Publications
Jan
2010
Thursday 14th January, 2010
Changing the Channel: A case for radical reform of the Public Service Broadcasting in the UK
By Mark Oliver
Edited by Anna Fazackerley
The current UK Broadcasting system which was set up in the 1950s is struggling to keep up with the extraordinary changes of the digital age. It is clear that the 20th century analogue institutions that were created are now worryingly out of date.
This report warns that public service broadcasting needs to be radically overhauled if it is to survive in the new digital age. It calls for the BBC to place quality before ratings, and stop spending huge resources on sports rights, programmes for 16 to 35 year olds and popular entertainment, which other channels would deliver anyway. Instead of crowding out commercial schemes, the BBC management should spend up to 5% of total licence fee income on co-funding PSB programmes on other channels.
If you would like a hard copy of this report priced at £10 + £3p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Tuesday 12th January, 2010
An Agenda for Better Regulation
By Mark Boleat
Regulation is never off the political or media agenda. Every time something goes wrong there are calls for new regulation, better regulation, more regulation and tougher regulation. At the same time, in a sort of parallel universe, there are regular reports that regulation has gone too far.
Individual decisions on regulation are frequently taken in isolation of either of these trends , and many regulatory or deregulatory initiatives fail, either because they are knee jerk reactions or because they are not properly thought through or implemented.
In this report, author Mark Boleat sets out some guiding principles for regulation covering in particular effective policy making, enforcement, combating "backdoor regulation", funding and evaluation.
If you would like a hard copy of this report priced at £10 + £3p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Friday 8th January, 2010
Simply Learning: Improving the skills system in England
Ralph Hartley and Tom Richmond
Edited by Anna Fazackerley
This report looks at the skills system in England in order to understand the problems which beset it and to offer recommendations for reform. It offers a critique of the 2006 Leitch review, which is seen as the major driving force behind recent Government policy on skills. Leitch promised us a simplified and demand led system, but what we have now is in fact the exact opposite.
Press Coverage • TES • Public Finance • New Statesman
If you would like a hard copy of this report priced at £10 + £3p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Thursday 7th January, 2010
Controlling Public Spending: The NHS in a period of tight funding
By Henry Featherstone & Natalie Evans
Our research, which included a roundtable discussion with a number of senior academics and business leaders with expertise in the NHS, considers some of the options for the NHS in a period of tight funding. We believe that in order to protect the NHS into the future the next Government needs to make bold decisions on:
• Performance related pay • Reducing variations in clinical practice • GP fundholding • Decommissioning services • Transformational change project
If you would like a hard copy of this report priced at £4 + £1p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Wednesday 6th January, 2010
At a Rate of Knots: Improving public transport on the River Thames
By Paul Buchanan, Andrew Gilligan, Zac Goldsmith, Cynthia Grant, Steve Norris and Neil O’Brien
Illustrations by Black Hat
Edited by Robert McIlveen & Ben Caldecott
The Thames is London’s historic highway yet it is invisible on the transport canvas of London. Transport for London has even taken it off the standard Tube map. The river promises an exciting new transport network for Londoners, at a fraction of the normal cost for infrastructure projects, but needs sustained political leadership to make it happen.
This report argues that we can make much more of the river for very little cost, producing a new, integrated and expanded service which will offer a great new option for many of London’s commuters. The river is a core part of London’s identity yet it is cut off from its transport network. This report sets out how to correct this.
If you would like a hard copy of this report priced at £10 + £3p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Dec
2009
Tuesday 22nd December, 2009
Which Doctor? Putting patients in control of primary care
By Henry Featherstone and Carol Storey
Foreword by Julian Le Grand
A radical new framework to tackle the inequality of primary health care provision has been proposed in this report. The proposals recommend that the majority of NHS funding (£84.4 billion in 2010–11) be distributed on the basis of a patients’ age and postcodes, and that GPs be financially incentivised to set up practices in areas of most need through a ‘patient premium’.
If you would like a hard copy of this report priced at £10 + £3p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Friday 11th December, 2009
Financial Instability: are Counter Cyclical Capital Controls the answer?
By Charles Laurence
Edited by Helen Thomas and Andrew Lilico
Despite an international consensus emerging around the need to introduce a form of Capital Controls to dampen exuberant lending in periods of fast financial growth, this report argues that the impact of doing so has yet been fully considered.
Published soon after the announcement of the of a European Systemic Risk Board, Financial Instability: are Counter Cyclical Capital Controls the answer?looks at how Counter Cyclical Capital Controls (CCCCs) could work in the UK.
If you would like a hard copy of this research note for £4 + £1p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Nov
2009
Monday 23rd November, 2009
Controlling Spending and Government Deficits: Lessons from History and International Experience
By Andrew Lilico, Ed Holmes and Hiba Sameen
Controlling Spending and Government Deficits, draws from twelve international and historical case studies in order to examine how Britain might best rid itself of the current overwhelming deficit.
Policy Exchange’s Chief Economist and author of the report Andrew Lilico said:
“We found that a number of countries which cut their deficits benefited from lower long term interest rates and higher confidence, leading to faster growth as a result. However, it is important that most of the deficit reduction effort should come from spending cuts not tax rises. We found that countries which tried to fix their finances mostly with tax rises have tended to fail.”
If you would like a hard copy of this report priced at £10 + £3p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Monday 23rd November, 2009
Innovation and Industry: The Role of Universities
By Anna Fazackerley, Martin Smith and Alex Massey
It is clear that the role of universities in innovation is more subtle than government policies have acknowledged. Universities that are active at the heart of successful technology clusters do not just spin out companies. They develop highly-skilled people who move between industry and academia; they incubate businesses and provide expertise; they produce knowledge that is used by technology businesses; they provide public space in which people from various overlapping branches of research meet. Some universities in the UK perform these functions successfully. But Government policy does not recognise their importance.
Innovation and Industry: The Role of Universities looks at how universities could form a key part of Britain’s economic recovery by acting as incubators of business and providers of expertise.
If you would like a hard copy of this research note for £4 + £1p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
Thursday 12th November, 2009
Partners in Crime
By Max Chambers
Contributions from Ian Barnes
Edited by Natalie Evans
Home Office micromanagement has undermined public confidence in the service and weakened the historic bonds between the policy and the communities they serve.
Partners in Crime calls for the introduction of elected police heads, responsible for meeting the needs of local people and revitalising the relationship between the police and the public.
If you would like a hard copy of this report priced at £10 + £3p&p then please email: janet.batterbee@policyexchange.org.uk
