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Jim Murphy launches Labour's defence review

Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, launched Labour's defence policy review at Policy Exchange today. After the event he took part in an interview setting out the questions that will inform the review and what they will mean for defence investment.

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Lord Carlile warns of new wave of foreign terrorists to be released onto Britain's streets

Lib Dem terrorism expert Lord Carlile writes exclusively for Policy Exchange warning that the current application of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act is putting British security at risk by preventing the deportation of foreign terrorists.

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Ties that Bind

In Ties that Bind former Islamist Shiraz Maher recaptures the lost history of Muslim service to the Crown. Maher shows that this collective past constitutes the basis of a new shared future – which can endure in no less testing circumstances.

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Cyber Security

This keynote lecture with Major General Jonathan Shaw examined what exactly cyber security is, what the Ministry of Defence has done so far, and the challenges ahead.

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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.

05 September 2011 | Ties That Bind: How the story of Britain's Muslim Soldiers can forge a national identity
- In Ties that Bind former Islamist Shiraz Maher recaptures the lost history of Muslim service to the Crown. Maher shows that this collective past constitutes the basis of a new shared future – which can endure in no less testing circumstances.
22 November 2010 | Faith Schools We Can Believe In: Ensuring that tolerant and democratic values are upheld in every part of Britain's education system
- Faith Schools We Can Believe In proposes key structural, legislative and contractual changes to the way in which both the Department for Education and Ofsted work in preventing schools coming under extremist influence.

03 October 2011 | Lord Carlile warns of new wave of foreign terrorists to be released onto Britain's streets
- Lib Dem terrorism expert Lord Carlile writes exclusively for Policy Exchange warning that the current application of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act is putting British security at risk by preventing the deportation of foreign terrorists.
09 August 2011 | Do we need a new version of the Riot Act?
- Neil O'Brien, Policy Exchange's Director, writes on his Telegraph blog examining the case for a new riot act that includes a public declaration warning potential rioters of the consequences of their actions and an online version to accompany social media attempts to organise disorder.

14 May 2012 | David Lewis Memorial Seminar - Strategic Attack: From Bomber Command Through To The Present Day
- The aircrews of RAF Bomber Command will finally receive the recognition they deserve at the unveiling of the new Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park on 28 June 2012 by a member of the Royal Family. But what is the state of the historical debate on the effectiveness and morality of the air campaign over Europe during World War II? What are the legacies and lessons of that campaign for today’s air operations? And how do the debates of 1939-45 between air and ground commanders resonate today?
22 February 2012 | Launching Labour's Defence Policy Review with Jim Murphy MP
- The Labour Party is conducting a fundamental and wide-ranging review of the future threats the UK and our allies face. Shadow Defence Minister, Jim Murphy, will set out Labour’s defence policy review that will take evidence from a wide range of figures from the defence and security community and will seek to set out a long term vision for UK defence policy.

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