Press Releases

Leadership Change at the Centre for Policy Studies

Robert Colvile becomes Acting Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, replacing Tim Knox who steps down

The Medico-Legal Crisis and How to Solve It

Soaring legal costs are draining the NHS and risk putting GPs out of practice

Strength from Openness: The Australian High Commissioner on the lessons for the UK of Australia’s successful free trade policy

The UK is the “ideal place from which to pursue the kind of open, liberal trade and investment policy that has served Australia well in recent decades… As one of the UK’s closest friends, we offer our example of the opportunities that might exist for a nation in the UK’s position”, writes Alexander Downer, Australia’s High Commissioner to the UK.

Government must do more to protect the public from strikes

CPS publishes a new report from Nicholas Finney, arguing the UK's liberal strike laws are damaging the public and the government needs to do more.

MPs right to debate Venezuela, there is no room for apologists

CPS welcomes MPs' decision to debate the current instability in Venezuela and publishes research into the effects of the Chavez reforms often lauded by politicians on the left.

CPS responds to official figures showing more disadvantaged students are going to university

Daniel Mahoney responds to government figures showing more disadvantaged students than ever are going to university.

Rail competition brings benefits for passengers

Passenger survey shows the benefits of rail competition - CPS

Public sector pay rises should not come from ending austerity - CPS

There is a renewed push from some to raise the public sector pay cap but the government should not abandon austerity in order to achieve it.

Matt Ridley: The Case for Free-Market Anti-Capitalism

Viscount Ridley delivers the 2017 Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture at the Institute of Civil Engineers.

Kissinger opens conference on global security

Dr. Henry Kissinger to give the key note speech at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security.

UK’s budget deficit to last a quarter of a century

It has been reported that the Conservative Party plans to achieve a budget surplus by 2025. The Centre for Policy Studies has provided an analysis of the changing borrowing forecasts.