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• The public is more than ready to see benefits made fair

  30 June 2012

  Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien calls for the re-establishment of the contributory principle in the welfare system. He praises the government for strengthening jobsearch requirements but says that more needs to be done to target those furthest away from the labour market and tailor support towards their specific needs.

• Cameron is in need of political firepower

  16 April 2012

  Neil O'Brien, Policy Exchange's Director, endorses increasing the number of special advisers in order for the government to manage the civil service better. He also notes that the Conservatives' “blue-collar modernisation” is faltering and makes various suggestions from previous Policy Exchange reports for helping the 'Strivers'.

• We cannot afford Labour’s £31 billion tax credit monster. Our welfare system must link rights to personal responsibility

  10 April 2012

  The Daily Mail cites Policy Exchange's No Rights Without Responsibility and its calls for the reinstating of links between contributions and benefits receipts and introducing workfare in an article on making welfare claimants take more personal responsibility.

• Whitehall reconsiders tougher benefits rules

  04 September 2011

  The Guardian cites findings from Policy Exchange report No Rights Without Responsibility that jobseekers allowance claimants spend as little as eight minutes a day looking for work and are still able to claim welfare.

• Our social security system must guarantee real welfare

  28 August 2011

  The Guardian references work by Policy Exchange on reintroducing the conditionality principle to welfare, citing examples of recommendations from report No Rights Without Responsibility.

• Welfare reform: time for plan B?

  18 August 2011

  Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien writes advocating conditionality in welfare, explaining the various elements that Policy Exchange is currently examining such as 'workfare' and balancing rights with contributions.

• Why do left and right disagree about the riots? It's all about personal responsibility

  15 August 2011

  Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien examines responsibility and how our expectations of others affects our society in his Telegraph blog.

• We need three big reforms to get Britain growing

  05 August 2011

  Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien provides a series of proposals for saving money and boosting economic growth, including proposals from several Policy Exchange reports such as reintroducing conditionality into welfare (No Rights Without Responsibility) and renewing the 'right to buy' programme (Making Housing Affordable).

• Here you go George; A Growth Manifesto from London's think tanks

  26 July 2011

  Matt Oakley, Policy Exchange's Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy, is quoted advocating reforms set out in No Rights Without Responsibility in a ConservativeHome round-up of growth policy suggestions from London think tanks.

• The PPP Journal - Issue 73

  08 July 2011

  Matt Oakley, Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy at Policy Exchange, outlines in the PPP Journal how the government needs to go further with its plans to grow the UK economy.

• Those who can work must not be paid to sit at home

  30 June 2011

  Peter Saunders, co-author of Policy Exchange report No Rights Without Responsibility, writes in The Australian about how Policy Exchange ideas for welfare reform, such as those in report No Rights Without Responsibility, could be implemented over in Australia.

• How Blue Labour can outflank the coalition

  30 June 2011

  Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien examines the forming concept that is Blue Labour on The New Statesman's Staggers blog, highlighting the ground shared with Policy Exchange over reintroducing the contributory principle into welfare as recommended in report No Rights Without Responsibility.

• David Cameron admits Lib Dems have softened immigration policies

  20 June 2011

  The Guardian cites the stance from Policy Exchange report No Rights Without Responsibility that current government welfare plans are not enough to tackle this country's long-term unemployment levels.

• Ed Miliband insists Labour party is for the grafters

  13 June 2011

  The Guardian highlights similarities between Ed Miliband's speech and proposals from Policy Exchange report No Rights Without Responsibility that people should see more obvious benefits for paying their National Insurance Contributions.

• Iain Duncan Smith fights many battles to lop £20bn from the welfare bill

  09 June 2011

  The Guardian cites the opinion extended by Matt Oakley, Policy Exchange's Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy, in latest publication No Rights Without Responsibility that Coalition welfare reforms will not tackle the dependency culture responsible for Britain's high levels of worklessness.

• Matt Oakley on Five Live

  06 June 2011

  Matt Oakley, Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy at Policy Exchange, stars on Radio Five Live making the argument from report No Rights Without Responsibility that the unemployed should be made to look harder for work.

• Make jobless do community work in return for their benefits, say three quarters of voters

  21 May 2011

  The Daily Mail reports on Policy Exchange's latest report No Rights Without Responsibility, quoting Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy Matt Oakley calling on the government to place stricter conditions on benefits so that spending a life on benefits would no longer be possible.

• Welfare reform is at last an unstoppable project

  20 May 2011

  The Daily Express praises Policy Exchange's report No Rights Without Responsibility for its calls to reform welfare by making claiming benefits as rigorous as having a full time job.

• Call to make jobless work

  20 May 2011

  The Scotsman reports on findings from polling for Policy Exchange report No Rights Without Responsibility that there is significant public support for requiring some form of community work to be performed in return for benefit payments and that turning down the offer of a job should result in withdrawal of benefits.

• The government needs a new approach if it is going to end mass worklessness

  20 May 2011

  Writing on his Telegraph blog, Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien examines in detail five avenues for welfare reform proposed in latest report No Rights Without Responsibility.

• Spend 35 hours a week in hunt for work, jobless told

  20 May 2011

  The Yorkshire Post covers No Rights Without Responsibility, Policy Exchange's latest report, which calls for tougher conditions on benefits in order to try and get benefit claimants into the routine of a normal working week.

• Matt Oakley on BBC Radio York

  20 May 2011

  Matt Oakley, Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy at Policy Exchange, explains the findings of report No Rights Without Responsibility on BBC Radio York.

• Jobless should 'spend 35 hours seeking work or lose benefits'

  20 May 2011

  The Daily Telegraph reports recommendations from Policy Exchange's latest report No Rights Without Responsibility that the amount of time jobseekers must spend looking for jobs should be increased, with cuts to benefits for those who are not trying.

• Jobless work call

  20 May 2011

  The Sun reports findings from Policy Exchange report No Rights Without Responsibility that a significant majority of the public agree that long-term jobless should perform community work in order to keep their state benefits.

• No rights without responsibility

  20 May 2011

  Matt Oakley, Policy Exchange's Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy and co-author of latest report No Rights Without Responsibility, argues on The Spectator's Coffee House blog that personal responsibility needs to be placed at the heart of the welfare system.

• Stricter benefits rules suggested

  20 May 2011

  The Press Association covers Policy Exchange's latest report No Rights Without Responsibility, citing the report's calls for the return to a contributory welfare system where those who have previously paid national insurance are treated more generously than those who have not.

• Policy Exchange has plans to get tough on benefit claimants

  20 May 2011

  ConservativeHome summarises latest Policy Exchange report No Rights Without Responsibility, quoting co-author Matt Oakley criticising the meagre average amount of time (7 hours a week) spent by benefit claimants in their search for a job.

• Stricter benefits rules suggested

  20 May 2011

  The Belfast Telegraph covers Policy Exchange's latest report, No Rights Without Responsibility, quoting co-author Matt Oakley criticising the belief of many benefit claimants that taking from the state is a fundamental right rather than simply a necessity for those who have fallen on hard times.

• Make the jobless work for their benefit cash

  20 May 2011

  The Daily Express reports on recommendations from Policy Exchange report No Rights Without Responsibility that benefit claimants should be made to work much harder in seeking out jobs.

• Policy Exchange calls for thirty-five hour working week for job seekers and return to contributory welfare system

  20 May 2011

  Conditions on benefit claimants should be increased so that they have to spend more time each week looking for a job, says a new report from leading think tank Policy Exchange. The study recommends that current work search requirements should be expanded to make sure that claimants can stay in - or get into - the habits of a normal working lifestyle. According to research from the Department for Work and Pensions, the average jobseeker currently spends just one hour a day looking for work.