As part of its mission to drive up living standards, the Government wants to put more money in people’s pockets in every part of the UK. This is quite some task. For a long time, pockets in some parts of the country have substantially more money in them, and greater potential to add more than […]
If you watched Peaky Blinders on Netflix, you might remember the charming Victorian village where Aunt Polly’s house was set. Those scenes were filmed in Port Sunlight, an iconic community near Liverpool inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement. Built by Lever Brothers, the precursor to Unilever, it offered vernacular-style housing to soap factory workers. […]
The Government’s response to the AI Opportunities Action Plan is an ambitious declaration of intent, laying out the foundations for the UK’s leadership in AI. It is a rare instance of bold policymaking and, for the Labour Government, it represents a much-needed triumph. But its success will depend on execution, bold thinking and a willingness […]
Britain is in a growth emergency – and it’s time we faced up to it. Energy costs are skyrocketing, infrastructure building moves at the pace of rush-hour traffic and our productivity lags so far behind the likes of France and the US that we’re practically begging Mississippi not to overtake us – oh wait, they […]
In this debut edition of The Capitalist: a bold new political movement takes aim at red tape to get Britain building, the Chancellor faces criticism over an economy teetering on the edge and the Conservatives grapple with the path to reinvention. With Dr Lawrence Newport and Joseph Dinnage. Find out more about Looking for Growth by visiting […]
Don’t panic! The pound may have plummeted. Government borrowing costs may have hit their highest level in thirty years. The Chancellor may be out of the country cosying up to China. But she has asked her Cabinet colleagues to come up with fresh ideas to boost growth. She’s even told them firmly to ‘cease anti-growth […]
What would you like your government to do, above all, for you? Well, yes, safe streets, a predictable and peaceful future, fairness and the like, but above all, most people would like a return to the compact between government and population that existed in the 20th century, of steadily rising wages and wealth for each […]
Founders have better things to do than care about politics. But what if government won’t let them get on with creating the future? We may be about to find out. This week saw the launch of a new political movement for reviving economic growth in the UK. As previewed on CapX last week (a reminder […]
Stand back and look at the economic trends across the decades and it’s evident that the UK is stagnating at best and collapsing at worst. Because of this, you are £10,700 a year poorer, Britain faces being a diminishing country in the world and for the first time ever the younger generation(s) are set to be […]
One of the great benefits of working in think tank world is that you can have genuinely robust conversations in the office. From euthanasia to the price of a pint, there are few topics I haven’t debated at some point with a colleague sat opposite me. While enjoyable, I understand that not all working environments […]
Apparently, if you make up a measure, then you can make the number of that measure dance to your tune. Who knew, eh? Hence why the Social Metrics Commission (SMC) tells us that poverty is rising: The latest estimates, by the non-partisan Social Metrics Commission, show that the number of people in poverty has risen […]
To mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Centre for Policy Studies and the 10th anniversary of CapX, we have delved into the archive to uncover the foundations of modern conservative thought. From our founders Margaret Thatcher and Sir Keith Joseph, to Peregrine Worsthorne, Kingsley Amis, T.E. Utley, Charles Moore, Shirley Letwin, Ferdinand […]
This week CapX is republishing some of our favourite articles of the year. This piece first appeared on August 21. Living on our planet is more enjoyable than it used to be in almost all respects. We live longer, we are healthier, we learn more, and we enjoy greater comfort. The one exception is what […]
Over the Christmas week, CapX is republishing its favourite pieces from the past year. You can find the full list here. For an idea of how wealthy Africans want to think of their countries, flick through the adverts in one of the glossy pan-African magazines given away in the continent’s airport lounges. Banks are promoted […]
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