Secretary of State Pompeo delivers Margaret Thatcher Lecture
US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo delivered the 2019 Margaret Thatcher Lecture on 8 May 2019, introduced by the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, the Foreign Secretary.
CPS publishes blueprint for coping with no-deal Brexit
The Centre for Policy Studies publishes a blueprint for stabilising and stimulating the economy in the wake of a no-deal Brexit.CPS calls for skills revolution to grow new generation of UK tech unicorns
'Herding Unicorns' builds on interviews with leading tech figures and puts forward recommendations to help Britain promote high-growth tech industries.Raab, Johnson endorse CPS tax plans
This week former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson have endorsed CPS tax plans.
CPS calls for new focus on NHS efficiency
The Centre for Policy Studies welcomes the publication of NHS England’s Long-Term Plan for the NHS, setting out a 10-year strategy to move the health service forward but it will only represent a true watershed for the NHS if it helps to move the debate forward from how much is being spent to how will it is being spent – from inputs to outputs.Britain set for worst decade of housebuilding since WW2
New CPS analysis shows that housebuilding in the 2010s will be at its lowest level since the Second World War, part of a 50-year slide in new-build numbers.CPS proposes major new tax reforms to make work pay
'Make Work Pay' proposes a series of reforms to ensure the tax system ensures workers keep at least 51p in every extra £1 they earn over £12,000, which it suggests should be the new threshold for income tax and National Insurance contributions.CPS welcomes Prime Minister to mark the launch of major new policy programme
On Monday 5th November the Prime Minister will join the Centre for Policy Studies at an event to mark the launch of its major new policy programme. The programme will focus on tax, welfare, business and housing, with significant policies in each area designed to increase the amount of control people in Britain have over their own lives.
CPS responds to Autumn Budget
Robert Colvile, CPS Director, responds to Philip Hammond's Budget, October 29.How to turbo-charge home ownership via capital gains tax rebates
The Centre for Policy Studies is publishing a comprehensive report on how to significantly increase home ownership at no cost to the Treasury, by giving tenants and landlords a rebate when a rented property is sold by the landlord to a sitting tenant.New CPS polling shows voters want more houses, lower house prices
New polling by ComRes for the Centre for Policy Studies, carried out to measure the impact of the housing crisis on public attitudes, confirms that Britain has switched from being anti-housing to pro.CPS joins US-UK think tanks to draft ideal free trade agreement
Tom Clougherty, Head of Tax at the CPS, joined representatives of 10 other US and UK think tanks to draft an ideal bilateral free trade agreement in a project brought together by the Initiative for Free Trade.
Tories must welcome innovators to 'reinvigorate capitalism' says minister
Sam Gyimah MP will use a speech at the Centre for Policy Studies to call on fellow Conservatives to reinvigorate capitalism following a series of attacks from the Labour Party.Government must reform pensions tax relief to broaden Britain's savings base
Michael Johnson sets out five proposals for reforming pensions tax relief to broaden Britain's savings base as the household saving ratio hits 4.9%, a record low.Being a Tory on tax shows you have brains — and the boffins can prove it
CPS Director Robert Colvile writes for the Sunday Times on the correlation between IQ and economic conservatism
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