Liberalism liberated
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue discusses revitalising a traditional and richer liberalism for a better Britain. Liberals need to fight their critics and contortionists. But liberalism desperately needs a reset too: in its philosophical foundations, in its policymaking and in the leaders who represent it. In particular, the publication argues that liberals...
Higher ground
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue proposes eight new policies for the government to adopt to increase abundance and certainty in the housing and energy markets. This report examines the trends in, and private and public impacts of, stagnant living standards in the UK over the past few decades. It then offers distinctive...
Properly protected
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue analyses the relationship between the asylum and modern slavery systems before proposing new policies to lessen modern slavery cases. ‘Modern slavery’ is a hidden but pervasive crime that disproportionately affects vulnerable people, especially asylum seekers, who become trapped in cycles of coercion and abuse. While exact numbers...
Mending the net?
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue brings together ideas from leading centre-right thinkers for reforming social security. The UK’s social security system seems to be a constant source of anger for our country’s voters. To those on the left, it represents a broken safety net, incapable of keeping the needy out of poverty....
The right road
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue examines the future of the European centre-right. For much of the postwar era, centre-right political parties dominated European parliaments. European centre-right parties in the time since the Second World War benefited from and presided over strong economic growth, rising living standards and relatively generous social security systems....
A positive contribution
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue attempts to offer a popular and effective set of policies to improve our immigration system. This essay collection is an attempt to offer a popular and effective set of policies to improve our immigration system, rooted in centre-right principles: control, contribution and cohesion. That is, national governments...
Empowering ICBs
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue examines ways in which further devolution of powers and resources to Integrated Care Boards will help improve NHS efficiency. The NHS in England is failing to deliver. Public satisfaction is at an all-time low, there are long waiting lists for elective and primary care, and access to...
Great expectations? Public perceptions and expectations for the new government
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue looks at public perceptions and expectations for the new government. This polling analysis examines UK public attitudes towards the performance of the last Conservative Government and their perceptions of the priorities and effectiveness of the new Labour Government. It reveals that the UK public is united in...
A wealth of opportunities
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue offers a centre-right prospectus for spreading wealth. This book offers a fresh and radical centre-right vision to help people on modest incomes build up and pass on wealth. It includes essays from 21 leading decision makers and opinion formers from different professional, political and social backgrounds, offering...
Greater and greener development
This report from UK think tank Bright Blue looks at improving the development levels of UK housing in a way that is consistent with protecting the environment. The polling report provides strong policy ideas for — and a strong case to — the Government for improving the development levels of UK housing and infrastructure in...