Politics: Thought Leadership
Drastic defence cuts are inevitable, says think tank
Cuts to defence budget could shrink armed forces by a fifth in the next six years
Pre-Budget report should be "honest and bold"
Think-tank calls for long-term spending cuts and tax rises
High earners should pay more National Insurance, says report
Fabian Society says war on poverty has "failed"
Benefits system should be radically simplified, says study
Centre for Policy Studies argues that all claims should be administered by a single agency
Dramatic tax rises and spending cuts needed, warns think-tank
Tax rises and spending cuts of £100bn needed to reduce budget deficit
Defence spending unsustainable, warns think-tank
Government should consider scrapping £24bn of weapons programmes including Trident, says IPPR
Adam Smith Institute
A confident and assertive think-tank dedicated to promoting free-market reforms.
Centre for European Reform
A pro-European think-tank created to counter British Euroscepticism but one that also encourages major EU reform.
Demos
A liberal-left think-tank that seeks to increase political participation, it was central to the development of Blairism in the early 1990s.
Fabian Society
The UK’s oldest think-tank and affiliated to the Labour Party. The society’s priorities are achieving greater equality and reducing poverty.
Foreign Policy Centre
The UK’s most prominent foreign policy think-tank was founded in 1998 to address the challenges of globalisation.
Henry Jackson Society
An independent think-tank created to promote interventionist foreign policy and the spread of liberal democracy.
Institute For Public Policy Research
A left-leaning think-tank focused on social justice and the environment. Formally independent but traditionally close to New Labour.
IPPR calls for strict mortgage controls
Think-tank warns that lenders are set to repeat same mistakes
New Local Government Network
A politically astute group that has successfully revived the debate around localism.
Osborne and Willetts join Demos advisory board
Centre-left think-tank appoints first Conservatives to board
Policy Exchange
The largest right-wing body was until recently described as David Cameron’s ‘favourite think-tank’. It sparked the biggest think-tank controversy of recent years when it published a report on radical Islam in 2007.
Social Market Foundation
A think-tank born out of the demise of the Social Democratic Party, the Social Market Foundation explores ways to harness the market for social ends.
The Young Foundation
A group that acts as a ‘do’ as well as a ‘think’ tank, the Young Foundation aims to develop innovative solutions to unmet social needs.
Think-tank denounces "phoney war on drugs"
Centre For Policy Studies argues enforcement must come before harm reduction
Youth unemployment "to treble" by 2011
Think-tank study warns that 350,000 could be unemployed for more than a year by 2011
On Syria
The interview
The interview
GOP race so far
Alistair Darling
Time to rethink
Devil in the detail
Scotland speech
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