on ways to reform and make savings from the benefits system.
10th May 2010
Could a "rainbow coalition" cope with our massive debt crisis?
Neil writes on ConservativeHome dismissing the idea that a rainbow coalition would be able to tackle the deficit.
7th May 2010
Do the Liberal Democrats and Tories agree enough on policy for a 'change coalition'?
Writing on the Telegraph's blog Neil examines whether Conservative and Liberal Democrat policies are similar enough to enable them to form a coalition.
27th April 2010
A dishonest debate about cuts
Writing in the Telegraph's blog, Neil criticises all the main parties for their unwillingness to make clear their spending plans.
14th April 2010
Payment by results will offer a chance to slash reoffending rates
Writing on the Telegraph's blog Neil comments on the Conservative Party's plans to introduce payment by results in order to reduce reoffending.
9th April 2010
Why slashed spending doesn't have to mean worse public services
Neil writes in a Telegraph blog commenting on the media's coverage of tax and spending issues.
7th April 2010
The truth about the budget deficit
Allister Heath of City A.M. cites Policy Exchange's latest publication The Cost of Inaction which shows that cutting state borrowing can lead to higher growth when borrowing is high.
26th March 2010
Neil O'Brien on Newsnight
Neil speaks on Newsnight advocating a cut in employer's National Insurance Contributions as recommended by our report Taxation, Growth and Employment.
14th March 2010
Hamish McRae: So you think we live in a two-tier system now? It will get a lot worse
Neil is quoted in the Independent discussing findings from Policy Exchange publication The Renewal of Government that the public sector has been performing poorly despite increasing pay compared to the private sector.
10th March 2010
Unions must learn that public services are there to serve the public
Neil O'Brien writes in the Telegraph about new Policy Exchange publication The Renewal of Government which, among other things, shows that the public sector is costly and inefficient.
10th March 2010
Public sector pay has risen 15% more than private since Labour came to power
Neil O'Brien talks to the Daily Mail about proposals from new Policy Exchange publication The Renewal of Government advocating reform of the public sector to more closely mirror the private sector.
10th March 2010
Brown to announce pay freeze amid fears over UK's credit rating
The Telegraph quotes Neil referencing findings from new Policy Exchange publication The Renewal of Government that poorly performing public sector workers are getting better pay than more productive private sector workers.
9th March 2010
Budget date of 24 March starts countdown for 6 May election
The Guardian quotes Neil on research from new Policy Exchange publication The Renewal of Government which shows that despite productivity falling in the public sector, pay has risen by far more than the private sector where productivity has increased.
8th March 2010
Foot's triumph: The bloated, wasteful, debt-ridden policies that so obsessed the former Labour leader are once again wrecking Britain
Neil O'Brien writes in the Daily Mail about the financial and political crisis Britain is currently in and draws comparisons with the 1970's.
7th March 2010
Think tank: Slackers find a safe haven in the public sector
Neil criticises poor public sector performance in the Times.
11th February 2010
The Cameroons are fleshing out the agenda which may come to define them
Peter Hoskin writes on the Spectator's blog about the post-bureaucratic age, citing previous collaborative work with Neil O'Brien
27th January 2010
We invaded Afghanistan - can't we pay to rebuild it?
Neil writes for the Telegraph
19th January 2010
Child poverty targets are diverting policymakers from the causes to the symptoms of poverty
Neil writes for the Conservative Home Blog
14th January 2010
A case for Radical Reform of Public Sector Broadcasting
Neil writes for Platform 10 Blog on our report, Changing the Channel which suggests that the BBC should undergo a radical overhaul.
14th January 2010
BBC needs a cultural change, and a funding cut
Neil writes for the Daily Telegraph on our report, Changing the Channel which suggests that the BBC should undergo a radical overhaul.
6th January 2010
Neil writes in the Spectator on David Cameron's idea of the 'Post Bureaucratic Age'
15th December 2009
Neil is featured on Newsnight commenting on the war in Afghanistan
15th December 2009
Defence: is it even worse than we thought?
Neil writes for the Conservative Home Blog
15th December 2009
Neil talks to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme about 'mutalism'
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13th December 2009
Neil is quoted on the Conservative Home Blog.
9th December 2009
Neil writes on the Spectator's Coffee House blog about the pre-Budget Report.
22nd November 2009
Only growth and reform can save Britain (and the Conservatives)
Conservative Home references Neil O'Brien on the level of government debt
21st November 2009
Sir Hugh Orde is wrong about elected police chiefs
Neil O'Brien writes about elected police chiefs in The Telegraph
20th November 2009
Off the scale and off the rails
Neil O'Brien writes on the ever increasing problem of government debt for Conservative Home
10th November 2009
The Evening Standard lists Neil as the 27th most influential person in UK politics
8th November 2009
Voters call to slash bloated BBC budget
Neil talks about government spending
2nd October 2009
Meet the new Tory establishment
Neil is profiled as one of the country's most influential Conservative-linked figures
13th September 2009
Westminster House: Public Service Poll
Neil talks to BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour about public services
12th September 2009
Labour Blow as Tories "more trusted"
The News of the World quotes Neil O'Brien on an opinion poll.
27th August 2009
GCSE Results: A simple solution to grade inflation.
Neil writes for the Daily Telegraph.
26th August 2009
Debate: Does Britain need the Equality Bill
Neil O'Brien and the Solicitor General Vera Baird MP debate the Equality Bill
8th August 2009
Brown's debt hits us all for £26,000
The Sun quotes Neil O'Brien on the state of the Government's finances.
4th August
Cameron 'must achieve balance'
Neil talks to BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
1st August
Britain 'could return to crippling 1970s strikes'
Neil talks to the Daily Telegraph.
4th July 2009
BoE Committee considers expanding quantitative easing to £150bn
Neil is quoted in the Telegraph
19th June 2009
Neil responds to Liam Bryne over his Telegraph article in the Spectator.
19th June 2009
Tory plans to cut inheritance tax send the wrong message
Neil writes for the Telegraph Comment section
9th June 2009
Prospect of Cameron election victory sends chill through Europe
Neil is quoted in the Irish Times
20 May 2009
What future for MPs' expenses?
Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien comments on the MP's expenses scandal.
20 January 2009
It's Like Thatcher Revolution Never Happened.
Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien covers the challenges facing Ken Clarke, as he is appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Reform.
1 October 2008
Cameron's speech: putting the family first.
Policy Exchange Director Neil O’Brien writes on the emerging policy themes from the Conservative Party Conference 2008 in The Guardian.
26 September 2008
The Guardian reports on the recent work of Policy Exchange.
16 September 2008 Policy Exchange Press Release:
New Director of Policy Exchange.
Neil O'Brien has been appointed the new Director of Policy Exchange.
5 March 2008
Accepting the Lisbon Treaty without a referendum would be dishonest
Neil argues that as the Lisbon Treaty does not differ much from the failed EU Constitution any attempt to approve it without a referendum would be dishonest.
