The most influential think tank among Conservative MPs
ComRes Think Tank Survey 2019
Everyone knows that the Centre for Policy Studies matters, and not just for conservatives, but for politics as a whole
Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP
The CPS played a very important part in [forming] my principles and values
Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
It's great to see the CPS going from strength to strength... [and] the new ideas that are being produced
Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Regulating the Regulators
Andrew Tyrie, former chairman of the Competition & Markets Authority, is calling for the establishment of a new research body based in and answerable to Parliament, to beef up select committees’ ability to hold quangos to account.
The welfare state in Britain has become uniquely unpopular. A major three-year research programme, including polling and focus groups by the Centre for Policy Studies and Public First investigating public attitudes to the welfare state, has concl