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Policy Exchange: The poverty trap is about to have a lot more people in it

On Friday, the Office for National Statistics raised its estimate of the economy’s growth in the fourth quarter of last year from 0.1% to 0.3%. This is, of course, good news, but the most interesting growth question at the moment … Continue reading

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Policy Exchange: Safety in Numbers

The Department for Health did not have a good week last week.  It started with hospitals being accused of putting patients’ lives at risk, for failing to comply with safety alerts issued by the National Patient Safety Agency.  And it has … Continue reading

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Policy Exchange: Surface vs depth

The phoney election campaign continued last week.  The media seems to have decided that the Tory “wobble” is over, after the launch of some pretty good posters and a warm media welcome for their policy announcement on cooperative public services.  With their … Continue reading

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Policy Exchange: A State of Disorder

The murder of army cadet Joseph Lappin suggests that there is something very wrong with the way we tackle anti-social behaviour. Despite having breached sanctions more than 40 times, his attacker was never sent to jail – and was free … Continue reading

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Policy Exchange: More fees please?

As our report More Fees Please? this week recommended, university fees need to rise if we are to protect the quality of the student experience in the future.  Anyone who reads a newspaper will know that things are not looking … Continue reading

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