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TUESDAY 22ND MARCH 2016 Speech to Bright Blue: Conservatism and human rights Thank you for inviting me to come along here this morning to participate in your conference and in particular in the launch of the essay collection on Conservatism and human rights. I have to say, when I first heard that Bright Blue was doing this, I was absolutely overjoyed because from my point of view, I've felt slightly, in the course of the last eighteen months, that I'm in danger of turning into one of those CDs which has got caught with a scratch and just going on…
Wednesday, 18 May 2016 11:50
Response to the Queen's Speech 2016
Ryan Shorthouse, Director of Bright Blue, said: "The Government is signalling that, after the EU referendum, its focus will be social reform - the Prime Minister's original and deepest passion. This is the right thing to do morally but also politically: the Conservatives need to be a party of the head as well as the heart. But the policies must…
Friday, 08 April 2016 08:34
Bright Blue launches new “important and influential” Green conservatism project
Bright Blue, the independent think tank for liberal conservatism, is today launching its new Green conservatism project that includes a high-profile Advisory Board with leading politicians and opinion formers. The Advisory Board for Bright Blue’s Green conservatism project includes: The Rt Hon Lord Michael Howard of Lympne CH QC (Former Leader of the Conservative Party), The Rt Hon Lord Gregory…
Tuesday, 22 March 2016 09:08
The European Convention on Human Rights in “our national interest”, argue leading Conservatives
Bright Blue, the independent think tank for liberal conservatism, is today launching a new essay collection on Conservatism and human rights, with a keynote speech from the former Attorney General, the Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP. The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP wrote the foreword for the essay collection, strongly supporting the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)…
Wednesday, 16 March 2016 17:18
Bright Blue’s response to the 2016 Budget
Savings The Government has announced the creation of a Lifetime ISA for adults under the age of 40. For every £4 saved in the account the Government will pay in a pound up to £4,000 each year. The ISA allowance will also rise from £15,240 to £20,000 in April 2017. To help those on low incomes, the Government has announced…
Friday, 04 March 2016 10:09
Childcare could be affordable for all if government offers parents loans
Bright Blue, the independent think tank for liberal conservatives, has called for the Government to offer all parents income-contingent childcare loans. A new survey conducted by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has found that 6 in 10 working class parents have been deterred from working longer hours because of fears over childcare costs. In response Director of Bright…
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