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Fair Welfare
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 concluded that fairness is at the heart of the problem.
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Homes for Heroes
New CPS report is calling for changes to help key workers get their foot on the property ladder, and repay them for their efforts during the pandemic.
Is Manchester Greater? A New Analysis of NHS Integration
The CPS argues that Government should prioritise bottom-up integration and collaboration, as well as gathering more evidence from existing pilot schemes, rather than pursuing another top-down reorganisation of the NHS on an insufficient evidence base - especially given the strain the health service is already under due to the pandemic.
Reshaping Spaces: Building Back Better
A new report by the Centre for Policy Studies shows that if vacant retail space could be repurposed, it could create around 500,000 homes, or more if the space were converted into flats.
The Housing Guarantee
A new report by the Centre for Policy Studies calls for changes to the planning system to open up the market and allow better access for small and medium sized companies and to diversify the housing supply.
History Repeating? The lessons of the postwar recovery
History Repeating? The lessons of the postwar recovery
Don't Hike Stamp Duty
A report by the Centre for Policy Studies looks at the effects of the measure introduced by the Chancellor in response to the pandemic, and finds that after an initial sharp decline in sales between April-June 2020, the number of transactions increased from 132,090 in Q2 to 225,870 in Q3 and 316,300 by the end of Q4 – the highest level since before the global financial crisis in 2007/8.
A Northern Big Bang: Unleashing Investment in the North
A new CPS report sets out a series of recommendations on how to stimulate private sector investment and create a globally recognised, economic powerhouse in the North of England. The aim would be to replicate the impact of the 1980s Big Bang, which unlocked billions of pounds of investment in London and the South East, but with a set of measures which reflect the North’s existing strengths and future potential.
The Universal Credit Uplift: The Way Forward
Reforms to the Universal Credit system could make it more generous post-Covid than it was going into the pandemic – and significantly better at rewarding work.
Public Sector Pay: The Case for Restraint
Public sector pay freeze could save up to £23 billion by 2023
The Case Against Raising the Minimum Wage
The generosity of the impulse behind raising and expanding the National Living Wage can only be applauded. But going ahead with the current plans will harm the very people it is designed to help.