Policy Exchange
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| Chairman of Trustees | Alexander Downer |
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| High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom | |
| Directors | Dean Godson |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters location | London, United Kingdom |
| Founders | Nick Boles |
| Michael Gove | |
| Archie Norman | |
| Francis Maude | |
| Type of business | Think tank |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2159739 |
About Policy Exchange
Policy Exchange is a British right-wing and centre-right think tank, created in 2002 and based in London. It has been variously described as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right", in The Daily Telegraph.
Vaping: New measures to crack down on illegal sale of e-cigarettes to teenagers
... Mr O Brien will make a speech at the Policy Exchange on Tuesday announcing an " illicit vapes enforcement squad" which will carry out projects across England, including making test purchasing at convenience and vape shops...
PM pledges trans guidance for schools 'for summer term'
... He was asked about a report from a centre-right think tank Policy Exchange which looked at 154 English secondary schools...
Michael Gove: Better housing design could curb development opposition
... Mr Gove made the comments in the foreword to a report by the centre-right think tank Policy Exchange...
Wes Streeting: I won't pretend NHS is envy of world
... Speaking at the right-leaning Policy Exchange think tank, Mr Streeting suggested the NHS was not " delivering a standard of care that patients should be satisfied with"...
Tory MP Esther McVey says she won't back tax rises unless HS2 is axed
... " Does the deputy prime minister therefore agree if the government has got enough money to proceed with HS2 at any cost, then it has sufficient money not to increase taxes? " If however, it has so little money it has to increase taxes, which is a last thing for a Conservative government to do, then it doesn t have sufficient money for HS2? " Earlier this week, right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange released where main construction has not yet started to be scrapped...
Tory conference: Kwasi Kwarteng attempts to put tax U-turn behind him
... " Mr Kwarteng relaxed with supporters at a Policy Exchange fringe meeting following his speech, telling that beyond the " hullabaloo" around the tax row people had told him he was doing the right thing...
Sir Mark Rowley: Met's new commissioner 'tougher than he looks'
... David Spencer, head of crime and justice at the centre-right think-tank Policy Exchange, and a former Met detective chief inspector, says strong measures are needed to overhaul a force that " has been in permanent crisis over recent years"...
Munira Mirza: The student radical who became 'Boris's brain'
... Having completed a PhD in sociology at the University of Kent, she started work for Policy Exchange, the think tank set up by Conservatives Michael Gove, Francis Maude and Nick Boles...
Vaping: New measures to crack down on illegal sale of e-cigarettes to teenagers
By Marita MoloneyBBC News
Plans to make it more difficult for children to illegally buy e-cigarettes in England are to be laid out by the government next week.
An enforcement squad made up of trading standards officers will be Set Up to carry out test purchases and clamp down on shops selling vapes to under-18s.
The Department of Health says it will allocate £3m to tackle the issue.
Health Minister Neil O'Brien said he was particularly concerned about The Rising use of disposable vapes.
The measures will also call for help in identifying how best to stop children from vaping.
Only People aged 18 and over can buy vapes or e-cigarettes in the UK, but there has been growing pressure on the government to Crack Down on them being illegally sold to children.
NHS figures for 2021 showed that reported usage of e-cigarettes had risen to 9% among 11 to 15-year-olds in England - up from 6% in 2018. In the same period, vaping among 15-year-old girls jumped from 10% to 21%.
A more recent survey from Public Health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and King's College London either occasionally or regularly vape.
Mr O'Brien will make a speech at the Policy Exchange on Tuesday announcing an " illicit vapes enforcement squad" which will carry out projects across England , including making test purchasing at convenience and vape shops.
It will also issue guidance on How To ensure the laws are being complied with, as well as having The Power to remove illegal products from sale.
Vapes or e-cigarettes are considered safer than normal cigarettes because they do not contain harmful tobacco, and they have become popular in Helping People to quit smoking.
However, the NHS advises that vapes are not risk-free, and the long-term implications of using them are Not Yet clear. The vapour, including nicotine.
Trading Standards has previously said that shops selling illegal vapes and the sale of e-cigarettes to children
There is concern that cheap, brightly-coloured vapes are Ending Up in The Hands of 12 and 13-year-olds, with experts from taking up the habit.
Action on Smoking and Health has called for plainer packaging on vaping products to make them less attractive to children.
ASH Chief Executive Deborah Arnold said she was pleased the government has " finally announced funding for enforcement to tackle The Scourge of underage sales".
She called for other " obvious measures" to be put in place, including taxing disposable vapes to raise their cost to More Than " Pocket Money prices" and introducing plain packaging.
Councils in England have also said vapes should be kept out of sight of children in shops and the legal minimum Age Of 18 should be marked clearly on each product.
The UK Vaping Industry Association said The Solution is to enforce existing laws on retailers rather than Focus On packaging.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
