Madeleine Armstrong

Madeleine Armstrong is a Researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies.

Articles

Economics

How to get Brits to have more babies

The fertility rate in Britain will continue to decline over the next twenty years, according to the latest projections by the Office for National Statistics. In 2022, births in the UK reached their lowest point since 2002. By mid-2045, fertility is expected to drop from 1.61 to 1.59 children per woman. Meanwhile, the percentage of […]

Culture

How ‘equality’ laws became the enemy of academic freedom

There is an Orwellian tendency on the Left to hide illiberal measures behind moral truisms. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategies, now ubiquitous among public companies and institutions, are a clear example. Under the cover of these seemingly benign objectives, an expanding bureaucracy has undermined meritocracy and sapped productivity in the UK.  The Equality Act […]

Politics

What the Tories can learn from the Conservative Party of Canada

While the Tories brace for a Labour landslide at the next general election, the Conservative Party of Canada is soaring ahead in the polls. Nearly 40% of voters in Canada now back the Conservatives. If party leader Pierre Poilievre can sustain this momentum until the next federal election (which could yet be two years away) […]