Publications

Publications in:

08 November 2007 | Cities Limited

Edited by Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich

  • Cities Limited calls into question the value of the plethora of urban regeneration schemes delivered by a myriad of different agencies

  • 23 October 2007 | More Mirage than Miracle: assessing the UK's economic performance

    By Briar Lipson, Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich

  • Bank of America Chief Economist Europe Dr Holger Schmieding, Policy Exchange Chief Economist Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich and Policy Exchange Research Fellow Briar Lipson assess the UK's economic performance since 1992.

  • 10 September 2007 | Gun and Knife Crime in Great Britain

    By Ben Ullmann, Jonathan McClory, Gavin Lockhart

  • This publication explores public perceptions of gun and knife crime, opinions about the Government’s response, the ease of which members of the public can get hold of illegal firearms, and the level of support for tougher penalties and robust enforcement.

  • 19 July 2007 | Measure for measure: Using outcome measures to raise standards in the NHS

    By Janan Ganesh
    Edited by Gavin Lockhart

  • Measure for measure presents a vision of the potential future landscape of healthcare information which would provide accountability, promote increased patient trust, and improve performance.

  • 26 June 2007 | Fitting the Bill: Local Policing for the 21st Century

    By Jonathan McClory
    Edited by Gavin Lockhart

  • Fitting the Bill investigates whether, and to what extent, increased local autonomy for the police could improve policing.

  • 01 June 2007 | Learning from experience: Counter Terrorism in the UK since 9/11

  • This is the published version of the inaugural Colin Cramphorn Memorial Lecture, hosted by Policy Exchange, given by Peter Clarke, the Head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command. The lecture focused on the issues of national security and the fight against terrorism since 9/11.

  • 17 April 2007 | The Leadership Effect: Can Headteachers Make a Difference?

    Edited by James O'Shaughnessy

  • We expect more of our school leaders than ever before. Gone is the view of the head teacher as primus inter pares; they are now supposed to be visionary leaders, curriculum specialists, disciplinarians, senior managers, community representatives and, just occasionally, teachers too. They are expected to transform the worst state schools and maintain performance in the best. But is this emphasis on leadership justified? Can headteachers make a difference?

  • 29 January 2007 | Living apart together British Muslims and the paradox of multiculturalism

    By Munira Mirza

  • This report finds that there is a growing religiosity amongst the younger generation of Muslims and that they feel that they have less in common with non-Muslims than do their parents. Significantly, they exhibit a much stronger preference for Islamic schools and sharia law and place a greater stress on asserting their identity publicly, for example, by wearing the hijab.

  • 24 January 2007 | The Best Laid Plans: How planning prevents economic growth

    Edited by Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich

  • The Best Laid Plans concludes that the main objective of planning has been to limit the spatial extent of cities and that this artificial reduction of land supply has severe consequences for society, the environment and the economy.

  • 12 December 2006 | No More Tiers: Reforming Shire Government

    Tim Palmer, Glyn Gaskarth

  • This report outlines a better model of local government: an innovative model of 'federal' county government, which streamlines bureaucracy and presents a unified public face, while power originates at a very local level and is delegated up where necessary.