David Martin - 17 June 2013 - Tax Simplifier
This is the third blog in a new rolling programme of recommendations for tax simplicity from CPS Tax Expert and Research Fellow David Martin. The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change on a regular basis. Blogs will be ...
Tony Lodge - 14 June 2013 - Public Services
CPS Research Fellow Tony Lodge provides an update to his work on rail competition following his CPS report 'Rail’s Second Chance – putting competition back on track'.Rail was one of the most contentious of all the Tory privatisations. How would it work? Why split track from train? Who would manage ...
David Martin - 13 June 2013 - Tax Simplifier
This is the second blog in a new rolling programme of recommendations for tax simplicity from CPS Tax Expert and Research Fellow David Martin. The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change on a regular basis. Blogs will be ...
Tom Burkard - 12 June 2013 - Public Services
Tom Burkard is an education expert, CPS author, Visiting Professor of Education Policy at the University of Derby and co-founder of the Phoenix Free School. For years, educators have been attacking our GCSEs, and many of their criticisms were spot on. Beyond a doubt, the target-setting mania that flourished when Sir ...
Gaspard Koenig - 12 June 2013 - Europe
Gaspard Koenig is a French liberal author and politician. The first meeting of his French think tank 'Génération Libre', took place at the Centre for Policy Studies late last year. In this guest post, Gaspard writes on the conclusions and recommendations of GL's first report. You can follow him on Twitter @gaspard2012.The issue of public ...
David Martin - 10 June 2013 - Tax Simplifier
This is the first blog in a new rolling programme of recommendations for tax simplicity from CPS Tax Expert and Research Fellow David Martin. The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change on a regular basis. Blogs ...
Ryan Bourne - 10 June 2013 - Economy
There’s a saying in Westminster that “good ideas have many authors”. Well, today Policy Exchange (PX) have come out backing the RBS and Lloyds share scheme which we have been pushing since our Give Us Our Fair Shares paper back in 2011. In a good report written by James Barty, ...
David Martin - 07 June 2013 - Tax Simplifier
This is the introductory blog to a new rolling programme of recommendations for tax simplicity from CPS Tax Expert and Research Fellow David Martin. The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change on a regular basis. Blogs ...
Gaspard Koenig - 04 June 2013 - Europe
Gaspard Koenig is a French liberal author and politician. The first meeting of his French think tank 'Génération Libre', took place at the Centre for Policy Studies late last year. You can follow him on Twitter @gaspard2012. In his annual letter to the French President sent on the 27th of May, Christian Noyer, ...
John Chown - 04 June 2013 - Economy
John Chown is founder chairman of JF Chown & Company and a principal in Chown Dewhurst LLP, was educated at Gordonstoun and Selwyn College, Cambridge (First class honours economics, Adam Smith Prize and Wrenbury Scholarship) and is an Honorary Fellow, and member of the Investment Committee, of the College. He ...
Tim Knox - 04 June 2013 - Economy
Reading the headlines on Friday (31 May), it seemed that the EU’s proposals for a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) were to be dropped. “Europe rows back on FTT plans “ announced the Daily Telegraph; “The European Union is rowing back on its plan for an 11-nation tax on financial transactions” ...
Ryan Bourne - 03 June 2013 - Economy
This article is an excerpt from our Growth Bulletin, authored by Ryan Bourne and Tim Knox. To read the full article, click here. To sign up for our mailings, use the form on the left of our newsletter page.The debate over fiscal policy has been getting personal of late. The revelation that the work of ...
Lord Lawson - 31 May 2013 -
Lord Lawson writes on John Chown's report "The Tobin Tax rears its ugly head, again".In the burgeoning debate over whether the UK would benefit from leaving the European Union there are those who argue that we cannot afford to do so as EU membership is of vital importance to the ...
Tom Burkard - 30 May 2013 - Public Services
Tom Burkard, Education expert, author of 'Something Can be Done' and co-founder of the new Phoenix Free School, blogs on the hard slog to get the school approved and why he believes it can inspire the Department of Education to follow the example across the country. Needless to say, we are ...
Ryan Bourne - 28 May 2013 - Economy
An interview with Ed Balls by Sam Coates in the Times yesterday discussed the potential for some sort of distribution of RBS shares to the public. As regular readers of this blog will know, this is something we have advocated since 2011. A précis of our precise proposal can be ...
