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...
Wes Streeting: I won't pretend NHS is envy of world
By Joshua NevettBBC Politics
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has said he would not " pretend the NHS is The Envy of the world" as he promised reforms under a Labour government.
He gave a speech setting out Labour's plan to fix the NHS in England, which He Said was in " existential" crisis.
Labour would train more staff and use the Private Sector to bring down waiting lists, He Said .
He branded left-wing critics of his proposals " the true Conservatives".
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".
Labour, He Said , " will give the NHS the investment and staff it needs, but that has to result in better standards for patients".
StrikesMr Streeting's reformist agenda has thrust him into the centre of a fractious debate about The Future of the NHS at The Time when nurses are Locked In a dispute over pay with the government.
The Shadow health secretary said was the result of "12 years of failure to get our economy growing" pay freezes and funding cuts.
But in wide-ranging speech lasting about 15 Minutes , Mr Streeting said the NHS's problems went beyond The Strikes and laid out what a Labour government would do to address them.
In recent years, the NHS - which was founded under a Labour government in the 1940S - has faced significant financial and workforce challenges, made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The care backlog is at a record high, with Nhs England figures showing 7. 2 million people were waiting to start routine treatment at The End of October.
Mr Streeting said it was clear NHS staff were " working as hard as they can" but added: " We cannot continue pouring money into a 20th-century model of care that delivers late diagnosis and more expensive treatment".
RoadmapThe Shadow health secretary, who was Last Year treated successfully for cancer in an NHS hospital, said reform was the only option.
He Said he endorsed, which lays out a roadmap for how Labour could achieve its target of training 15,000 medical students a year, if it wins The Next general election.
On top of this, Mr Streeting said Labour's plan would involve:
Attempts to reform the NHS have proved politically contentious, especially for Labour, some of whose MPs are ideologically opposed to private-sector involvement in the health service.
But Mr Streeting said Labour would not shy away from reform under The Leadership of Sir Keir Starmer , who had planted The Party " firmly in the centre-ground".
" It is plain to see for anyone who uses the NHS that it is failing patients on a daily basis, " Mr Streeting said. " So yes, We Are going to reform it and make the NHS fit for The Future . "
" Ironically, it is those voices from The Left who oppose reform, who prove themselves to be the true conservatives. "
In, Mr Streeting was quoted as saying the NHS must " reform or die".
Mr Streeting said some " online bad-faith actors" had suggested he was " ambivalent about which my preferred option would be".
" I do believe The Crisis is existential for the NHS, " He Said .
" And it is in defence of the NHS's founding principles, funded through progressive taxation, free at The Point of use, that I make the reform argument. "
Streeting's political positioningThe Shadow health secretary was keen to distance himself not only from the current government, but also from Labour's recent past.
He denounced opponents of reform as " Conservatives" - including Momentum, The Left -wing group Set Up to support Jeremy Corbyn 's leadership.
The Line echoed Tony Blair 's conference speech More Than two decades ago, when he described New Labour as " progressive politics distinguishing itself from the conservatism of left or right".
Indeed, if Momentum respond to their tail being tweaked this would further illustrate the growing gulf between the current leadership and the previous one.
Usually, even The Most moderate of Labour politicians won't say a word against the NHS and those who work in it.
But Mr Streeting felt comfortable telling what he would see as Home Truths about Labour's relationship with the NHS.
His political positioning was not exactly subtle, speaking to a centre-right Think Tank and describing the NHS not just as his party's finest achievement, but Britain's.
All This Was designed to make people who don't usually vote Labour sit up and listen. But there is little doubt that some who usually back his party won't entirely like what they are Hearing .
Source of news: bbc.com
