A selection of recent media coverage of our work
Special advisers undermine Whitehall, says report
Financial Times, November 2015
Quitting could boost trade deals: Think-tank says UK could follow example of Switzerland with a 'successful policy'
Daily Mail, October 2015
UK defence spending 'an impossible mess'
The Guardian, June 2015
Alarm over EU exit should be taken with a pinch of salt
The Times, April 2015
Train more NHS staff rather than spending £2.5bn on agency nurses, says Civitas think tank
Daily Express, April 2015
NHS spending inefficiently on non-permanent staff, says thinktank
The Guardian, April 2015
Human rights meddling by UK judges 'is seriously weakening' the fight against terror: Warning courts are 'trotting along' with judgements made by Europe
Daily Mail, March 2015
Give parents vouchers for school choice
The Times, March 2015
'Sharp-elbowed' parents gaining unfair share of school places, new book claims
The Independent, March 2015
NHS levy: Patients could pay £10 a month to choose where they're treated in future
Daily Mirror, February 2015
Patients should be able to go private by topping up NHS funds
The Daily Telegraph, February 2015
'Trade in EU like Norway' Britain could save £1.7 billion a year if it left European Union
Daily Express, February 2015
You're still too soft on migration, say Tory MPs who warn Cameron Britain is at risk of 'immensely serious social dangers'
Daily Mail, February 2015
Buy-to-let tenants should be able to rent for life
The Daily Telegraph, January 2015
Housing benefit pushes up rents, says think-tank report
The Financial Times, January 2015
Call to cap private rent rises at level of inflation
The Guardian, January 2015
Crime figures: true picture may be worse than feared, says think-tank report
The Daily Telegraph, December 2014
Warning over fiddling of crime figures
The Times, December 2014
Don’t be duped by this Brussels 'crackdown’ on benefit tourists, by David Green
Daily Mail, November 2014
Police are too busy with CRB checks to track sex offenders
Daily Mail, October 2014
Mass immigration is bringing down living standards, economist claims
The Times, August 2014
Report warns of strain on Britain's infrastructure caused by population growth
The Independent, August 2014
Fitness-to-practise process is 'threatening the lives' of doctors, think-tank warns
Pulse, July 2014
Ofsted marking down traditional teaching, says report
BBC News, July 2014
Ofsted must scrap 'quality of teaching' from inspections
TES, July 2014
Ofsted penalising schools over 'chalk and talk' teaching
The Daily Telegraph, July 2014
Forget the politics of Europe, what is the economic case?
The Independent on Sunday, June 2014
Gove's rallying cry - don't patronise the poor
The Times, June 2014
EU benefits to British trade are imaginary
The Daily Telegraph, May 2014
Time to get tough and save failing schools
The Yorkshire Post, April 2014
Teachers must stop blaming poverty for poor grades, says report
The Daily Telegraph, April 2014
‘Bias’ claim over report praising BBC coverage on EU
The Times, April 2014
The worst behaved pupils in the world? You'd better believe it
Daily Mail, April 2014
UK has 'moral duty' to declare Supreme Court power over European Court of Justice
The Daily Telegraph, April 2014
Knowing things isn't '20th century', Justin Webb. It's the foundation of a successful life
The Spectator, April 2014
The world will buy British when the pound is cheaper, by John Mills
The Times, March 2014
Britain's EU clout is a myth, says Civitas report
The Sunday Telegraph, March 2014
Amoeba that fosters the great class divide in schools, by Toby Young
The Daily Telegraph, March 2014
Devalue the pound to boost economy, says JML founder
The Sunday Telegraph, March 2014
Four in five serial burglars let off with soft sentences
Daily Mail, March 2014
Ofsted wins reprieve with promise on teaching style
The Times, March 2014
Stop rich overseas investors from buying up UK homes, report urges
The Observer, February 2014
Think-tank calls for a ban on rich foreigners buying homes in London to puncture property bubble
Daily Mail, February 2014
Gove allies say ‘Sixties-mired’ Ofsted should be scrapped
The Times, January 2014
Skewed figures and a BBC agenda: How questions are being asked about immigration reform
Daily Mail, January 2014
Fatal flaws in report claiming migrants boost the economy
Daily Mail, January 2014
UK must not lose out on jobs from fracking
The Yorkshire Post, December 2013
Protecting Britain's future growth by keeping foreign predators at bay
Daily Mail, December 2013
Block foreign takeovers of best British firms
Daily Mirror, December 2013
UK missed chance of offshore wind jobs
The Sunday Telegraph, December 2013
State pension must be means-tested, pleads top think tank
Daily Express, November 2013
Report says welfare savings can replace UK’s national insurance
City AM, November 2013
Think-tank urges radical benefit overhaul and pension means test
This Is Money, November 2013
'State pension should be means-tested'
The Sunday Telegraph, November 2013
Move British Museum up North, says think-tank
The Independent, November 2013
Empower regions by moving British Museum to North, says adviser
The Financial Times, November 2013
America cares for its veterans; we betray ours
The Sunday Times, November 2013
Sweden's healthcare system shows what localism can achieve
The Guardian, October 2013
David Cameron warned he must support air and car industries or risk thousands of jobs
Sunday Mirror, October 2013
Cruddas's plan to give fathers paid leave for antenatal classes deserves support
New Statesman, October 2013
Labour's top donor attacks party policy of spending restraint
The Observer, October 2013
Parenthood just gets better and better
Catholic Herald, October 2013
A sci-fi term used to lampoon the massed ranks of Gove’s critics
The Times, October 2013
Should foreign aid be spent at home?
BBC News, September 2013
Is 'core knowledge' the pub quiz of learning?
The Independent, September 2013
Benefits block: Give Britain power 'to stop handouts to new immigrants'
The Sun, September 2013
David Cameron handed 'shopping list’ of Europe opt-outs
The Sunday Telegraph, September 2013
Parents are being 'persuaded to have just one child' because of exaggerated warnings about the costs
Daily Mail, August 2013
Viewpoint: Is it better for children to have siblings?
BBC News, August 2013
Thinner, fitter, healthier, happier - the case for bigger families
The Irish Times, August 2013
Children? The more the merrier...
The Guardian, August 2013
Should Britain adopt German-style local banks? Think-tank pushes for 315 RBS branches to become regional specialists
This Is Money, August 2013
The Church of England should invest in a wave of new lenders (£)
The Financial Times, July 2013
Call for RBS to be turned into a network of regional banks
Western Mail, July 2013
Regional bank call over RBS future
The Herald, July 2013
The payday lenders' easy money may be too hard to beat
The Times, July 2013
Welby's war on Wonga
New Statesman, July 2013
No, Mr Cameron, it's doing time that cuts crime (£)
The Sunday Times, July 2013
Burke, Norman and Glasman - 'post-liberalism' in Britain today
Open Democracy, July 2013
Why the French model may have the answer to the NHS's many challenges
City AM, July 2013
Warning that Vickers bank reform is doomed to failure
The Independent, July 2013
Why large families are healthier and cheaper, by the man who has six children under 14
Daily Mail, June 2013
Why having big families is good for you (and cheaper)
The Sunday Telegraph, June 2013
Time to stop this crippling gas and electricity rip-off
Daily Express, June 2013
Forget the mutual: Let innovators experiment with company structure
City AM, June 2013
New law to help credit unions compete with payday lenders 'does not go far enough', think tank claims
This Is Money, June 2013
Civitas urges credit unions to loosen loan rules
The Guardian, June 2013
Credit union rules burdensome, says Civitas
BBC News, June 2013
One in five offenders says crime DOES pay
Daily Mail, June 2013
'Crime pays' and it's fun, say crooks
The Daily Telegraph, June 2013
Third of crimes committed by hardcore of career offenders
The Daily Telegraph, June 2013
Pilot schemes to cut reoffending show mixed results
The Guardian, June 2013
Inspired by a New York elementary school
The Spectator, June 2013
Gay weddings pave the way for polygamy, warns former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey
Daily Mail, May 2013
Gay marriage plan paves way for polygamy, says Lord Carey
BBC News, May 2013
Lord Carey: ‘Love is not enough’ to justify same-sex marriage
Pink News, May 2013
Local banks for local people
The Daily Telegraph, May 2013
Concern over patients with rare disease
Yorkshire Post, May 2013
Health chiefs refuse to pay for lifesaving kidney treatment (£)
The Times, May 2013
Green energy 'folly will put £600 on bills': Annual charges to hit living standards, says report
Daily Mail, May 2013
Families to pay £600 a year towards green energy by 2020, says think-tank study
The Daily Telegraph, May 2013
Transforming finance: banking for the real economy - video
The Guardian, May 2013
If it is to be a "one nation" party, Labour must support an EU referendum
New Statesman, May 2013
Why the cheapest bid can cost economy dear
Yorkshire Post, May 2013
Think-tank calls for sterling plunge to boost manufacturing and 'pay our way in the world'
Daily Mail, April 2013
Osborne 'letting down British manufacturing'
Politics.co.uk, April 2013
'Government's failure to back industry has led to spiral of decline'
Derby Telegraph, April 2013
Classing Britain: why defining social status is so difficult
The Guardian, April 2013
Michael Gove’s planned national curriculum is designed to renew teaching as a vocation
The Spectator, April 2013
Freedom Of Speech Curbing Law, Section 5 of the Public Order Act, Attacked By Civitas
Huffington Post, April 2013
Parliament has become the worst enemy of free speech
The Daily Telegraph, April 2013
Michael Gove's critics are afraid of change
The Daily Telegraph, March 2013
Liam Fox, Theresa May and the meaning of conservatism
The Spectator, March 2013
'Half chips, half rice' approach to reshoring (£)
The Financial Times, March 2013
That's your cash tossed away with those aid leaflets (£)
The Sunday Times, March 2013
Free speech means we should all have a say
The Daily Telegraph, February 2013
Better a strong military than more foreign aid
The Daily Telegraph, February 2013
Quitting EU 'will boost car exports'
Daily Express, February 2013
What does Europe mean to you?
The Observer, January 2013
Brakes are on foreign aid gravy train
The Daily Telegraph, January 2013
Give money to aid. But don't give it to DfID (£)
The Times, January 2013
Stop blowing our billions on foreign aid, David Cameron is told
Daily Express, January 2013
How your money is squandered on foreign aid
Daily Mail, January 2013
Foreign aid? It's simply a cynical ruthless and self-indulgent con job says scathing study
Daily Mail, January 2013
Divert billions from aid budget to turn Britain into 'foreign aid superpower', Civitas report says
The Daily Telegraph, January 2013
Give overseas aid to MOD and BBC, says think-tank
The Independent, January 2013
Up to 70,000 British jobs 'are at risk from Brussels climate change law'
Daily Mail, December 2012
It wouldn't be Britain without the Church
The Sunday Telegraph, December 2012
Christianity 'close to extinction' in Middle East
The Sunday Telegraph, December 2012
Wet or dry, Lord Heseltine can't change the economic weather
The Observer, November 2012
Time for the Government to put its own house in order, Lord Heseltine
The Daily Telegraph, November 2012
The facts curriculum: Younger pupils ‘must focus on names, dates and places, not vague themes’
Daily Mail, October 2012
It’s a myth there is less social mobility (£)
The Sunday Times, October 2012
Think-tank Civitas urges cuts in tax and energy costs
The Independent on Sunday, October 2012
US idea of 'cultural literacy' and key facts a child should know arrives in UK
The Guardian, October 2012
When boxing meets education: teaching experiences in alternative provision
The Guardian, October 2012
Free schools: the research lab of state education?
The Guardian, October 2012
Cable's industrial plan must tackle the energy crisis
The Telegraph, September 2012
The 'bonfire of red tape' must go further
The Daily Telegraph, September 2012
After austerity: should Britain be more like Germany? - video
The Guardian, July 2012
Sit down everyone... I bring you good news (£)
The Sunday Times, July 2012
Longer prison sentences do deter criminals
The Sunday Times, July 2012
Longer prison terms really do cut crime, study shows
The Observer, July 2012
‘Monopoly fixes rules to keep new players out of the game’
The Times, May 2012
Class warfare in the age of philanthropy: Stop bashing rich people who give to charity
The Independent, April 2012
Rising crime and police cuts open new front for Labour attacks
The Observer, March 2012
Wind power is expensive and ineffective at cutting CO2 say Civitas
The Daily Telegraph, January 2012
Financial benefits of equality laws are imaginary, says think-tank
The Daily Telegraph, December 2011
On marriage, Nick Clegg is hopelessly out of date
The Telegraph, December 2011
Will Britons cope with the fallout from a lost decade?
The Observer, December 2011
Beware, the equality zealots are unfair and cost us millions (£)
The Sunday Times, November 2011
David Davis claims 'moral need' for BAe Systems to find new work for Brough
The Guardian, November 2011
If we have no history, we have no future
The Observer, August 2011
Warning over new 'Baccalaureate'
The Independent, August 2011
English version of US fact bible for Year 1s hits the shops
Times Educational Supplement, July 2011
Prison education is ripe for reform
The Guardian, June 2011
Dave’s green detox will take us to the cleaners (£)
The Sunday Times, May 2011
We need a broader vision than 'big society'
The Guardian, April 2011
O brother, where art thou? (£)
The Sunday Times, March 2011
'A train crash': the NHS's verdict on the Coalition's health reforms
The Independent, December 2010
Government set to concede defeat over prison voting
The Independent, November 2010
Civitas think-tank says vetting scheme will poison relations with children (£)
The Times, September 2010
Skills for the poor, schools for the rich
The Independent, August 2010
Schools 'promote bogus training courses'
The Independent, August 2010
Culture of retakes pushing rise in A-level grades (£)
The Times, August 2010
Hate laws may be ‘threatening free speech’ (£)
The Times, July 2010
Why can't ministers leave the NHS to do its best for patients?
The Independent, July 2010
Academy pupils pushed to take vocational courses to boost results (£)
The Times, December 2009