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The British public are clearly dissatisfied with the way our immigration system currently works. One of the main reasons that motivated people to vote for Brexit in the recent referendum is the hope that Britain could better control immigration by ending the free movement of people from the EU. For years now, immigration has been one of the issues that the public are most concerned about.
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/brexit-provides-perfect-opportunity-crack-immigration-question/
Bright Blue director Ryan Shorthouse writes for the Telegraph on what ambitions our next Conservative leader needs to have and how these may draw upon those of Cameron.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/01/no-matter-who-wins-the-tory-leadership-we-are-entering-the-world/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Ryan Shorthouse. The Times: A message for the Tory modernisers: Remain and reform
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/redbox/topic/the-europe-question/a-message-for-the-tory-modernisers-remain-and-reform
Ben Caldecott, associate fellow at Bright Blue, writes for Conservative Home on how Brits should not believe exaggerations that the phase out of coal will result in the lights going out.
http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/06/ben-caldecott-ignore-the-scaremongering-phasing-out-coal-wont-make-the-lights-go-out.html
Bright Blue director Ryan Shorthouse on the Universal Basic Income
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/even-we-conservatives-know-that-welfare-is-in-trouble-but-universal-basic-income-isn-t-the-answer-a7061126.html
Bright Blue director Ryan Shorthouse argues that the Work and Pensions Secretary should implement two distinctly conservative welfare reforms.
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/what-should-stephen-crabb-do
Bright Blue Associate Fellow Ben Caldecott and Researcher Sam Hall wrote an opinion piece on ConservativeHome about the Green conservatism project and why it's necessary
http://www.conservativehome.com/thinktankcentral/2016/04/ben-caldecott-and-sam-hall-its-time-for-green-conservatism-to-flourish.html
Yesterday on this site, George Osborne declared that of all the measures he has introduced as Chancellor, the introduction of the National Living Wage is the achievement he is proud of the most. The policy, which came into force yesterday, has raised the legal wage floor for workers aged 25 and over to £7.20 per hour, with an estimated 1.3 million benefiting. The Government has set a target of over £9 an hour by 2020.
http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/04/david-kirkby-the-national-living-wage-could-undermine-the-northern-powerhouse-so-lets-vary-it-by-region.html
The collection, published by Bright Blue, brings together leading thinkers, decision makers and public figures to discuss three key themes in the debate around human rights: tackling discrimination; the role of human rights in British foreign policy; and ensuring the new British Bill of Rights strengthens human rights.
https://brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ConservatismHumanRights.pdf
Self-employment is on the rise. Since 2008, there has been a boom in people becoming self-employed – up by 732,00 between 2008 and 2014. It has been forecast that the number of individuals who are self-employed will soon overtake the number of individuals working in the public sector.
http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/02/david-kirkby-how-to-help-the-self-employed.html
