Tom Burkard and Captain Affan Burki outline their plans for a free school in Greater Manchester, staffed entirely by ex-military personnel.
The CPS advocates greater choice and diversity of provision, opening up state monopolies to new providers and putting greater power and responsibility in the hands of parents and patients.
The CPS believes that the information revolution should be used to empower the individual and to engender competition. They should, for example, be able to compare the performance of different schools, hospitals and police forces. What should be avoided is the alternative: the drift towards greater centralisation of personal data in state-run databases.
The Centre desires a model of freedom for public services, which transfers accountability away from the centre to the local level. Local professionals should be trusted to do their jobs; and citizens should be trusted to hold them to account. Central targets, regulations and quangos can then be cut and eliminated, thereby reducing the cost of government and improving services on the ground.
Lessons from Teach First
The Times analyses the findings from the CPS’ education internship policy week for Teach First graduates, hosted by Tom Burkard (£ )
CPS author and fellow Liam Maxwell appointed to Cabinet Office
Liam Maxwell has been given the opportunity to implement the policies he first recommended in his CPS paper "It's Ours: Why we, not government, must own our data". The enactment of Liam's policies made the front page of the Daily Telegraph in July.
A misguided Higher Education policy
CPS Research fellow Tom Burkard explains why he thinks the outlook of both this and the previous Government towards Higher Education is flawed.
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Tim Knox wrote an article on ‘The case for abolishing foreign aid’ for The Commentator (May 2011)
CPS Research Fellow Harriet Sergeant has written an article for The Daily Mail on the new Home Office crime map. It is entitled: “Hooray for a website we really DO want” (February 2011)
Tom Burkard debated the Troops to Teachers programme at a Teach First event called Why Troops to Teachers? Why not Dolphin Trainers? (February 2011)
Just after last year’s general election, the CPS asked a range of MPs their views on whether the Conservatives were right to protect NHS spending.
