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Is it time for a 'revolution' in the way we age? (Channel 4)

Is it time for a 'revolution' in the way we age? (Channel 4)

Date added: Wednesday 9th January 2013

Channel 4 News looks at what can be done to cope with the perfect storm of an ageing population and spoke to CPS Research Fellow Michael Johnson. ...

The coalition’s lack of purpose has ruined our freedom to fail or thrive (City AM)

The coalition’s lack of purpose has ruined our freedom to fail or thrive (City AM)

Date added: Monday 7th January 2013

Sir Martin Jacomb, chairman of Share, former chairman of Prudential, former deputy chairman of Barclays, and author of CPS pamphlet Some Reflections on Freedom, writes for City AM. ...

UK can shape new European relationship (Financial Times)

UK can shape new European relationship (Financial Times)

Date added: Monday 7th January 2013

Lord Blackwell, CPS Board Member and Head of John Major's Number 10 Policy Unit, writes on the future of Britain's relationship with the EU. ...

Financial Times questions: Europe

Financial Times questions: Europe

Date added: Wednesday 2nd January 2013

Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne took part in a Financial Times series of questions on the global economy in 2013. Here are his thoughts on Europe...

More cuts or tax rises needed after 2015, thinktank warns (Guardian)

More cuts or tax rises needed after 2015, thinktank warns (Guardian)

Date added: Friday 7th December 2012

The Guardian's economics blog cites the CPS's response to the Autumn Statement in its latest growth bulletin....

Careful, chancellor: there is good austerity and bad austerity (City AM)

Careful, chancellor: there is good austerity and bad austerity (City AM)

Date added: Friday 7th December 2012

Planned cuts to government expenditure pale in comparison to its huge expansion under New Labour, writes City AM editor Allister Heath....

Be careful about cutting those tax credits (Telegraph and Spectator)

Be careful about cutting those tax credits (Telegraph and Spectator)

Date added: Friday 7th December 2012

Rupert Darwall's research for the CPS on tax credits in 2006 was cited by Fraser Nelson in his review of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement....

A case of lies, damn lies and our rocketing national debt (City AM)

A case of lies, damn lies and our rocketing national debt (City AM)

Date added: Wednesday 5th December 2012

Allister Heath, the editor of City AM, cites a poll commissioned by the CPS as evidence of the public's lack of awareness of the national debt....

Sluggish growth makes further cuts to spending more essential than ever (City AM)

Sluggish growth makes further cuts to spending more essential than ever (City AM)

Date added: Tuesday 4th December 2012

CPS Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne writes in City AM on the necessity for further spending cuts....

Autumn Statement: What will George Osborne say? (The Telegraph)

Autumn Statement: What will George Osborne say? (The Telegraph)

Date added: Friday 30th November 2012

The Chancellor should merge existing taxes rather than introduce new charges, says the CPS....

Centre for Policy Studies demands pension overhaul (FT Adviser)

Centre for Policy Studies demands pension overhaul (FT Adviser)

Date added: Friday 30th November 2012

Michael Johnson of the CPS says the current tax relief framework should be overhauled....

Autumn Statement: CPS Calls For Action On Debt (Sky News)

Autumn Statement: CPS Calls For Action On Debt (Sky News)

Date added: Friday 30th November 2012

The Chancellor should freeze international aid and state benefits immediately, says the CPS....

Recommendations for Autumn Statement

Recommendations for Autumn Statement

Date added: Wednesday 28th November 2012

The Chancellor looks likely to miss his net debt target on unchanged policies. In a Centre For Policy Studies briefing note, published on Friday 30 November, Ryan Bourne and Tim Knox recommend that he sets out a clear path to reducing government spending to 38% of GDP....

Thatcher’s favourite think tank backs Danny Alexander (Spectator)

Thatcher’s favourite think tank backs Danny Alexander (Spectator)

Date added: Monday 26th November 2012

The Spectator's Jonathan Jones reports on the CPS's ideas for pension reform....

A million more working families live in poverty than households where everyone is on the dole (Daily Mail)

A million more working families live in poverty than households where everyone is on the dole (Daily Mail)

Date added: Monday 26th November 2012

Research by the CPS shows that spiralling welfare costs undermine the Government's aim to make work pay....