UK thinktanks urged to be transparent about funding as $1m US donations revealed Campaigners urge more openness after more than $1m handed to influential British thinktanks by donors in US The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023
Rishi Sunak: ‘Bairstow was brilliant’ for manhandling Just Stop Oil activist ‘He was great, it was a shame about the rest of the game’ the PM told us Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2023
U.K. Think Tank Warns Government Not To Get Into E.V. 'Subsidy Race' Rather, Downing Street should prioritize "stability in government policy," cautions Policy Exchange's Geoffrey Owen. Reason · Jun 6, 2023
Smoking age will NOT rise above 18 as Tory ministers reject official recommendation Smokers will be encouraged to switch their fags for free vapes as part of a new government scheme, but health experts say the plans don't go 'far enough' Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023
Transgender guidance for schools to be published for summer term, says PM A union said an established set of guidelines is needed so schools are no longer ‘caught in the crossfire between opposing views and beliefs’. The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023
Sunak promises guidelines for schools on issues of gender identity Pledge comes after teachers call for clear guidance on ‘minefield’ of how to support trans pupils in England The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023
Many schools ‘routinely disregard’ safeguarding principles on gender identity Some secondary schools are not informing parents as soon as a child questions their gender, a report by Policy Exchange suggests. The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023
What are the legal obstacles faced by the UK’s illegal migration bill? Suella Braverman has denied the government is breaking the law but experts say it faces many challenges The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023
Michael Gove thinks beautiful buildings must look traditional. Here’s why he’s wrong… A dynamic fusion of ‘gentle density’ housing in green belt Croydon is the latest example of thoughtful, visionary housing design the government would do well to learn from The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023
Building 100,000 homes a year would 'pump more than £17billion' into economy The former Tory Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis - who backed the report - said that since the 1970s 'we have consistently failed to deliver enough new housing' Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023
Children fleeing danger in small boats should be deported, says Tory thinktank Policy Exchange paper envisages sidestepping Human Rights and Modern Slavery acts to eliminate legal challenges The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023
Tory think tank backs UK blocking Scotland's gender reforms - but will they do it? Will the UK Government really challenge Scotland's gender reform bill? Our political reporter looks at the viability of a Section 35 order The National (Scotland) · Jan 13, 2023
Third of Britons think government has done ‘nothing’ well since 2019, poll shows Polling indicates rising distrust as cost of living concerns wipe out success of ‘red meat’ policies The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023
Better design could reduce opposition to new housing, says Michael Gove ‘If places have no heart and soul, levelling up will falter’ The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022 Better design could reduce public opposition to housing developments, says Gove Michael Gove railed against ‘indifferent or insipid’ planning in a report calling for the establishment of a new urban design school.
Daily Mirror · Dec 16, 2022 Labour's Wes Streeting says NHS is facing 'existential crisis' and needs reform The Shadow Health Secretary also used a speech at the Policy Exchange think-tank to urge Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay to hold face-to-face talks with unions to avert further strike action from nurses at 'breaking point'
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022 Michael Gove calls New York Times ‘useful idiots’ for Trojan horse podcast Former education secretary for England says podcast ‘was replete with errors’ about controversy involving Birmingham schools
The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2022 Braverman’s secret meetings with ‘anti-woke’ MP flagged by officials before she quit Civil servants say there was ‘significant disquiet’ over home secretary Suella Braverman’s dealings with Tory rightwinger John Hayes
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022 Has Liz Truss handed power over to the extreme neoliberal thinktanks? The prime minister is in hock to rightwing lobbyists who are themselves indebted to oligarchs and corporations, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022 Zahawi: Cost-of-living support needed into 2023 to ‘send clear message’ to Putin The Chancellor said he has been working on options to support households and businesses for the incoming prime minister
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022 Health Secretary: We need to simplify NHS national priorities Steve Barclay will say in a speech to the Policy Exchange think tank that managers should be helping frontline staff, not creating more paperwork.
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022 Steve Barclay ‘to tell NHS to scrap targets and focus on key areas’ Mr Barclay is giving a speech at the Policy Exchange think tank on Thursday.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022 Next PM urged to put families at the heart of policymaking plans Children’s commissioner for England says investing in family is the single greatest investment you can make
The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022 Government appoints anti-‘woke’ activist as V&A trustee Rightwing commentator Zewditu Gebreyohanes is director of a group waging ‘politicised’ campaign against the National Trust
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022 Police leaders reject claim they are ‘more interested in being woke than solving crimes’ Falling charge rates ‘affected by austerity and the loss of thousands of police officers and staff’, chiefs say