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Press releases
Friday, 08 January 2016 14:23
PM's progress on restricting EU migrant access to benefits welcome
Bright Blue welcomes the Prime Minister’s progress on restricting EU migrant access to in-work benefits. Our Senior Research Fellow, David Kirkby said: “The Prime Minister appears to be winning support in Europe for restricting EU migrant access to in-work benefits, which is a key plank of his renegotiation strategy. This is encouraging and is an important step towards an immigration…
Tuesday, 08 December 2015 19:34
Aspire to be in work in your late sixties and even in your seventies
Bright Blue has launched the latest edition of its magazine Centre Write on ‘The future of work’, advocating that the UK should have a higher proportion of people in their late sixties and seventies in work to boost individual and national prosperity. The magazine includes contributions from a range of leading politicians and opinion formers, including the Secretary of State…
Thursday, 26 November 2015 15:17
There should be real consequences if government fails to meet its immigration targets
Bright Blue has responded to the latest figures on net migration, which shows that net annual migration from end of Q2 2014 to end of Q2 2015 was at a record 336,000. Commenting, Director of Bright Blue, Ryan Shorthouse, said: “The Conservative Government needs to develop a strong record of competence on managing our immigration system. That means new, deliverable…
Wednesday, 25 November 2015 17:06
Bright Blue's response to the Spending Review
Bright Blue has today responded to elements of the Government’s Spending Review. Tax Credits The Government will not proceed with the changes to the tax credit threshold and taper announced at the Summer Budget 2015. The tax credits income threshold will remain at £6,420 from April 2016 and the tax credits taper will remain at 41% of gross income. Commenting,…
Wednesday, 18 November 2015 16:52
Bright Blue welcomes announcement of phase out of UK Coal
Bright Blue responds to the keynote speech by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which includes the announcement of the phase out of the UK's remaining coal-fired power stations. Bright Blue has for some time been pushing for an early, managed phase out of the UK’s remaining coal-fired power stations. These proposals are set out in Green…
Sunday, 15 November 2015 18:46
Introduce a ‘graduate levy’ to pay for more people to go to university
Bright Blue has launched a new report calling on the Government to introduce a ‘graduate levy’ on large graduate employers to subsidise a new lifetime loan account to enable all UK and EU adults to pay for several Higher Education (HE) courses in England throughout their lives The report, entitled Going part-time, highlights the worrying decline in participation in part-time…