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<p>Admin: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gmwatch-logo-600x151.png|left|600px]]<br /> <br /> {| style="border-spacing:8px; margin:0px -8px;"|style="width:49%; border:1px solid #aaa; background:#fcfcfc; vertical-align:top; color:#000;"|<br /> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#fcfcfc;"<br /> |-<br /> <table><tr><td width="48%"><br /> '''Welcome to the GMWatch Portal (incorporating LobbyWatch) on [[Powerbase:About|Powerbase]]&mdash;providing [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM an A-Z list] of articles on some of the key people and groups behind the push for GM crops and food.''' <br /> <br /> The editors of the GMWatch portal are Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews, who also edit [https://gmwatch.org/en/articles/gm-myth-makers Myth Makers]—formerly known as LobbyWatch. <br /> <br /> '''Please read [[Powerbase:General_Disclaimer#Jurisdiction_and_legality_of_content|General Disclaimer]]'''<br /> </td><br /> <td width="50%"><br /> '''Comments on GMWatch/LobbyWatch'''<br /> <br /> "If you want to know how the world works, this is the place to start. I cannot think of a more necessary set of facts than these. LobbyWatch permits us to peer into the crucible of politics, to see how public perceptions and government policies are smelted and forged by corporations and their front organisations."<br /> <br /> ''– Journalist, broadcaster and author George Monbiot'' <br /> <br /> [[Comments_on_GMWatch|More comments]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td></tr></table><br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style="border-spacing:8px; margin:0px -8px;"<br /> |style="width:49%; border:1px solid #d9f7d4; background:#f6fdf5; vertical-align:top; color:#000;"|<br /> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#f6fdf5;"<br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#d9f7d4; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #7ba06d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">What is wrong with GM?</h2><br /> |-<br /> |style="color:#000;"| <br /> When GM crops and foods were first introduced in the late 1990s, scientists raised concerns that genetic modification was imprecise and unpredictable and could result in harm to health and the environment. They warned that:<br /> <br /> *GM could create foods that are toxic, allergenic and less nutritious than their non-GM counterparts<br /> *GM crops could damage vulnerable wild plant and animal populations <br /> *GM plants cannot be recalled, but as living organisms will propagate, transmitting any damaging properties from generation to generation<br /> *GM crops could cause irreversible alterations to the food supply, with serious consequences for the environment and human and animal health.<br /> <br /> Subsequent events and a growing body of scientific evidence have shown each of these concerns to be correct (see [https://gmwatch.org/files/GMO_Myths-and-Facts.pdf GMO Myths and Facts]). But the biotech industry and its supporters have engaged in a global PR campaign to promote this technology, undermine concerns, and attack those raising them.<br /> <br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#d9f7d4; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #7ba06d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The issues</h2><br /> |-<br /> |style="color:#000;"|<br /> The GMWatch portal exists to expose the often undisclosed vested interests of the people and groups that push GM technology.<br /> <br /> GMOs are promoted around the world on the back of: <br /> * false claims and hype<br /> * suppression of inconvenient scientific findings <br /> * denial of on-the-ground experiences of farmers around the globe, and<br /> * persecution of whistleblowers.<br /> <br /> Consumer pressure and scientific concerns have largely kept the GM foods and crops that are meant for humans out of Europe, although millions of tons of GMOs enter Europe each year in the form of GM animal feed. Unlike GM foods meant for humans, these "stealth GMOs" do not have to be labelled and remain hidden from consumers (see [https://gmwatch.org/files/GMO_Myths-and-Facts.pdf GMO Myths and Facts]).<br /> <br /> Once it became clear that Europe was largely closed to the growing of GM crops, the industry and its supporters targeted developing country markets, which had been given an unexpected commercial importance. This meant developing country lobbyists became key symbolic players in debates about GM crops, and in assisting the branding of the technology – see [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Third_World_Lobbyists_(GM) Third World Lobbyists (GM)].<br /> <br /> |-<br /> <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> |style="width:45%; border:1px solid #c9d7f0; background:#f6f9fd; vertical-align:top"|<br /> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#f6f9fd;"<br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#c9d7f0; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #7ba06d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles</h2><br /> |-<br /> |style="color:#000;"|<br /> <br /> '''An A-Z list of articles on the people and groups behind the push for GM crops and food is''' [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM '''here'''].<br /> <br /> '''Or search by category''':<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM GM] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Biotechnology Biotechnology] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Biotech_Industry Biotech Industry]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM_Lobby_Groups GM Lobby Groups] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:PR_Operators_(GM) PR Operators (GM)] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Third_World_Lobbyists_(GM) Third World Lobbyists (GM)]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Fake_Persuaders_(GM) Fake Persuaders (GM)]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Pro-GM_Lobbyists Pro-GM Lobbyists]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Far-Right_Think-Tanks_(GM) Far-Right Think-Tanks (GM)]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM_Lobby_Websites GM Lobby Websites]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Corporate_Science_(GM) Corporate Science (GM)] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM_Farm_Lobby GM Farm Lobby] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Politicians_and_Regulators_(GM) Politicians and Regulators (GM)]<br /> *[https://powerbase.info/index.php/Category:LM_network LM network] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Biofuels Biofuels] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Biofuels_Lobby_Groups Biofuels Lobby Groups] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Human_Genetics Human Genetics]<br /> <br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#c9d7f0; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #435c7a; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">References and Resources</h2><br /> |-<br /> |style="color:#000;"|<br /> <br /> '''Websites:'''<br /> <br /> [http://www.gmwatch.org GMWatch] provides the latest news and comment on GMO foods and crops and their associated pesticides, with particular emphasis on exposing the lies and deception behind the global push for this technology. GMWatch can also be found on [https://twitter.com/GMWatch Twitter ('X')] and you can subscribe for free to its regular [https://gmwatch.org/en/news/newsletter-subscription email bulletins].<br /> <br /> [https://gmwatch.org/en/articles/gm-myth-makers GMWatch Myth Makers] provides an A-Z of the people and groups involved in the push for GMOs. As well as thumbnail sketches of the different individuals and organisations, it includes links to profiles and articles for more detailed information. Together these serve as a guide to the networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR around the GM issue.<br /> <br /> [http://www.gmfreeze.org GM Freeze] is a campaigning organisation based in the UK that has details on all the latest actions that people can take to oppose the spread of GM foods and crops. <br /> <br /> [http://www.genewatch.org/ GeneWatch UK] monitors developments in genetic technologies from a public interest, human rights, environmental protection and animal welfare perspective. <br /> <br /> [http://www.biosafety-info.net/ Biosafety Information Centre], run by the Third World Network, has information and downloadable briefing papers on biosafety problems with GM crops and foods worldwide.<br /> <br /> [https://usrtk.org/category/pesticides/ U.S. Right to Know] investigates the influence of the corporations who own most of the world's seeds and pesticides over public policy, universities and the media.<br /> <br /> [https://corporateeurope.org/en/food-agriculture Corporate Europe Observatory] works to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making, including how agribusiness corporations impact decisions on our food system.<br /> <br /> [https://www.desmog.com/agribusiness-database-/ DeSmog's Agribusiness Database] provides an A-Z guide to the pesticide companies and related organisations lobbying on climate change and resisting green farming reforms.<br /> <br /> [http://www.bioscienceresource.org/ Bioscience Resource Project] is a user-friendly website with science stories on biotechnology and critiques of corporate 'junk' science, exposures of conflicts of interest, and news on the persecution of whistleblowers. See also [https://www.independentsciencenews.org/ Independent Science News].<br /> <br /> [https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/ Center for Genetics and Society] provides a critical voice on how new human biotechnologies are opening the door to genetically-engineered futures without adequate mechanisms in place to inform the public, facilitate debate, and regulate these biotechnologies.<br /> <br /> [https://stopdesignerbabies.org/ Stop Designer Babies] seeks an international ban on human germline genetic engineering and cloning.<br /> <br /> [https://www.humanebiotech.org/ Alliance for Humane Biotechnology/] works for a biotechnology that places the health and welfare of people and the natural environment above financial interests. Areas of interest include synthetic biology, genetic, reproductive, and "designer baby" technologies, cloning research, human-animal hybrid research, biotech patenting, biotech safety, and genetic privacy.<br /> <br /> '''Books:'''<br /> <br /> Claire Robinson, John Fagan, Michael Antoniou, ''GMO Myths & Truths: A Citizen's Guide to the Evidence on the Safety and Efficacy of Genetically Modified Crops and Foods'', 4th Edition, Earth Open Source, 2018.<br /> This book, co-authored by two genetic engineers and an editor at GMWatch, uses scientific and other documented evidence to expose the many false claims made for GM crops. <br /> <br /> Steven Druker, ''Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public'', Clear River Press, 2014.<br /> A US lawyer's investigation into the history of fraud and deceit that ushered in the era of GM crops and foods.<br /> <br /> Guy Cook, ''Genetically Modified Language: The Discourse of Arguments for GM Crops and Food'', Routledge, 2004.<br /> A linguist's clearly explained analysis of how proponents of GM food and crops manipulate language to frame the GM debate to their advantage.<br /> <br /> Bartow J. Elmore, ''Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our food Future'', W. W. Norton & Co., 2021.<br /> A lively and lucid account of the massive toxic impact Monsanto has had on our world, as well as the company's unsuccessful attempt to escape its toxic legacy by shapeshifting into the world's largest seed company and a pioneer in genetic engineering in agriculture.<br /> <br /> Carey Gillam, ''Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science'', Island Press, 2017.<br /> A deep dive into the manipulation of science by Monsanto, Monsanto-linked scientists, and Monsanto-influenced regulators, in order to keep glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup, used with GMO Roundup Ready crops, on the market.<br /> <br /> Carey Gillam, ''The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man's Search for Justice'', Island Press, 2021. <br /> The inside story of a landmark lawsuit against Monsanto.<br /> <br /> Andrew Rowell, ''Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat'', Earthscan, 2003.<br /> This investigation of science, politics and our food production system exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. Includes a thorough examination of various GM scandals. See [[Immoral Maize: Extract from Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat by Andrew Rowell]]<br /> <br /> Marie-Monique Robin, ''The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply'', New Press, 2010. <br /> This book and the film of the same name were the result of a three-year investigation that tracked the company's activities across four continents. <br /> <br /> Helena Paul, Ricarda Steinbrecher, ''Hungry Corporations: Transnational Biotech Companies Colonise the Food Chain'', Zed Books, 2003. <br /> How huge agrochemical corporations have come to control the food chain and gain influence over governments, regulatory bodies and university research.<br /> <br /> Jeffrey Smith, ''Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Modified Foods'', Yes! Books, 2006.<br /> A masterpiece of science communication which should be required reading for all those who pretend that there is no evidence of harm from GM foods. It's laid out so that you can get the point of each chapter whether you skim, read in slightly more detail, or want all the small print. You don't have to be a scientist to understand it.<br /> <br /> Jeffrey Smith, ''Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Food You're Eating'', Green Books, 2004; originally published by Yes! Books, USA, 2003.<br /> <br /> Tina Stevens, Stuart Newman, ''Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience'', critically examines the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species and to extend the commercial reach of synthetic biology or "extreme genetic engineering".<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__<br /> ==References==<br /> <references/><br /> [[Category:GM]]</div>

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<p>Admin: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gmwatch-logo-600x151.png|left|855px]]<br /> <br /> {| style="border-spacing:8px; margin:0px -8px;"|style="width:49%; border:1px solid #aaa; background:#fcfcfc; vertical-align:top; color:#000;"|<br /> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#fcfcfc;"<br /> |-<br /> <table><tr><td width="48%"><br /> '''Welcome to the GMWatch Portal (incorporating LobbyWatch) on [[Powerbase:About|Powerbase]]&mdash;providing [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM an A-Z list] of articles on some of the key people and groups behind the push for GM crops and food.''' <br /> <br /> The editors of the GMWatch portal are Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews, who also edit [https://gmwatch.org/en/articles/gm-myth-makers Myth Makers]—formerly known as LobbyWatch. <br /> <br /> '''Please read [[Powerbase:General_Disclaimer#Jurisdiction_and_legality_of_content|General Disclaimer]]'''<br /> </td><br /> <td width="50%"><br /> '''Comments on GMWatch/LobbyWatch'''<br /> <br /> "If you want to know how the world works, this is the place to start. I cannot think of a more necessary set of facts than these. LobbyWatch permits us to peer into the crucible of politics, to see how public perceptions and government policies are smelted and forged by corporations and their front organisations."<br /> <br /> ''– Journalist, broadcaster and author George Monbiot'' <br /> <br /> [[Comments_on_GMWatch|More comments]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td></tr></table><br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {| style="border-spacing:8px; margin:0px -8px;"<br /> |style="width:49%; border:1px solid #d9f7d4; background:#f6fdf5; vertical-align:top; color:#000;"|<br /> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#f6fdf5;"<br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#d9f7d4; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #7ba06d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">What is wrong with GM?</h2><br /> |-<br /> |style="color:#000;"| <br /> When GM crops and foods were first introduced in the late 1990s, scientists raised concerns that genetic modification was imprecise and unpredictable and could result in harm to health and the environment. They warned that:<br /> <br /> *GM could create foods that are toxic, allergenic and less nutritious than their non-GM counterparts<br /> *GM crops could damage vulnerable wild plant and animal populations <br /> *GM plants cannot be recalled, but as living organisms will propagate, transmitting any damaging properties from generation to generation<br /> *GM crops could cause irreversible alterations to the food supply, with serious consequences for the environment and human and animal health.<br /> <br /> Subsequent events and a growing body of scientific evidence have shown each of these concerns to be correct (see [https://gmwatch.org/files/GMO_Myths-and-Facts.pdf GMO Myths and Facts]). But the biotech industry and its supporters have engaged in a global PR campaign to promote this technology, undermine concerns, and attack those raising them.<br /> <br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#d9f7d4; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #7ba06d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The issues</h2><br /> |-<br /> |style="color:#000;"|<br /> The GMWatch portal exists to expose the often undisclosed vested interests of the people and groups that push GM technology.<br /> <br /> GMOs are promoted around the world on the back of: <br /> * false claims and hype<br /> * suppression of inconvenient scientific findings <br /> * denial of on-the-ground experiences of farmers around the globe, and<br /> * persecution of whistleblowers.<br /> <br /> Consumer pressure and scientific concerns have largely kept the GM foods and crops that are meant for humans out of Europe, although millions of tons of GMOs enter Europe each year in the form of GM animal feed. Unlike GM foods meant for humans, these "stealth GMOs" do not have to be labelled and remain hidden from consumers (see [https://gmwatch.org/files/GMO_Myths-and-Facts.pdf GMO Myths and Facts]).<br /> <br /> Once it became clear that Europe was largely closed to the growing of GM crops, the industry and its supporters targeted developing country markets, which had been given an unexpected commercial importance. This meant developing country lobbyists became key symbolic players in debates about GM crops, and in assisting the branding of the technology – see [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Third_World_Lobbyists_(GM) Third World Lobbyists (GM)].<br /> <br /> |-<br /> <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> |style="width:45%; border:1px solid #c9d7f0; background:#f6f9fd; vertical-align:top"|<br /> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; background:#f6f9fd;"<br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#c9d7f0; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #7ba06d; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles</h2><br /> |-<br /> |style="color:#000;"|<br /> <br /> '''An A-Z list of articles on the people and groups behind the push for GM crops and food is''' [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM '''here'''].<br /> <br /> '''Or search by category''':<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM GM] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Biotechnology Biotechnology] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Biotech_Industry Biotech Industry]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM_Lobby_Groups GM Lobby Groups] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:PR_Operators_(GM) PR Operators (GM)] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Third_World_Lobbyists_(GM) Third World Lobbyists (GM)]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Fake_Persuaders_(GM) Fake Persuaders (GM)]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Pro-GM_Lobbyists Pro-GM Lobbyists]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Far-Right_Think-Tanks_(GM) Far-Right Think-Tanks (GM)]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM_Lobby_Websites GM Lobby Websites]<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Corporate_Science_(GM) Corporate Science (GM)] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM_Farm_Lobby GM Farm Lobby] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Politicians_and_Regulators_(GM) Politicians and Regulators (GM)]<br /> *[https://powerbase.info/index.php/Category:LM_network LM network] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Biofuels Biofuels] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Biofuels_Lobby_Groups Biofuels Lobby Groups] <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Human_Genetics Human Genetics]<br /> <br /> <br /> |-<br /> ! <h2 style="margin:0; background:#c9d7f0; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #435c7a; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">References and Resources</h2><br /> |-<br /> |style="color:#000;"|<br /> <br /> '''Websites:'''<br /> <br /> [http://www.gmwatch.org GMWatch] provides the latest news and comment on GMO foods and crops and their associated pesticides, with particular emphasis on exposing the lies and deception behind the global push for this technology. GMWatch can also be found on [https://twitter.com/GMWatch Twitter ('X')] and you can subscribe for free to its regular [https://gmwatch.org/en/news/newsletter-subscription email bulletins].<br /> <br /> [https://gmwatch.org/en/articles/gm-myth-makers GMWatch Myth Makers] provides an A-Z of the people and groups involved in the push for GMOs. As well as thumbnail sketches of the different individuals and organisations, it includes links to profiles and articles for more detailed information. Together these serve as a guide to the networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR around the GM issue.<br /> <br /> [http://www.gmfreeze.org GM Freeze] is a campaigning organisation based in the UK that has details on all the latest actions that people can take to oppose the spread of GM foods and crops. <br /> <br /> [http://www.genewatch.org/ GeneWatch UK] monitors developments in genetic technologies from a public interest, human rights, environmental protection and animal welfare perspective. <br /> <br /> [http://www.biosafety-info.net/ Biosafety Information Centre], run by the Third World Network, has information and downloadable briefing papers on biosafety problems with GM crops and foods worldwide.<br /> <br /> [https://usrtk.org/category/pesticides/ U.S. Right to Know] investigates the influence of the corporations who own most of the world's seeds and pesticides over public policy, universities and the media.<br /> <br /> [https://corporateeurope.org/en/food-agriculture Corporate Europe Observatory] works to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making, including how agribusiness corporations impact decisions on our food system.<br /> <br /> [https://www.desmog.com/agribusiness-database-/ DeSmog's Agribusiness Database] provides an A-Z guide to the pesticide companies and related organisations lobbying on climate change and resisting green farming reforms.<br /> <br /> [http://www.bioscienceresource.org/ Bioscience Resource Project] is a user-friendly website with science stories on biotechnology and critiques of corporate 'junk' science, exposures of conflicts of interest, and news on the persecution of whistleblowers. See also [https://www.independentsciencenews.org/ Independent Science News].<br /> <br /> [https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/ Center for Genetics and Society] provides a critical voice on how new human biotechnologies are opening the door to genetically-engineered futures without adequate mechanisms in place to inform the public, facilitate debate, and regulate these biotechnologies.<br /> <br /> [https://stopdesignerbabies.org/ Stop Designer Babies] seeks an international ban on human germline genetic engineering and cloning.<br /> <br /> [https://www.humanebiotech.org/ Alliance for Humane Biotechnology/] works for a biotechnology that places the health and welfare of people and the natural environment above financial interests. Areas of interest include synthetic biology, genetic, reproductive, and "designer baby" technologies, cloning research, human-animal hybrid research, biotech patenting, biotech safety, and genetic privacy.<br /> <br /> '''Books:'''<br /> <br /> Claire Robinson, John Fagan, Michael Antoniou, ''GMO Myths & Truths: A Citizen's Guide to the Evidence on the Safety and Efficacy of Genetically Modified Crops and Foods'', 4th Edition, Earth Open Source, 2018.<br /> This book, co-authored by two genetic engineers and an editor at GMWatch, uses scientific and other documented evidence to expose the many false claims made for GM crops. <br /> <br /> Steven Druker, ''Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public'', Clear River Press, 2014.<br /> A US lawyer's investigation into the history of fraud and deceit that ushered in the era of GM crops and foods.<br /> <br /> Guy Cook, ''Genetically Modified Language: The Discourse of Arguments for GM Crops and Food'', Routledge, 2004.<br /> A linguist's clearly explained analysis of how proponents of GM food and crops manipulate language to frame the GM debate to their advantage.<br /> <br /> Bartow J. Elmore, ''Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our food Future'', W. W. Norton & Co., 2021.<br /> A lively and lucid account of the massive toxic impact Monsanto has had on our world, as well as the company's unsuccessful attempt to escape its toxic legacy by shapeshifting into the world's largest seed company and a pioneer in genetic engineering in agriculture.<br /> <br /> Carey Gillam, ''Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science'', Island Press, 2017.<br /> A deep dive into the manipulation of science by Monsanto, Monsanto-linked scientists, and Monsanto-influenced regulators, in order to keep glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup, used with GMO Roundup Ready crops, on the market.<br /> <br /> Carey Gillam, ''The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man's Search for Justice'', Island Press, 2021. <br /> The inside story of a landmark lawsuit against Monsanto.<br /> <br /> Andrew Rowell, ''Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat'', Earthscan, 2003.<br /> This investigation of science, politics and our food production system exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. Includes a thorough examination of various GM scandals. See [[Immoral Maize: Extract from Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat by Andrew Rowell]]<br /> <br /> Marie-Monique Robin, ''The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply'', New Press, 2010. <br /> This book and the film of the same name were the result of a three-year investigation that tracked the company's activities across four continents. <br /> <br /> Helena Paul, Ricarda Steinbrecher, ''Hungry Corporations: Transnational Biotech Companies Colonise the Food Chain'', Zed Books, 2003. <br /> How huge agrochemical corporations have come to control the food chain and gain influence over governments, regulatory bodies and university research.<br /> <br /> Jeffrey Smith, ''Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Modified Foods'', Yes! Books, 2006.<br /> A masterpiece of science communication which should be required reading for all those who pretend that there is no evidence of harm from GM foods. It's laid out so that you can get the point of each chapter whether you skim, read in slightly more detail, or want all the small print. You don't have to be a scientist to understand it.<br /> <br /> Jeffrey Smith, ''Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Food You're Eating'', Green Books, 2004; originally published by Yes! Books, USA, 2003.<br /> <br /> Tina Stevens, Stuart Newman, ''Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience'', critically examines the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species and to extend the commercial reach of synthetic biology or "extreme genetic engineering".<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__<br /> ==References==<br /> <references/><br /> [[Category:GM]]</div>

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<p>Admin: </p> <hr /> <div><table border="0" cellpadding="5"><br /> <tr valign="top"><br /> <td width="60%"><p align="left"><B></B></p><br /> {{Template:NuclearSpin}}<br /> == NuclearSpin==<br /> <br /> Welcome to NuclearSpin, your unique portal on the nuclear debate.<br /> Nuclear power remains central to the British government’s plans for energy. In May 2012, the new Energy Secretary [[Ed Davey]] told the [[Nuclear Development Forum]], the industry-government body which coordinates new build in the UK, that the government believed “the UK remains the best place in the world to invest in new nuclear”. <ref> Nuclear Development Forum, [http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/meeting-energy-demand/nuclear/5602-nuclear-development-forum-minutes-15th-may-2012.pdf Minutes], 15 May 2012 </ref> <br /> <br /> At the same meeting, [[Vincent de Rivaz]], the head of [[EDF Energy]], thanked the British government for their “sense of confidence that new nuclear in the UK should and will go ahead". 2012, he added, is the “defining year” for new nuclear in the UK. <br /> <br /> Despite Fukushima and the pull-outs of the nuclear market by other operators, de Rivaz’s message to the nuclear industry was to “Carry On and to Keep Calm.” <ref> Nuclear Development Forum, [http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/meeting-energy-demand/nuclear/5602-nuclear-development-forum-minutes-15th-may-2012.pdf Minutes], 15 May 2012 </ref> It is business as usual. <br /> <br /> But many unanswered questions remain over nuclear: especially over safety, subsidies and waste. All these issues have not yet been resolved, yet the British government is pushing ahead with a new generation of nuclear power plants. In May 2010, the coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats said there would no public subsidies for nuclear. However, we know that the Coalition is trying to wriggle around this commitment by fudging to floor price for carbon. They may well fudge the decommissioning costs too. There is also evidence that the industry and government colluded to spin the safety message after Fukushima. <br /> <br /> Even MPs do not trust the Government to tell the truth about nuclear. In July 2012, the Science and Technology Committee concluded that "the Government's position as an advocate for nuclear power makes it difficult for the public to trust it as an impartial source of information. <ref> Science and Technology Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmsctech/428/42805.htm Devil's bargain? Energy risks and the public], First Report, 9 July 2012 </ref><br /> <br /> This site is designed to help you see through the nuclear spin. Throughout 2012 we will be updating this portal and its associated pages, the bulk of which were developed in 2008-09. If you'd like to help us by becoming a Powerbase contributor, please email the managing editor melissa.jones@powerbase.info<br /> <br /> == "A devil’s bargain – a choice of last resort" ==<br /> <br /> In spring 2012, the [[Nuclear Industry Association]] (NIA) argued that “After the unprecedented tsunami in Japan last March and the damage inflicted upon the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, it was hardly surprising that a poll conducted in June 2011 saw a drop in public support for nuclear, with the results showing that people with favourable opinions about nuclear fell from 40% to 28% and unfavourable opinions increased from 17% to 24%.”<br /> <br /> It continued: “However, a recent survey conducted in December 2011 by Ipsos MORI has indicated that the dip in support for nuclear energy has been short-lived, with figures all but returning to those marked in polls conducted before Fukushima - favourability towards the industry recovered to 40% and unfavourable opinions reduced to 19%.”<br /> <br /> The NIA's Chief Executive, [[Keith Parker]] argued that, "The poll clearly shows that public opinion has not only recovered from last summer’s dip but it has also resumed its gradual year-on year improvement. The 50% support figure for new build is the highest it has ever been." <ref> NIA, [http://www.niauk.org/images/industry_link/industrylink_35.pdf Nuclear: What do the public think?], ''IndustryLink'', Issue No.35 Spring 2012 </ref><br /> <br /> However, Professor [[Nick Pidgeon]], Director of the Understanding Risk Programme, Cardiff University, giving evidence to the House of Commons [[Science and Technology Select Committee]] argues that “a large proportion of recent support” for nuclear power “remain[s] conditional - a 'reluctant acceptance' at best" and added that "while many more in Britain have indeed come to support nuclear power over the past decade they do so while viewing it only as a 'devil's bargain', a choice of last resort in the face of the threat of climate change”. <ref> Science and Technology Select Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmsctech/428/42805.htm Devil's bargain? Energy risks and the public], 9 July 2012</ref><br /> <br /> == Background ==<br /> <br /> NuclearSpin was originally launched in response to the British Government's 12-week consultation on energy in 2006. In 2007 the High Court ruled that the government's plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations were "unlawful" and the way it consulted with the public over the decision was "misleading, seriously flawed, manifestly inadequate and procedurally unfair".<ref> Deborah Summers, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,2013618,00.html Government loses nuclear power case], ''The Guardian'', 15 February 2007, </ref> <ref> BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6364281.stm Nuclear Review "Was Misleading"], 15 February 2007, </ref><br /> <br /> What made [[Gordon Brown]]'s decision in January 2008 to give the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear plants politically sensitive was his younger brother [[Andrew Brown]]'s role as director of communications with [[EDF Energy]], the UK subsidiary of [[EDF]] and one of the leading companies pushing for a nuclear rebuild programme in the UK.<br /> <br /> The Labour Government also sped up the planning process, making it easier for nuclear power plants to be built. Planning Minister [[Yvette Cooper]] was criticised for her "nuclear cronyism" due to her father's links to the nuclear industry. <br /> <br /> For a full briefing on the so-called 'facilitative actions' which the Government carried out to speed up nuclear developments see [http://www.nuclearpolicy.info/docs/nuclearmonitor/NNM14.pdf New Nuclear Monitor No.14 (pdf)]<br /> <br /> To help people make up their own minds about nuclear power, NuclearSpin was last updated and expanded in 2008/09 with the following information:<br /> <br /> * New sections on countries and regions, including [[Nuclear: Australia|Australia]], [[Nuclear: Belgium|Belgium]], [[Nuclear: Canada|Canada]], the [[Nuclear: EU|EU]], [[Nuclear: Finland|Finland]], [[Nuclear: France|France]], [[Nuclear: Germany|Germany]], [[Nuclear: Japan|Japan]], [[Nuclear: United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] and [[Nuclear: United States|United States]];<br /> <br /> * Expanded profiles on pro-nuclear organisations and lobby groups. <br /> <br /> * An analysis section, including Why [[Nuclear is not the Answer to Climate Change]] and [[The_Secret_Pro-Nuclear_Push_In_Schools]]. <br /> <br /> * NuclearSpin also worked with [http://www.sourcewatch.org Sourcewatch] to develop a [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Nuclear_Issues Nuclear Portal page]. Some articles and profiles were deleted from this NuclearSpin site and moved across to SourceWatch. Deleted pages include a redirect to the relevant Sourcewatch page. <br /> <br /> In 2012 we began the process of updating the NuclearSpin portal, focusing on the companies and individuals who are pushing nuclear in the UK. <br /> </td><br /> <td width="1%"></td><br /> <td width="39%" valign="top"><br /> <br /> ==NuclearSpin Categories==<br /> <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Individuals_linked_to_the_push_for_nuclear '''Individuals''']<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Pro-nuclear_organisations '''Organisations''']<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Civil_nuclear_industry '''Companies''']<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Nuclear_PR%2C_lobbying_and_consultancy_firms '''PR, Lobbying and Consultancy firms''']<br /> <br /> ==NuclearSpin News==<br /> <br /> NuclearSpin or documents from this website have been covered by: <br /> *Rob Edwards, [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5522-police-trying-to-neuter-anti-nuclear-protest Police trying to neuter anti-nuclear protest], 2 October 2012 <br /> *Pete Roche, [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5512-the-treasury-and-nuclear-power-if-they-arent-sane-how-can-we-trust-them-with-the-nations-finances The Treasury and Nuclear Power - if they aren't sane how can we trust them with the nation's finances?] 17 July 2012<br /> *Pete Roche, Spinwatch [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5501-when-is-a-subsidy-not-a-subsidy When is a Subsidy not a Subsidy?], 22 May 2012 <br /> * ''Private Eye'' [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5487-waiving-the-rules-to-keep-the-nuclear-power-programme-on-course Waiving the rules to keep the nuclear power programme on course], Rob Edwards, 21 March 2012<br /> * ''Spinwatch'' [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5496-the-coalition-is-set-to-break-its-promise-on-nuclear The Coalition is Set to Break its Promise on Nuclear], 9 May 2012<br /> <br /> ==Resources==<br /> <br /> ===Briefings===<br /> <br /> '''9 May 2012''': [[Media:NuclearSubsidies_SpinWatch_briefing_May_2012.pdf|Broken Promises: Subsiding the Nuclear Industry]]<br /> <br /> ====Briefings archive====<br /> To help people understand key issues on nuclear power, NuclearSpin in 2009 published a [[Nuclear spin briefings archive|series of in-depth analysis pieces]] on key issues surrounding the debate concerning building new nuclear power plants in the UK. We will be updating these briefings and associated pages in 2012.<br /> <br /> Search for other articles on the Nuclear push at the Spinwatch [http://www.spinwatch.org/ site]<br /> </td><br /> <td width="10"></tr><br /> </table><br /> [[Notes]]<br /> <references/><br /> <br /> [[Category:Nuclear Spin]]</div>

Admin https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Nuclear_spin&diff=177115 Nuclear spin 2012-10-11T14:58:59Z

<p>Admin: </p> <hr /> <div><table border="0" cellpadding="5"><br /> <tr valign="top"><br /> <td width="60%"><p align="left"><B></B></p><br /> {{Template:NuclearSpin}}<br /> == NuclearSpin==<br /> <br /> Welcome to NuclearSpin, your unique portal on the nuclear debate.<br /> Nuclear power remains central to the British government’s plans for energy. In May 2012, the new Energy Secretary [[Ed Davey]] told the [[Nuclear Development Forum]], the industry-government body which coordinates new build in the UK, that the government believed “the UK remains the best place in the world to invest in new nuclear”. <ref> Nuclear Development Forum, [http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/meeting-energy-demand/nuclear/5602-nuclear-development-forum-minutes-15th-may-2012.pdf Minutes], 15 May 2012 </ref> <br /> <br /> At the same meeting, [[Vincent de Rivaz]], the head of [[EDF Energy]], thanked the British government for their “sense of confidence that new nuclear in the UK should and will go ahead". 2012, he added, is the “defining year” for new nuclear in the UK. <br /> <br /> Despite Fukushima and the pull-outs of the nuclear market by other operators, de Rivaz’s message to the nuclear industry was to “Carry On and to Keep Calm.” <ref> Nuclear Development Forum, [http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/meeting-energy-demand/nuclear/5602-nuclear-development-forum-minutes-15th-may-2012.pdf Minutes], 15 May 2012 </ref> It is business as usual. <br /> <br /> But many unanswered questions remain over nuclear: especially over safety, subsidies and waste. All these issues have not yet been resolved, yet the British government is pushing ahead with a new generation of nuclear power plants. In May 2010, the coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats said there would no public subsidies for nuclear. However, we know that the Coalition is trying to wriggle around this commitment by fudging to floor price for carbon. They may well fudge the decommissioning costs too. There is also evidence that the industry and government colluded to spin the safety message after Fukushima. <br /> <br /> Even MPs do not trust the Government to tell the truth about nuclear. In July 2012, the Science and Technology Committee concluded that "the Government's position as an advocate for nuclear power makes it difficult for the public to trust it as an impartial source of information. <ref>Science and Technology Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmsctech/428/42805.htm Devil's bargain? Energy risks and the public], First Report, 9 July 2012</ref><br /> <br /> This site is designed to help you see through the nuclear spin. Throughout 2012 we will be updating this portal and its associated pages, the bulk of which were developed in 2008-09. If you'd like to help us by becoming a Powerbase contributor, please email the managing editor melissa.jones@powerbase.info<br /> <br /> == "A devil’s bargain – a choice of last resort" ==<br /> <br /> In spring 2012, the [[Nuclear Industry Association]] (NIA) argued that “After the unprecedented tsunami in Japan last March and the damage inflicted upon the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, it was hardly surprising that a poll conducted in June 2011 saw a drop in public support for nuclear, with the results showing that people with favourable opinions about nuclear fell from 40% to 28% and unfavourable opinions increased from 17% to 24%.”<br /> <br /> It continued: “However, a recent survey conducted in December 2011 by Ipsos MORI has indicated that the dip in support for nuclear energy has been short-lived, with figures all but returning to those marked in polls conducted before Fukushima - favourability towards the industry recovered to 40% and unfavourable opinions reduced to 19%.”<br /> <br /> The NIA's Chief Executive, [[Keith Parker]] argued that, "The poll clearly shows that public opinion has not only recovered from last summer’s dip but it has also resumed its gradual year-on year improvement. The 50% support figure for new build is the highest it has ever been." <ref> NIA, [http://www.niauk.org/images/industry_link/industrylink_35.pdf Nuclear: What do the public think?], ''IndustryLink'', Issue No.35 Spring 2012 </ref><br /> <br /> However, Professor [[Nick Pidgeon]], Director of the Understanding Risk Programme, Cardiff University, giving evidence to the House of Commons [[Science and Technology Select Committee]] argues that “a large proportion of recent support” for nuclear power “remain[s] conditional - a 'reluctant acceptance' at best" and added that "while many more in Britain have indeed come to support nuclear power over the past decade they do so while viewing it only as a 'devil's bargain', a choice of last resort in the face of the threat of climate change”. <ref> Science and Technology Select Committee, [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmsctech/428/42805.htm Devil's bargain? Energy risks and the public], 9 July 2012</ref><br /> <br /> == Background ==<br /> <br /> NuclearSpin was originally launched in response to the British Government's 12-week consultation on energy in 2006. In 2007 the High Court ruled that the government's plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations were "unlawful" and the way it consulted with the public over the decision was "misleading, seriously flawed, manifestly inadequate and procedurally unfair".<ref> Deborah Summers, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,2013618,00.html Government loses nuclear power case], ''The Guardian'', 15 February 2007, </ref> <ref> BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6364281.stm Nuclear Review "Was Misleading"], 15 February 2007, </ref><br /> <br /> What made [[Gordon Brown]]'s decision in January 2008 to give the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear plants politically sensitive was his younger brother [[Andrew Brown]]'s role as director of communications with [[EDF Energy]], the UK subsidiary of [[EDF]] and one of the leading companies pushing for a nuclear rebuild programme in the UK.<br /> <br /> The Labour Government also sped up the planning process, making it easier for nuclear power plants to be built. Planning Minister [[Yvette Cooper]] was criticised for her "nuclear cronyism" due to her father's links to the nuclear industry. <br /> <br /> For a full briefing on the so-called 'facilitative actions' which the Government carried out to speed up nuclear developments see [http://www.nuclearpolicy.info/docs/nuclearmonitor/NNM14.pdf New Nuclear Monitor No.14 (pdf)]<br /> <br /> To help people make up their own minds about nuclear power, NuclearSpin was last updated and expanded in 2008/09 with the following information:<br /> <br /> * New sections on countries and regions, including [[Nuclear: Australia|Australia]], [[Nuclear: Belgium|Belgium]], [[Nuclear: Canada|Canada]], the [[Nuclear: EU|EU]], [[Nuclear: Finland|Finland]], [[Nuclear: France|France]], [[Nuclear: Germany|Germany]], [[Nuclear: Japan|Japan]], [[Nuclear: United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] and [[Nuclear: United States|United States]];<br /> <br /> * Expanded profiles on pro-nuclear organisations and lobby groups. <br /> <br /> * An analysis section, including Why [[Nuclear is not the Answer to Climate Change]] and [[The_Secret_Pro-Nuclear_Push_In_Schools]]. <br /> <br /> * NuclearSpin also worked with [http://www.sourcewatch.org Sourcewatch] to develop a [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Nuclear_Issues Nuclear Portal page]. Some articles and profiles were deleted from this NuclearSpin site and moved across to SourceWatch. Deleted pages include a redirect to the relevant Sourcewatch page. <br /> <br /> In 2012 we began the process of updating the NuclearSpin portal, focusing on the companies and individuals who are pushing nuclear in the UK. <br /> </td><br /> <td width="1%"></td><br /> <td width="39%" valign="top"><br /> <br /> ==NuclearSpin Categories==<br /> <br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Individuals_linked_to_the_push_for_nuclear '''Individuals''']<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Pro-nuclear_organisations '''Organisations''']<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Civil_nuclear_industry '''Companies''']<br /> *[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Nuclear_PR%2C_lobbying_and_consultancy_firms '''PR, Lobbying and Consultancy firms''']<br /> <br /> ==NuclearSpin News==<br /> <br /> NuclearSpin or documents from this website have been covered by: <br /> *Rob Edwards, [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5522-police-trying-to-neuter-anti-nuclear-protest Police trying to neuter anti-nuclear protest], 2 October 2012 <br /> *Pete Roche, [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5512-the-treasury-and-nuclear-power-if-they-arent-sane-how-can-we-trust-them-with-the-nations-finances The Treasury and Nuclear Power - if they aren't sane how can we trust them with the nation's finances?] 17 July 2012<br /> *Pete Roche, Spinwatch [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5501-when-is-a-subsidy-not-a-subsidy When is a Subsidy not a Subsidy?], 22 May 2012 <br /> * ''Private Eye'' [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5487-waiving-the-rules-to-keep-the-nuclear-power-programme-on-course Waiving the rules to keep the nuclear power programme on course], Rob Edwards, 21 March 2012<br /> * ''Spinwatch'' [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5496-the-coalition-is-set-to-break-its-promise-on-nuclear The Coalition is Set to Break its Promise on Nuclear], 9 May 2012<br /> <br /> ==Resources==<br /> <br /> ===Briefings===<br /> <br /> '''9 May 2012''': [[Media:NuclearSubsidies_SpinWatch_briefing_May_2012.pdf|Broken Promises: Subsiding the Nuclear Industry]]<br /> <br /> ====Briefings archive====<br /> To help people understand key issues on nuclear power, NuclearSpin in 2009 published a [[Nuclear spin briefings archive|series of in-depth analysis pieces]] on key issues surrounding the debate concerning building new nuclear power plants in the UK. We will be updating these briefings and associated pages in 2012.<br /> <br /> Search for other articles on the Nuclear push at the Spinwatch [http://www.spinwatch.org/ site]<br /> </td><br /> <td width="10"></tr><br /> </table><br /> [[Notes]]<br /> <references/><br /> <br /> [[Category:Nuclear Spin]]</div>

Admin https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Policy_Exchange&diff=176943 Policy Exchange 2012-10-08T12:47:17Z

<p>Admin: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:London_Clutha_m.jpg|upright|thumb|200px|Policy Exchange's offices at [[Clutha House]], [[10 Storey's Gate]]|text-bottom]]<br /> '''Policy Exchange''' is a neoconservative orientated think-tank with close ties to [[David Cameron]]. <ref>Andy Beckett, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?]’, ''Guardian'', 26 September 2008.</ref> It was launched in April 2002 by two former [[Asda]] executives [[Francis Maude]] and [[Archie Norman]] with [[Nicholas Boles]] as its founding director. <ref>Ed Vaizey, The New Breed of Policy Wonk is a Doer and a Thinker, ''Sunday Times'', 14 July 2002.</ref> It is part of the [[Stockholm Network]] <ref>[http://www.stockholm-network.org/network/details.php Think Tank details], Stockholm Network, accessed 7 April 2009.</ref> a working group of European market-oriented think-tanks.<br /> <br /> In 2011 [[Tim Montgomerie|Montgomerie]] wrote, 'the old rightwing thinktanks weren't particularly helpful to the Tory modernisers and so they built their own. Policy Exchange helped [[Michael Gove]] develop his schools agenda. The [[Centre for Social Justice]] gave [[Iain Duncan Smith]] his poverty-fighting plans.' <ref>Tim Montgomerie, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/26/ed-miliband-learn-tory-opposition-experience Ed Miliband should learn from the Tory opposition experience]', guardian.co.uk, 26 September 2011.</ref> In 2012 he described the two think-tanks as having 'been the most influential centre right think tank of the last decade.' <ref>Tim Montgomerie, '[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2012/03/the-policy_exchange-think-tank-begins-its-second-decade-with-a-focus-on-the-striving-classes.html Policy Exchange begins its second decade with a focus on the striving classes]', Conservative Home, 9 March 2012</ref><br /> <br /> ==Origins and launch==<br /> Policy Exchange was established by a group of Conservative MPs who had backed [[Michael Portillo|Michael Portillo’s]] campaign in the 2001 [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] leadership contest. [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]], who had recently admitted having had homosexual experiences, advocated a shift towards more liberal social attitudes, whilst maintaining a commitment to right-wing economic policy. Dubbed ‘Portillistas’ by Westminster commentators, [[Michael Portillo|Portillo’s]] backers saw themselves as modernisers of an out of touch party which had put off potential voters through its negativity, xenophobia and social conservatism. <br /> <br /> [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]] withdrew from the Conservative leadership race on the evening of 17 July 2001 and subsequently announced that he would leave politics. According to the ''Independent'' the eleven Shadow Cabinet colleagues who had backed him were subsequently dubbed ‘the living dead’ in Westminster. <ref>Andrew Grice, ‘[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-living-dead-ponder-their-future-after-backing-wrong-horse-in-leadership-contest-678344.html?cmp=ilc-n The living dead' ponder their future after backing wrong horse in leadership contest]’, ''Independent'', 20 July 2001; p.10.</ref> <br /> <br /> Only days later, one of the ‘living dead’, [[Archie Norman]] a former CEO of [[Asda]], told the ''Daily Telegraph''’s Rachel Sylvester that he and other [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]] supporters were planning to set up a think-tank saying: ‘I came into public life to help transform the [[Conservative Party]] so it can win again, and that's what I'm still about.’ <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1334767/Norman-still-selling-Portillos-dream.html Norman still selling Portillo's dream]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 21 July 2001.</ref> On 21 July the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' ran a front page headline, ‘Portillo supporters to fight on’. Archie Norman was quoted as saying:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">We've got hundreds of thousands of people who don't want to lose what we were creating, we've got financial support from people who wanted to invest in this as the future of the party and we would like to find a way of channelling that and harnessing it. <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1334769/Portillo-supporters-to-fight-on.html Portillo supporters to fight on]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 21 July 2001; p.1.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> That August the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' published a letter from the ‘Portillistas’ in which they said they planned to establish ‘a new forum, firmly rooted within the party, devoted to developing the ideas that will form the basis of a genuinely modern [[Conservative Party]].’ <ref>‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/4264708/Leader-needs-radical-new-advisory-forum.html Letters: Leader needs radical new advisory forum]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 10 August 2001; p.29.</ref> The letter was signed by [[Francis Maude]], [[Archie Norman]], [[Tim Yeo]], [[Andrew Mackay]], [[Peter Ainsworth]], [[Theresa May]], [[Edward Garnier]], [[Peter Lilley]], [[Damian Green]], [[Nicholas Soames]], [[Julie Kirkbride]], [[Stephen Dorrell]] and [[Nicholas Gibb]]. <ref>‘Letters: Leader needs radical new advisory forum’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 10 August 2001; p.29.</ref> At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">It was mostly Archie Norman’s idea. I raised the money and hired [[Nick Boles]] to be its first Director. Together we recruited [[Michael Gove]] to be its first chairman, having taken the unusually self-effacing position that its board should contain no active politicians. ... <p>We wanted Policy Exchange at the start to focus on four policy areas: public service reform; decentralisation; internationalism; and the environment. The point was to develop new centre-right thinking and solutions to the issues that people most cared about but which the [[Conservative Party]] seemed to ignore. <ref>‘[http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/14/Maude_PX_speech.pdf Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref></p></blockquote><br /> <br /> In early October, a week before the Tory Party Conference, the party’s new leader [[Iain Duncan Smith]] reportedly met for private talks with [[Francis Maude]], and the latter agreed to delay the launch of the think-tank until after the party conference. <ref>David Crackwell, ‘Duncan Smith in secret deal with Portillistas Tory leader agrees truce before party conference’, ''Sunday Telegraph'', 7 October 2001</ref> The truce was cemented with an offer from the ‘Portillistas’ that [[Iain Duncan Smith]] would be appointed Honorary President of the think-tank <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1364683/We-must-change-to-survive-say-Tory-webmasters.html We must change to survive, say Tory webmasters]’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 8 December 2001; p.14.</ref> – an offer which apparently came to nothing.<br /> <br /> [[Image:X-Chance & C Change Logos.JPG|thumb|280px|right|The logos for 'XChange', as Policy Exchange was originally branded in 2001, and the affiliated group [[Conservatives for Change]] or 'CChange'. The two were presumably kept separate to allow Policy Exchange to apply for charitable status as a non-partisan organisation.]]<br /> <br /> [[Archie Norman]], [[Francis Maude]], and their allies decided to set up two separate think-tanks as part of their modernisation project. One, XChange Ideas or simply XChange, would be rebranded as Policy Exchange a few months later. A company limited by guarantee, formed in October 2001, became XChange Ideas on 9 November 2001. A separate company [[Conservatives for Change]] was also was set up that October, and was branded CChange. The two were presumably kept separate to allow Policy Exchange to apply for charitable status as a non-partisan organisation. [[Conservatives for Change]] supplied the initial funding for Policy Exchange, with a loan of £75,000. <ref>see [[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2002.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2002]], p.4</ref><br /> <br /> In December the group set up the websites cchange.org.uk and xchange.org.uk for people to register their interest in the projects prior to the launch of XChange or Policy Exchange's full website. <br /> <br /> The full website <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk> was registered on 28 January 2002 and went live a few months later. <ref>The first entry in the internet archive for the website is from 25 May 2002. See Internet Archive Wayback Machine, [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.policyexchange.org.uk policyexchange.org.uk] [Accessed 5 February 2010].</ref> Policy Exchange was officially launched at the Tate Gallery in Central London on the evening of 29 April 2002. <ref>Patrick Wintour, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/apr/29/publicservices.politics People want say in local services]’, ''Guardian'', 29 April 2002; Melissa Kite, ‘Portillo’s allies call for more mayors’, ''The Times'', 29 April 2002</ref><br /> <br /> ==Expansion==<br /> At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that 'In those early days it sometimes struggled for attention, and money. It felt then like a cottage industry, while today it bestrides the policy landscape like a colossus. <ref>‘[http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/14/Maude_PX_speech.pdf Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref> Tim Adams wrote in ''The Observer'' in 2008:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In the three years since [[David Cameron|Cameron's]] speech, as his star has risen so has that of Policy Exchange (despite the embarrassment of ''Newsnight'''s exposé of its questionable research into radical Islam, and the recent report suggesting northern cities were doomed). Its staff has increased from 5 to 35, its budget, mostly donations from the City, has grown nearly tenfold. One of its founders, [[Nick Boles]], has become head of policy for [[David Cameron|Cameron]]; its former chief researcher, [[James O'Shaughnessy]], is now chief researcher at Tory central office; current director [[Anthony Browne]] has just been appointed head of policy for [[Boris Johnson]] in London... By the time of this year's Policy Exchange summer party, attended by the entire Cameron court, and a good proportion of [[New Labour|New Labour's]] old entourage, there was a glister of a movement that believed it was winning the argument. <ref>Tim Adams, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/31/conservatives.thinktanks 'Have the Right taken all the best ideas?'], ''The Observer'', 31 August 2008</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> ==Charitable status==<br /> Policy Exchange applied for charitable status and was registered with the Charity Commission on 3 March 2003. Registering as a charity can provide numerous tax breaks for think-tanks. Charities do not normally have to pay corporation tax, capital gains tax, or stamp duty, and gifts to charities are free of inheritance tax. They can also pay significantly reduced business rates (e.g. council tax) on the buildings they occupy. <br /> <br /> Policy Exchange’s application to the Charity Commission was based on the application made by the New Labour orientated think-tank [[IPPR]]. Former Policy Exchange director [[Anthony Browne]] told the ''Guardian'': ‘We basically borrowed the IPPR's claim for charitable status and changed the words “centre-left” to “centre-right”’. <ref>Andy Beckett, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?]’, ''Guardian'', 26 September 2008.</ref> Similarly [[Anthony Browne| Browne’s]] predecessor, [[Nicholas Boles]] has said: “Before we set up Policy Exchange I went and chatted with [[Matthew Taylor]] [then director of [[IPPR]]], a friend, and when we approached the Charity Commission we put in an almost identical proposal to them. The joke, which is not quite true, is that the only difference was substituting 'centre-right' for 'centre-left'.” <ref>David Hencke, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jun/07/conservatives.thinktanks The new Conservative generation]’, ''Guardian'', 7 June 2008</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange was investigated by the Charity Commission after an MP complained in February 2007 that it was close to the [[Conservative Party]]. The Charity Commission report found no evidence of party political bias but identified a number of issues:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">'''events hosted by the Charity''' – For an event to be educational under charity law it needs to be clearly linked to and advance a programme of research which should be identified prior to the event. We identified that the charity had hosted a series of one-off events to stimulate ideas or to promote the charity’s brand which often included attendance by MP’s;<p>'''dissemination of information''' – Research papers produced by the Charity are easily accessible on their website, however, very little information was given on other events hosted by the Charity. All charities must demonstrate that they operate for the public benefit. In this case, Policy Exchange could demonstrate public benefit through the dissemination of transcripts and papers arising out of each event;</p><p>'''and transparency''' – The original source of concern was that the Charity was supporting a political party and carrying out political activities. Whilst the Commission determined that there was no evidence of party political bias we determined that there is a need for greater transparency, particularly on Policy Exchange’s website. Information contained on the website following events in 2007 failed to sufficiently highlight or identify the cross-party speakers at events hosted by the Charity. <ref>Policy Exchange, Regulatory Case Report, Charities Commission, 18 July 2008</ref></p></blockquote><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange agreed to conduct a 12-month review of the areas identified by the Commission.<br /> <br /> ==Personnel==<br /> ===Current and former trustees===<br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" float="right" align="right" width="60%"><br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Name of Board Member</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Stated occupation</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Date of Appointment</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Date of resignation</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Theodore Agnew]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">1 April 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Richard Briance]]</td><br /> <td>Banker</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2006</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Simon Brocklebank-Fowler]]</td><br /> <td>Managing Partner</td><br /> <td align="center">12 October 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Robin Edwards]]</td><br /> <td>Treasurer</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Richard Ehrman]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">19 July 2005</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Virginia Fraser]]</td><br /> <td>Writer for House & Garden</td><br /> <td align="center">31 July 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Charles Moore]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">2 December 2004</td><br /> <td align="center">June 2011</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[George Robinson]]</td><br /> <td>Investment Manager</td><br /> <td align="center">10 November 2004</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Robert Rosenkranz]]</td><br /> <td>Chairman & CEO, [[Dephi Financial Group]]</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Edward Sells]]</td><br /> <td>Chartered Accountant</td><br /> <td align="center">30 October 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Timothy Steel]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">30 October 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Alice Thomson]]</td><br /> <td>British Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Rachel Whetstone]]</td><br /> <td>Account Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Simon Wolfson]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">2 December 2008</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Adam Afriyie]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">9 May 2005</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Colin Barrow]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2005</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Camilla Cavendish]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Iain Dale]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">27 February 2007</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Michael Gove]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2006</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Francis Maude]]</td><br /> <td>MP</td><br /> <td align="center">2 November 2001</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[John Micklethwait]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">27 February 2007</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Elizabeth Noel]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">5 June 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">26 February 2008</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[David Willetts]]</td><br /> <td>MP</td><br /> <td align="center">2 November 2001</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> </table><br /> <br /> According to [[Neil O'Brien]], the trustees of Policy Exchange 'don’t exercise a strong direction of what we in the office will do' but are mainly used 'as a sounding board' or for their connections. He told Total Politics: 'They give incredible amounts of their time to help us meet people, give us people who give us information, people who can help fund things... They help us build our network of people out there. We always say that you are never more than two or three jumps away from being able to talk to anyone. One of our trustees will know someone who knows someone.' <ref>Ben Duckworth, '[http://www.totalpolitics.com/articles/294267/in-conversation-with-neil-oand39brien.thtml In conversation with... Neil O'Brien]', Total Politics, 8 February 2012</ref><br /> <br /> The table on the right displays information on the current and former directors of Policy Exchange Ltd as registered with Companies House on 3 January 2010. Policy Exchange is both a charity and a company limited by guarantee (i.e. without shareholders), meaning that these directors are also the trustees of the charity. The 14 current directors (i.e. those where no resignation date is provided) are displayed first in alphabetical order, followed by the company’s former directors. <br /> <br /> The earliest directors were the Conservative MPs [[David Willetts]] and [[Francis Maude]] who resigned in June 2002 and were replaced by a number of public figures (initially mainly journalists) with less direct connections to the [[Conservative Party]]. The most notable of the early trustees was [[Michael Gove]] who was appointed Chairman of Policy Exchange. He was then a ''Times'' columnist, but would later become a Conservative MP and then a Minister in the Cameron Government. Other trustees who have since left the board include [[John Micklethwait]], a writer for ''[[The Economist]]'', and [[Iain Dale]] a right-wing author and blogger who subsequently became a columnist at the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''.<br /> <br /> The 13 current trustees are a mixture of right-wing journalists and wealthy businessmen. [[Theodore Agnew]], [[Richard Briance]], [[Simon Brocklebank-Fowler]], [[George Robinson]], [[Edward Sells]] and [[Simon Wolfson]] are all British businessmen or financiers who have donated to the [[Conservative Party]]. <ref>Further details are provided on each individual’s page.</ref> [[Robert Rosenkranz]], an American multi-millionaire financier would be precluded from donating as a foreigner but has provided funding to Policy Exchange and [[Localis]] <Ref>The Rosenkranz Foundation, [http://rosenkranzfdn.org/publicpolicy.html Areas of Interest - Public Policy] [Accessed 16 April 2010]</ref> (and the neoconservative [[American Enterprise Institute]]<ref>The Rosenkranz Foundation, [http://rosenkranzfdn.org/aboutus.html About Us] [Accessed 16 April 2010]</ref>)<br /> <br /> Those trustees who are not drawn from the world of business or finance are all affiliated to Britain’s conservative press. [[Virginia Fraser]] is the widow of [[Frank Johnson]], <ref>Alan Watkins, '[http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/5529588/man-and-urchin.thtml BOOK REVIEW: Best Seat in the House]', ''The Spectator'', 11 November 2009</ref> a former deputy editor of the ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' (1995-99) and editor of ''[[The Spectator]]''. <ref>'[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1537000/Frank-Johnson.html Frank Johnson]', ''Daily Telegraph'', 15 December 2010.</ref> [[Alice Thomson]] is a comment writer at ''[[The Times]]'' and a former associate editor of the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' <ref>Kamal Ahmed, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/may/25/uk.euro1 Old pals plot to sabotage project for a new Europe]', ''The Observer'', 25 May 2003.</ref> and [[Charles Moore]], Policy Exchange’s Chairman, is a former editor of the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'', and ''[[The Spectator]]''.<br /> <br /> In June 2011 Charles Moore stepped down as chairman 'to focus on his Telegraph columns and his biography of Margaret Thatcher'. His replacement was [[Daniel Finkelstein]] of ''[[The Times]]'', a close ally of [[George Osborne]]. <ref>Tim Montgomerie, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2011/06/new-chairman-of-policy_exchange-is-dannythefink.html New Chairman of Policy Exchange is Daniel Finkelstein], conservativehome, 15 June 2011, accessed 21 June 2011 </ref><br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ===Directors===<br /> Policy Exchange’s first director was [[Nick Boles]], a former member of Westminster City Council considered part of the ‘[[Notting Hill Set]]’ – an informal group of young Conservatives connected to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]. Before joining Westminster Council [[Nick Boles|Boles]] ran a DIY business, prior to which he 'worked for a few years in Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe, helping state-owned industries prepare for private ownership.' <ref>[[Media:Meet Nick Boles.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.nickboles.com/about/meet-nick-boles> created 13 May 2010.</ref> Boles is a former flatmate of [[Michael Gove]] <ref>Sam Coates, Francis Elliott, Fran Yeoman and Helen Nugent, '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6194886.ece The new generation of Conservative candidates]', ''The Times'', 30 April 2009.</ref> who was Chairman of Policy Exchange whilst [[Nick Boles|Boles]] was director. Both men are signatories to the statement of principles of the [[Henry Jackson Society Project for Democratic Geopolitics]], a British neoconservative organisation. <br /> <br /> [[Nick Boles|Boles]] left Policy Exchange in February 2007 to concentrate on his bid to be Mayor of London. <ref>Iain Dale's Diary, '[http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/02/nicholas-boles-steps-down-from-policy.html Nicholas Boles Steps Down from Policy Exchange]', 21 February 2007.</ref> On his time at Policy Exchange Boles has stated:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">My biggest achievement in politics so far has been to set up and run Policy Exchange, which is now the largest and most influential policy research institute on the centre right. While I was its director, Policy Exchange devised policies to make police forces more accountable to local people, to expand the number of places in good schools and to give local communities incentives to build more houses. We also exposed the activities of Islamic extremists in some mosques in the UK and their effect on the attitudes of young British Muslims. Many of our ideas have been adopted by the [[Conservative Party]] under [[David Cameron]]. <ref>[[Media:Meet Nick Boles.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.nickboles.com/about/meet-nick-boles> created 13 May 2010.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> [[Image:Neil O'Brien and Anthony Browne.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Policy Exchange's third director [[Neil O'Brien]] (left) with his predecessor [[Anthony Browne]] (right). Photograph by Teri Pengilley from guardian.co.uk.]]<br /> <br /> [[Nick Boles|Boles]] was replaced by the Chief Political Correspondent of ''[[The Times]]'' [[Anthony Browne]]. <ref>Iain Dale's Diary, '[http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/02/nicholas-boles-steps-down-from-policy.html Nicholas Boles Steps Down from Policy Exchange]', 21 February 2007.</ref> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] had worked as a Business analyst in the late 1980s before becoming a journalist. Prior to joining ''[[The Times]]'' he worked at the [[BBC]] and the [[Observer]]. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> During his time at ''[[The Times]]'', Browne became embroiled in controversy over his comments on VDare, an anti-immigration US web forum, affiliated to the [[Center for American Unity]]. <ref> Chris Tryhorn, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/aug/03/media.pressandpublishing Bloggers target Times writer], ''Guardian'', 3 August 2005.</ref><br /> <br /> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] was Director of Policy Exchange for just over a year. <ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> According to ConservativeHome's ToryDiary 'During his time at PX there was a doubling of staff numbers but a concern that the think tank became too close to Project Cameron.' <ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2008/07/anthony-browne.html Anthony Browne leaves Policy Exchange to become Boris Johnson's Policy Director], ToryDiary, ConservativeHome, 21 July 2008.</ref><br /> <br /> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] was appointed as Policy Director to the Mayor of London on 21 July. The ''Guardian'' remarked: 'Browne's appointment – the fourth from Policy Exchange to get a top job in the Tory party – marks a further high watermark in the influence of Policy Exchange on future Tory policy.' <ref>David Hencke, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/conservatives.thinktanks A change in the political weather], guardian.co.uk, 22 July 2008.</ref> [[Anthony Browne|Browne’s]] predecessor [[Nick Boles]] had been appointed Interim Chief of Staff for the London Mayor [[Boris Johnson]] <ref>Robert Watts and Jonathan Oliver, '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3908506.ece Boris Tory HQ team puts reins on Boris Johnson]', ''Sunday Times'', 11 May 2008.</ref> before being appointed head of [[David Cameron|David Cameron's]] Implementation Unit, where he was responsible for drawing up the Tories' plans for government along with Policy Exchange founder [[Francis Maude]]. <ref>Andrew Grice, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/talent-2010-the-politician-nick-boles-1848088.html Talent 2010: The politician, Nick Boles]', ''Independent'', 26 December 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> In September 2008 [[Neil O’Brien]], director of the right-wing eurosceptic think-tank [[Open Europe]], was appointed as [[Anthony Browne|Browne’s]] successor. A young Oxford graduate, [[Neil O’Brien| O’Brien]] joined the campaign against Britain joining the single currency as an economics researcher <ref>Adam Branson, 'Ire starter - Neil O'Brien, director, Policy Exchange', ''Regeneration and Renewal'', 8 June 2009</ref> and according to an article in the ''Guardian'', 'has a background in City PR', <ref>Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], ''Guardian'', G2, 26 September 2008.</ref> He was director of [[Open Europe]] from its launch in 2005 to September 2008 when it was announced that O'Brien had been appointed head of Policy Exchange.<br /> <br /> *[[Mark Skelton]] - deputy director from May 2011. Joined from management consultancy [[PA Consulting Group]] and was aa Conservative Parliamentary candidate in the 2010 elections. He is a former deputy director of the [[Parliamentary Resources Unit]].<ref> [http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/think-tank-news/news-detail/newsarticle/policy-exchange-names-former-tory-election-candidate-as-new-deputy-director/45/ Policy Exchange names former Tory election candidate as new deputy director], Public Affairs News, 7 April 2011, accessed 9 June 2011 </ref><br /> <br /> *[[Amy Fisher]] - communications director. Previously worked at [[Google]] where she was responsible for policy communications across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before that worked in the [[Conservative Campaign Headquarters]] press office. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=36 People: Amy Fisher], accessed 9 November 2010. </ref><br /> <br /> ===Former directors===<br /> <br /> *[[Natalie Evans]] - was deputy director until April 2011, responsible for the output and strategic direction of the research team. Left to join [[New Schools Network]]. Before this was Head of Policy at the [[British Chambers of Commerce]] and Deputy Director at the [[Conservative Research Department]], specialising in welfare and economic issues. <ref> Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=16 People: Natalie Evans], accessed 9 November 2010. </ref><br /> <br /> ==Research focus==<br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange Research Areas Piechart.JPG|thumb|280px|right|Piechart showing the relative prominence of Policy Exchange’s Research Areas between 2003 and 2010.<ref>The data displayed in this chart is based on the total number of events and publications as listed on the Policy Exchange website on 3 January 2011.</ref>]]<br /> <br /> Policy Exchange states that it is ‘particularly interested in free market and localist solutions to public policy questions’. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - About Us.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/about/> created 9 April 2010</ref> Like other right-wing think-tanks much of its research advocates the expansion of private power through the promotion of 'free market' policies. In the case of Policy Exchange however, these measures tend to be presented as progressive solutions to social problems, something it describes as 'Using centre-right means to progressive ends'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - About Us.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/about/> created 9 April 2010</ref> It divides its research into nine categories: Arts & Culture, Crime & Justice, Economics, Education, Environment & Energy, Foreign Policy & Security, Government & Philosophy, Health and Social Policy. <br /> <br /> The pie chart on the right displays the total number of events and publications listed in each policy area up to 31 December 2010. The same data is displayed in the table below, which shows the growth in the total number of events and publications as well as the relative prominence of each research area year on year.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange Research Areas Chart.JPG|thumb|800px|center|Chart showing the relative prominence of Policy Exchange’s Research Areas year on year between 2003 and 2010.<ref>The data displayed in this chart is based on the total number of events and publications as listed on the Policy Exchange website on 3 January 2011. The graph shows the think-tanks significant expansion since its launch in 2003.</ref>]]<br /> <br /> ==Foreign policy & security==<br /> As the data displayed in the graphs above shows, the policy area described by Policy Exchange as ‘Foreign Policy & Security’ has been the think-tank’s greatest area of activity after economics. The main concern of the Foreign Policy & Security Unit, at least in terms of publications, has been domestic counterterrorism and ‘extremism’, with the focus being on British Muslims. The ‘About’ section of the Foreign Policy & Security webpage states that Policy Exchange stands for ‘Preventing extremism’ and ‘Backing progressives against reactionaries’. It criticises the Labour Government for allegedly ‘deal[ing] with relatively extreme groups at the expense of moderates,’ and calls for the Government to ‘confront those who do not accept the foundations of a liberal society’. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Foreign Policy & Security - About.pdf|Screengrab]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/research_areas/foreign_policy_and_security.cgi> created 9 April 2010.</ref> <br /> <br /> Given its relative overall prominence Policy Exchange has published relatively few reports in this area, listing only eight publications up to 31 December 2009 <ref>This is based on information posted on Policy Exchange’s website on 9 April 2010. In addition to these eight reports Policy Exchange also published an official response to its report ‘Choosing our friends wisely’ written by the Director General of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism.</ref> (although its most controversial report ''[[The Hijacking of British Islam]]'' has been removed from its website). The first of these reports, called ‘Regime Change - It's Been Done Before’, was published on 15 May 2003, shortly after Britain and the United States invaded Iraq. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003)</ref> It was sponsored by [[Conrad Black]], who had employed the Foreign Policy & Security Unit’s current director [[Dean Godson]] as a special assistant and leader writer at the Telegraph Group. <ref>Tom Bower, Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge, (HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006) p.138.</ref> ([[Conrad Black|Black]] was subsequently convicted of fraud in the US and sentenced to six and a half years in prison.<ref>Conrad Black, ‘[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3031516.ece Conrad Black is sentenced to 6½ years in jail – after festive season is over]’, ''The Times'', 11 December 2007.</ref>)<br /> <br /> The Regime Change report was edited by [[Roger Gough]] and grew out of a Policy Exchange round-table held in early March 2003. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003) p.16.</ref> The report included a foreword by the former Foreign Secretary [[Douglas Hurd]] (considered a ‘realist’ on foreign policy <ref>e.g. Julian Flanagan, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7535497/Douglas-Hurd-I-am-not-brilliant.-Not-a-great-original.html Douglas Hurd: “I am not brilliant. Not a great original”]’, Daily Telegraph, 30 March 2010.</ref>), and essays from a number of contributors who considered previous examples of ‘regime change’ in West Germany, Japan, Cambodia, South Africa, Haiti, East Timor, The West Balkans and Afghanistan. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003)</ref><br /> <br /> The Foreign Policy & Security Unit was originally called the International Programme and was headed by [[Anna Reid]], a former journalist with ''[[The Economist]]''. <ref>Anna Reid (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Taming_Terrorism.pdf Taming Terrorism]'' (Policy Exchange, February 2005) p.13.</ref> A separate programme on ‘Terrorism and Security’ emerged in 2006 which was eventually merged with its International Programme to form the Foreign Policy & Security Unit, as it is now known.<br /> <br /> The Terrorism and Security programme – originally part of the International Programme and then separate for a period – emerged under the leadership of the right-wing journalist [[Dean Godson]]. [[Dean Godson|Godson]] joined Policy Exchange from the ''Telegraph'', following a purge of the paper’s most explicitly Atlanticist commentators after a change of ownership. In 2004 ''Telegraph'' editor [[Martin Newland]] told the ''Guardian'':<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">I soon came to recognise we were speaking a language on geopolitical events and even domestic events that was dictated too much from across the Atlantic. It's OK to be pro-Israel, but not to be unbelievably pro-Likud Israel, it's OK to be pro-American but not look as if you're taking instructions from Washington. [[Dean Godson]] and [[Barbara Amiel]] were key departures. <Ref>Maggie Brown, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/nov/15/thedailytelegraph.mondaymediasection Newland unleashed]’, ''Guardian'', 15 November 2004.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange listed [[Dean Godson|Godson]] as leading the think-tank’s work on ‘Terrorism and Security’ from June 2006, <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060619185223/www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/International.aspx 12 June 2006]</ref> and by August he was listed as Research Director of the think-tank’s International Programme (which then included Terrorism and Security) with its former head Anna Reid listed as an Associate Fellow. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060909055746/www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/International.aspx 13 August 2006]</ref> <br /> <br /> ==Reports on British Muslims==<br /> ===Martin Bright pamphlet===<br /> [[Image:When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Policy Exchange's 2006 pamphlet ‘When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries’ written by the then ''[[New Statesman]]'' journalist [[Martin Bright]].]]<br /> In July 2006 Policy Exchange published a pamphlet called ‘When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries’ written by the then ''New Statesman'' journalist [[Martin Bright]]. In the acknowledgments for the report [[Martin Bright|Bright]] wrote, ‘In particular I wish to thank [[Dean Godson]], whose driving energy and immense professionalism kept the project on the rails.’ <ref>Martin Bright, ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/pdfs/When_Prog.pdf When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries: The British State's flirtation with radical Islamism]'' (Policy Exchange, July 2006)</ref><br /> <br /> The pamphlet was a collection of a series of stories by [[Martin Bright]] on the British Governments relations with Muslim groups. <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=13 Publications - When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries: The British State's flirtation with radical Islamism], Policy Exchange, accessed 3 April 2009.</ref> Bright said he chose Policy Exchange, a 'slightly provocative publisher, because I believe a coalition of the left and right needs to be built around this issue.' <ref>James Silver, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/aug/06/mondaymediasection.politicsandthemedia1 Politically Correct - Interview: Martin Bright], ''Guardian'', 6 October 2007.</ref><br /> <br /> Much of the material came from Foreign Office official [[Derek Pasquill]], who was strongly critical of Foreign Office adviser [[Mockbul Ali]] and the Government's relationship with the [[Muslim Council of Britain]].<ref> Derek Pasquill, [http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2008/01/british-muslim-story-case I had no choice but to leak], New Statesman,17 January 2009.</ref> Pasquill was charged under the Official Secrets Act, but the case was dropped in January 2008. According to a ''[[Guardian]]'' report on the hearing, the prosecution ‘indicated that internal FCO papers revealed that senior officials privately admitted that, far from harming British interests, Pasquill's leaking of the documents had actually helped to provoke a constructive debate.’<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/10/pressandpublishing.medialaw Civil servant who leaked rendition secrets goes free], ''Guardian'', 10 January 2008.</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange has claimed <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/Terrorism-and-Security.aspx Terrorism and Security], Policy Exchange, accessed 6 March 2008.</ref> that the pamphlet influenced Communities Secretary [[Ruth Kelly]] to change the Government's relations with Muslim organisations. <ref>[http://www.communities.gov.uk/archived/speeches/corporate/values-responsibilities Britain: our values, our responsibilities], [[Ruth Kelly]], [[Communities and Local Government]], 11 October 2006.</ref><br /> <br /> ===BBC Newsnight controversy===<br /> In October 2007 Policy Exchange published ''[[The Hijacking of British Islam]]'', a report which was revealed by [[BBC]] ''[[Newsnight]]'' as being based in part on fabricated evidence, and which has since been removed from Policy Exchange's website.<br /> <br /> The full title of the report was ''The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK''. It was written by [[Denis MacEoin]] and overseen by [[Dean Godson]]. <ref>The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK, by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007.</ref> According to the report, which claimed to be 'the most comprehensive academic survey of such literature ever produced in this country', Policy Exchange sent four Muslim research teams to almost 100 mosques across Britain, and found radical material at 25 per cent of the institutions surveyed. <ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/30586814/Hijacking-of-British-Islam The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK], by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007, p.5.</ref>The Report's recommendations included calls for the British authorities to reconsider their relationship to the [[Muslim Council of Britain]], the [[Islamic Foundation]] and the [[Muslim Safety Forum]].<ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/30586814/Hijacking-of-British-Islam The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK], by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007, p7.</ref><br /> <br /> The report's findings were widely covered in the British media with articles appearing in, for example, The ''[[Daily Mail]]'' <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=432 Excerpts from articles featuring Policy Exchange - October 30 2007]: Daily Mail: Agenda of hate in British mosques is linked to Saudis, Policy Exchange (accessed 9 March 2008)</ref>, the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''<ref>[[Toby Helm]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/30/nmosques130.xml 'Hate literature easily found at UK mosques']', ''Daily Telegraph'', 31 October 2007.</ref> and ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>[[Sean O'Neill]], [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2767252.ece Lessons in hate found at leading mosques], ''The Times'', 30 October 2007.</ref> According to ''[[Newsnight]]'' editor [[Peter Barron]], the [[BBC]] had originally been due to run an exclusive report on the findings:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">On the planned day of broadcast our reporter [[Richard Watson]] came to me and said he had a problem. He had put the claim and shown a receipt to one of the mosques mentioned in the report - The [[Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre]] in London. They had immediately denied selling the book and said the receipt was not theirs.<p>On closer examination, the BBC identified particular concerns about five of the receipts in particular:<br /> # In all five cases the mosques involved said the receipts did not belong to them.<br /> # The expert analysis showed that all five had been printed on an inkjet printer - suggesting they were created on a PC.<br /> #The analysis found "strong evidence" that two of the receipts were written by the same person.<br /> #The analysis found that one of the receipts had been written out while resting on another receipt said to be from a mosque 40 miles away. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/12/disastrous__misjudgement.html 'Disastrous misjudgement?'], by [[Peter Barron]], BBC News - The Editors, 13 December 2007.</ref></p></blockquote><br /> [[Image:DeanGodson.jpg|right|thumb|[[Dean Godson]] on ''[[Newsnight]]'' on 12 December 2007. [[Dean Godson|Godson]] accused ''[[Newsnight]]'' editor [[Peter Barron]] of 'disastrous editorial misjudgement' and 'appalling stewardship'.]]<br /> <br /> On 12 December 2007, ''[[Newsnight]]'' ran a report on these concerns, followed by a studio discussion between [[Jeremy Paxman]] and [[Dean Godson]], during which Godson accused Barron of 'disastrous editorial misjudgement' and of 'appalling stewardship of ''Newsnight'''. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/12/newsnight_response_to_policy_exchange_statement.html BBC News - Talk About Newsnight - Newsnight Response to Policy Exchange Statement], 14 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref> In an initial statement the think tank responded: 'the executive of Policy Exchange will meet on Thursday 13th to discuss legal action against the BBC'.<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=475 Policy Exchange and BBC Newsnight], Policy Exchange, 12 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref>A second response the next day stated that 'Policy Exchange is in legal consultations about action in this matter.'<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=476 Policy Exchange and Newsnight (2)],[[Policy Exchange]], 13 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref>The BBC responded: 'Policy Exchange's statement is misleading in many ways and doesn't answer the simple question raised by Newsnight's film. Given that the Policy Exchange report was based on the testimony of the researchers who gathered the receipts, do they believe all the receipts are genuine?'<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/12/newsnight_response_to_policy_exchange_statement.html BBC News - Talk About Newsnight - Newsnight Response to Policy Exchange Statement], 14 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008. </ref> In the Daily Telegraph on 15 December, Policy Exchange Chairman [[Charles Moore]] accused [[Peter Barron]] of questioning the receipts in order to justify his original decision not to run the report.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/12/15/do1501.xml Newsnight told a small story over a big one], by [[Charles Moore]], Daily Telegraph, 15 December 2007</ref><br /> <br /> On 17 December, The Times issued an apology to Dr [[Muhammad Abdul Bari]] of the [[East London Mosque]] in connection with its coverage of the report.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3059836.ece Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari], [[The Times]], 17 December 2007.</ref><br /> <br /> In February 2008, ''Private Eye'' reported that 'furious Conservatives say they've no option but to sue or take a dossier on [[Peter Barron]], ''[[Newsnight|Newsnight's]]'' editor, to the BBC's senior management.' <ref>Media News: Newsnight and the Mosques, by '[[Ratbiter]]', [[Private Eye]] No. 1203, 8 February-21 February 2008, p.8.</ref> In a letter in the following issue, Barron responded 'Policy Exchange promised to investigate these discrepancies, but two months later they have still not said if they believe these receipts are genuine.' <ref>Receipt deceit? by [[Peter Barron]], Private Eye No.1204, 22 February-6 March 2008, p.15</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange did not bring its threatened legal action against the BBC but in September 2008, the North London Central Mosque issued a writ in the High Court over the report's allegations. <ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0adc306-8906-11dd-a179-0000779fd18c.html London mosque sues think-tank], by Megan Murphy, FT.com, 23 September 2008; ''North London Central Mosque v. The Policy Exchange and Denis McEoin'', claim number HQ08X03441, filed 4 September 2008</ref> The case came to the High Court in December 2009 but was struck out by the Judge on the basis that the Trust could not sue in defamation as it was not a corporate entity or legal person. <ref>'[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=44814 Eady: Mosque charitable trust can't sue for libel]', ''Press Gazette'', 22 December 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> In March 2009, the report appeared to have been removed from the Policy Exchange website, where the following statement appeared:<br /> ::The Hijacking of British Islam:<br /> <br /> ::Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre<br /> <br /> ::In this report we state that Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre is one of the Centres where extremist literature was found. Policy Exchange accepts the Centre’s assurances that none of the literature cited in the Report has ever been sold or distributed at the Centre with the knowledge or consent of the Centre’s trustees or staff, who condemn the extremist and intolerant views set out in such literature. We are happy to set the record straight.<ref>Sunny Hundal, [http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2009/03/30/exclusive-policy-exchange-forced-to-apologise-takes-report-off-website/ Exclusive: Policy Exchange forced to apologise; takes report off website], Liberal Conspiracy, 30 March 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/ Policy Exchange, accessed 2 April 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ==Health reform==<br /> On health policy, Policy Exchange says it is "committed to the values of the NHS in providing universal healthcare for all', although it believes that "private sector companies and third sector providers can play a key role in delivering what patients want from a modern National Health Service", ie not an NHS free at the point of need.<br /> ===Health people===<br /> *[[Max Chambers]], Senior Research Fellow - Health: Max Chambers joined Policy Exchange in February 2009. He is Senior Research Fellow, leading Policy Exchange’s Health and Social Care programme and contributing to the Crime and Justice Unit. Before joining Policy Exchange, Max worked as a researcher for the Shadow Justice and Home Affairs teams in Parliament, and was involved with a number of the Conservative Party’s crime and justice policy reviews.<ref>Policy Exchange[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=40 Max Chambers profile], accessed November 2010</ref><br /> *[[Henry Featherstone]], ex-Head of Health and Social Care (dates tbc). In August 2010 Featherstone joined [[Fleishman-Hillard]]’s London healthcare public affairs and corporate communications team as a senior policy adviser. Prior to this Henry worked in the NHS as a junior doctor and also spent several years working in Parliament for a number of leading Conservative politicians, including [[Archie Norman]], [[Francis Maude]] and [[Greg Clark]]. More recently he was chief of staff to [[James Arbuthnot]] MP, chairman of the [[Defence Select Committee]].<ref>InPharm, [http://www.inpharm.com/appointment/fleishman-appoints-henry-featherstone Fleishman appoints Henry Featherstone], 10 August 2010</ref><br /> <br /> ===Health publications===<br /> *'''Incentivising Wellness: Improving the treatment of long-term conditions''', by Henry Featherstone and Lilly Whitham, November 2010. This report claims that the NHS has proved to be bad at adopting new technologies "such as insulin pumps" that could cut costs radically and help keep patients with chronic conditions like diabetes healthier. According to the authors, "the best way of getting the NHS to adopt new technologies is to encourage new players to enter the health service." "Newly formed GP consortia of the sort envisaged by [[Andrew Lansley]]'s White Paper, it claims, would be ideally-placed to pilot new business models which focus specifically on long-term condition management.<ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/news/news.cgi?id=1669 Incentivising Wellness: Improving the treatment of long-term conditions], 25 November 2010</ref> The report was funded by [[Vodafone]] and [[MSD]] ([[Merck]] and [[Schering-Plough]]).<br /> *'''Future Foundations: towards a new culture in the NHS''', by [[Bill Moyes]] and [[Paul Corrigan]], edited by [[Henry Featherstone]], published 18 March 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=184 Future Foundations: towards a new culture in the NHS], 18 March 2010 </ref> Argues that centralised control by government undermines the autonomy of foundation trusts needed for change and innovation. <br /> *'''The Cost of Cancer''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Lilly Whitham]], published 17 February 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=174 The Cost of Cancer], 17 February 2010 </ref> This report highlights late diagnosis of cancer in the UK, poor survival rates for older people and those in deprived communities, and - again - the relatively poor take up of new treatments and technologies by the NHS. Report funded by [[Roche]].<br /> *'''Controlling Public Spending: The NHS in a period of tight funding''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Natalie Evans]], published 7 January 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=162 Controlling Public Spending: The NHS in a period of tight funding], 7 January 2010 </ref> This report was sponsored by [[Tribal]]<br /> *'''Which Doctor? Putting patients in control of primary care''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Carol Storey]], with foreword by [[Julian Le Grand]] published 22 December 2009. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=159 Which Doctor? Putting patients in control of primary care], 22 December 2009 </ref> This report proposes that the ban on the sale of goodwill attached to GPs - ie the value associated with the popularity of a GP practice - should be overturned. This would increase their value and lead to more private investors buying up and trading practices.<ref>Healthcare REpublic, [http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/976966/Think-tank-suggests-end-ban-sale-goodwill/ Think tank suggests end of ban on sale of goodwill], 14 Jan 2010</ref><br /> *'''Hitting the Bottle''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Carol Storey]], published 26 May 2009. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=120 Hitting the Bottle],26 May 2009 </ref><br /> *'''Weighing In''', by [[Jamie Burn]], published 10 November 2008. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=99 Weighing In],10 November 2008 </ref><br /> <br /> The above is a selection - for a comprehensive archive see: http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/research_areas/health.cgi?topic_id=8&related=publications<br /> <br /> ==Welfare reform==<br /> ===The attack on the Spirit Level===<br /> <br /> Wilkinson and Pickett's book ''the Spirit Level'' was criticised in a series of reports by the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]], the [[Democracy Institute]] and Policy Exchange. The criticisms from Policy Exchange and the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] were published just 24 hours apart.<ref>Adams, T., (2008), [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/31/conservatives.thinktanks Have the Right taken all the best ideas], ''the Guardian'', 31-August-2008, Accessed 29-November-2010</ref><ref>Booth, R., (2010), [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/14/the-spirit-level-equality-thinktanks The Spirit Level: how ‘ideas wreckers’ turned book into a political punch bag], ''the Guardian'', 14-August-2010, Accessed 29-November-2010</ref><br /> <br /> ==Media exposure==<br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="right" width="50%"><br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="40%">Newspaper</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="10%">Number of items</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">288</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Guardian]]'' and the ''[[Observer]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">271</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">257</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Independent]]'' and ''[[Independent on Sunday]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">131</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Mail on Sunday]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">104</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Express]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Express]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">76</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Mirror]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Mirror]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">44</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Daily Star]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">20</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Business]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">11</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[Morning Star]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The People]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>&nbsp;</td><br /> <td>&nbsp;</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>'''Total:'''</td><br /> <td align="center">'''1208'''</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> </table><br /> <br /> The table on the rights gives an indication of Policy Exchange’s media presence in UK national newspapers. It shows the number of items contained in the Lexis Nexis newspaper database group ‘UK National Newspapers’ between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2009 referring to Policy Exchange. <ref>Details of the search are as follows: UK National Newspapers (policy exchange) AND DATE(>=2000-01-01 and <=2009-12-31). The original search returned 1254 items in total. 46 items grouped as News International Newspapers Information Services Ltd were excluded. Of the 28 items grouped by Lexis Nexis as 'The Express Newspapers', eight items were from ''[[The Express]]'' and 20 from the ''[[Daily Star]]''. These have been grouped separately in the table.</ref> The great majority of the press coverage is from the broadsheets, followed by the mid-market ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Mail on Sunday]]''.<br /> <br /> It should be noted that these figures are not 100 per cent accurate since Lexis Nexis often includes duplicated articles in its database. It should also be noted that this quantitative data does not necessarily represent favourable or uncritical coverage.<br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ==Funding and finances==<br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange financial history graph.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Graph from the Charity Commission showing Policy Exchange's financial history.]] <br /> In its early years Policy Exchange was a medium sized think-tank, operating on an annual income of around half a million pounds. However after [[David Cameron]] was elected leader of the [[Conservative Party]] its income increased substantially. <br /> <br /> In its latest financial statements, made up to 30 September 2008, the think-tank reported receiving over £2.6 million. This figure put Policy Exchange ahead of the New Labour affiliated think-tank [[Demos]], which saw its income decline over the same period, but still behind the [[Institute for Public Policy Research]], which has enjoyed an income of over £3 million for several years.<br /> <br /> Policy Exchange's main source of income has been through donations, but it also receives significant funding through the sponsorship of research and its 'Business Forum', which is part of the think-tank's 'Corporate Engagement'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Corporate Engagement.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/forum/> created 11 February 2010</ref> In early 2006 ''PR Week'' reported that companies were paying £5,000 to £10,000 to be part of the forum, and that members included [[BP]], [[SAB Miller]], [[BSkyB]] and [[Bupa]]. <ref>Ravi Chandiramani, '[http://www.brandrepublic.com/InDepth/Features/541392/FEATURE-Blair/www.prweek.co.uk British politics is hotting up at last and PA professionals are preparing for the change in leadership and policy]', ''PR Week'', 16 February 2006.</ref> Policy Exchange states that corporations cannot commission research, but that they can 'contribute ideas and give advice to Policy Exchange’s research programme[s]'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Corporate Engagement.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/forum/> created 11 February 2010</ref> In its 2008 accounts, Policy Exchange reported that:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">The activities of the Business Forum group made a particularly strong contribution to fundraising during the period, with the number of members more than doubling to 27. The Policy Exchange Business Forum exists to engage corporates in the research work of the charity, by hosting regular round table events where members can come together to listen to influential policy makers and discuss the issues raised. Many members went on to work directly with our research teams by giving financial and/or research support. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2008]], p.4</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="right" width="70%"><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">Source of Income</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2002</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2003</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2004</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2005</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2006</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2007</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Donations</td><br /> <td align="center">£67,030</td><br /> <td align="center">£359,794</td><br /> <td align="center">£435,066</td><br /> <td align="center">£473,296</td><br /> <td align="center">£796,689</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,143,266</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Research sponsorship</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£12,500</td><br /> <td align="center">£57,310</td><br /> <td align="center">£55,342</td><br /> <td align="center">£41,000</td><br /> <td align="center">£506,022</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Business Forum membership</td><td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,348</td><br /> <td align="center">£18,930</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,639</td><br /> <td align="center">£46,417</td><br /> <td align="center">£90,875</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Sale of Reports</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£961</td><br /> <td align="center">£963</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,191</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,294</td><br /> <td align="center">£12,875</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Localis Research]] <ref>This income is described in the 2007 accounts as ‘Share of research projects paid by Localis Research Ltd’. In the previous statements it is referred to as ‘Recharge of research projects to Localis Research Ltd’</ref></td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£10,297</td><br /> <td align="center">£15,035</td><br /> <td align="center">£30,000</td><br /> <td align="center">£14,250</td><br /> <td align="center">£20,000</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Corporate Event Sponsorship</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£78,133</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Management charges</td><br /> <td align="center">£7,909</td><br /> <td align="center">£33,767</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Premises charges</td><br /> <td align="center">£7,500</td><br /> <td align="center">£24,750</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Interest received</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£236</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,651</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,735</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,775</td><br /> <td align="center">£11,958</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Miscellaneous income</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,074</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,829</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>'''Total Income'''</td><br /> <td align="center">£82,439</td><br /> <td align="center">£444,653</td><br /> <td align="center">£529,955</td><br /> <td align="center">£568,203</td><br /> <td align="center">£983,632</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,786,825</td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br clear="left"><br /> The table on the right consolidates information on the sources of Policy Exchange’s income from 2002 to 2007 as provided in its annual financial statements. <br /> <br /> The financial statements are made up to 30 September in each reporting year, meaning for example that the figures for 2007 here represent not that calendar year but the period from 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007. <br /> <br /> Although available, information from the think-tank’s 2008 financial statements have not been included in this table as they no longer provide as detailed a breakdown of the various sources of income. From October 2007, income from donations and research sponsorship are given as one lump some (reported as ‘Voluntary Income’), and Business Forum membership, the sale of reports and other sources of income are given as another lump sum (reported as ‘Activities for generating funds’). <ref>The [[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|2008 Financial Statements]] do not provide even this information as to what makes up the income reported as ‘Voluntary Income’ or ‘Activities for generating funds’, rather this has been deduced from a comparison with the figures given in the 2007 accounts. The figure on page 6 of the 2008 accounts for ‘Voluntary Income’ in the previous year is equal to the total income from donations and research sponsorship in the 2007 accounts. Similarly the figure given there for ‘Activities for generating funds’ is equal to the aggregate amount given in the 2007 accounts for business forum membership, the sale of reports and the share of research projects paid by Localis Research Ltd.</ref><br /> <br /> '''Financial Statements'''<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2002.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2002]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2003.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2003]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2004.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2004]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2005.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2005]]<br /> <br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2006.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2006]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2007.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2007]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2008]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2009.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2009]]<br /> <br /> ==Events==<br /> In the ''Dispatches'' programme ‘Politicians for Hire’, broadcast on 22 March 2010, [[Patricia Hewitt]] recommended Policy Exchange as a think-tank which could be used by corporations seeking to influence government policy. ''Dispatches'' had set up a fictional US public affairs company and contacted Hewitt and several senior politicians asking them if they were interested in a position on the advisory board in their London office. Hewitt attended a bogus interview and told the undercover reporter:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">“Now the think tank and the seminar route I think is a very good one and will remain a good one and so identifying the right think-tank. Policy Exchange is a good one at the moment, [[Demos]] is another good one. And saying ok, does that think tank already have a relationship with Minister X? Can we invite Minister X to give a seminar on this subject? Your client would then sponsor the seminar and you do it via the think-tank. And that’s very useful, because what you get for your sponsorship is basically you sit next to the Minister.” <ref>Patricia Hewitt. Interview. In: ''Dispatches'', ‘Politicians for Hire’, Channel 4, 22 March 2010, 20:00 hrs.</ref></blockquote><br /> [[Image:The Ideas Space.jpg|upright|thumb|300px|The Ideas Space, where Policy Exchange holds the majority of its events.]]<br /> <br /> In an undercover investigation conducted in June and July 2011, [[Bell Pottinger Public Affairs]] recommended a Policy Exchange event as a root to influencing UK government policy. The firm's managing director, [[Tim Collins]], also recommended a meeting with its Chairman [[Daniel Finkelstein]], who he said was very close to [[David Cameron]].<ref>Melanie Newman, Oliver Wright, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/caught-on-camera-top-lobbyists-boasting-how-they-influence-the-pm-6272760.html Caught on camera: top lobbyists boasting how they influence the PM]', ''Independent'', 6 December 2011</ref><br /> <br /> The majority of Policy Exchange's seminars, conferences, roundtables and debates are held at what it calls [[The Ideas Space]] - an events venue in Policy Exchange's HQ in [[Clutha House]].<br /> <br /> ===Event on British Muslims===<br /> In August 2006 Policy Exchange hosted a seminar the title of which was '[[Why Are Britain's Universities Incubating Islamist Extremism?]]'. <ref>Tom Gallagher, '[[Media:Wrong Muslim voices on campus.pdf|Wrong Muslim voices on campus]]', ''The First Post'', 21 August 2006. [PDF created 25 February 2010]</ref> It was attended by right-wing figures including [[Anthony Glees]], the author of ''When Students Turn to Terror''; the Scottish academic [[Tom Gallagher]]; and the right-wing Irish historian [[Ruth Dudley Edwards]]. <br /> <br /> In an online article promoting the event <ref>Tom Gallagher, '[[Media:Wrong Muslim voices on campus.pdf|Wrong Muslim voices on campus]]', ''The First Post'', 21 August 2006. [PDF created 25 February 2010]</ref> and at the seminar itself, <ref>Ruth Dudley-Edwards, ‘[http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/fundamentalist-lessons-to-be-learnt-by-irish-academe-133912.html Fundamentalist Lessons to be learnt by Irish Academe]', ''Sunday Independent'' (Ireland), 27 August 2006.</ref> [[Tom Gallagher]] argued that a main cause of 'radicalisation' amongst young Muslims was not injustice, but that Muslim students are not intellectually capable of achieving in higher education.<br /> <br /> ==External Resources==<br /> *Seumas Milne, [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/seumas_milne/2007/12/poisonous_and_dangerous.html.printer.friendly Poisonous and dangerous], Guardian: Comment is Free, 15 December 2007.<br /> *Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], Guardian, G2, 26 September 2008.<br /> *Arun Kundnani, [http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/september/ak000003.html How are thinktanks shaping the political agenda on Muslims in Britain?], ''Institute of Race Relations'', 2 September 2008<br /> <br>Internet Archive Wayback Machine, [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.policyexchange.org.uk policyexchange.org.uk]<br /> <br /> ==Address==<br /> <br>[[Clutha House]]<br>10 [[Storey's Gate]]<br>London SW1P 3AY<br>Telephone: 020 7340 2650<br>Fax: 020 7222 5859<br>Email: info@policyexchange.org.uk <br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> <references/><br /> [[category:neocons]] [[category:Think Tanks]] [[Category:Healthcare Industry]][[Category:Conservative movement]]</div>

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<p>Admin: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:London_Clutha_m.jpg|upright|thumb|200px|Policy Exchange's offices at [[Clutha House]], [[10 Storey's Gate]]|text-bottom]]<br /> '''Policy Exchange''' is a neoconservative orientated think-tank with close ties to [[David Cameron]]. <ref>Andy Beckett, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?]’, ''Guardian'', 26 September 2008.</ref> It was launched in April 2002 by two former [[Asda]] executives [[Francis Maude]] and [[Archie Norman]] with [[Nicholas Boles]] as its founding director. <ref>Ed Vaizey, The New Breed of Policy Wonk is a Doer and a Thinker, ''Sunday Times'', 14 July 2002.</ref> It is part of the [[Stockholm Network]] <ref>[http://www.stockholm-network.org/network/details.php Think Tank details], Stockholm Network, accessed 7 April 2009.</ref> a working group of European market-oriented think-tanks.<br /> <br /> In 2011 [[Tim Montgomerie|Montgomerie]] wrote, 'the old rightwing thinktanks weren't particularly helpful to the Tory modernisers and so they built their own. Policy Exchange helped [[Michael Gove]] develop his schools agenda. The [[Centre for Social Justice]] gave [[Iain Duncan Smith]] his poverty-fighting plans.' <ref>Tim Montgomerie, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/26/ed-miliband-learn-tory-opposition-experience Ed Miliband should learn from the Tory opposition experience]', guardian.co.uk, 26 September 2011.</ref> In 2012 he described the two think-tanks as having 'been the most influential centre right think tank of the last decade.' <ref>Tim Montgomerie, '[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2012/03/the-policy_exchange-think-tank-begins-its-second-decade-with-a-focus-on-the-striving-classes.html Policy Exchange begins its second decade with a focus on the striving classes]', Conservative Home, 9 March 2012</ref><br /> <br /> ==Origins and launch==<br /> Policy Exchange was established by a group of Conservative MPs who had backed [[Michael Portillo|Michael Portillo’s]] campaign in the 2001 [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] leadership contest. [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]], who had recently admitted having had homosexual experiences, advocated a shift towards more liberal social attitudes, whilst maintaining a commitment to right-wing economic policy. Dubbed ‘Portillistas’ by Westminster commentators, [[Michael Portillo|Portillo’s]] backers saw themselves as modernisers of an out of touch party which had put off potential voters through its negativity, xenophobia and social conservatism. <br /> <br /> [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]] withdrew from the Conservative leadership race on the evening of 17 July 2001 and subsequently announced that he would leave politics. According to the ''Independent'' the eleven Shadow Cabinet colleagues who had backed him were subsequently dubbed ‘the living dead’ in Westminster. <ref>Andrew Grice, ‘[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-living-dead-ponder-their-future-after-backing-wrong-horse-in-leadership-contest-678344.html?cmp=ilc-n The living dead' ponder their future after backing wrong horse in leadership contest]’, ''Independent'', 20 July 2001; p.10.</ref> <br /> <br /> Only days later, one of the ‘living dead’, [[Archie Norman]] a former CEO of [[Asda]], told the ''Daily Telegraph''’s Rachel Sylvester that he and other [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]] supporters were planning to set up a think-tank saying: ‘I came into public life to help transform the [[Conservative Party]] so it can win again, and that's what I'm still about.’ <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1334767/Norman-still-selling-Portillos-dream.html Norman still selling Portillo's dream]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 21 July 2001.</ref> On 21 July the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' ran a front page headline, ‘Portillo supporters to fight on’. Archie Norman was quoted as saying:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">We've got hundreds of thousands of people who don't want to lose what we were creating, we've got financial support from people who wanted to invest in this as the future of the party and we would like to find a way of channelling that and harnessing it. <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1334769/Portillo-supporters-to-fight-on.html Portillo supporters to fight on]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 21 July 2001; p.1.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> That August the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' published a letter from the ‘Portillistas’ in which they said they planned to establish ‘a new forum, firmly rooted within the party, devoted to developing the ideas that will form the basis of a genuinely modern [[Conservative Party]].’ <ref>‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/4264708/Leader-needs-radical-new-advisory-forum.html Letters: Leader needs radical new advisory forum]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 10 August 2001; p.29.</ref> The letter was signed by [[Francis Maude]], [[Archie Norman]], [[Tim Yeo]], [[Andrew Mackay]], [[Peter Ainsworth]], [[Theresa May]], [[Edward Garnier]], [[Peter Lilley]], [[Damian Green]], [[Nicholas Soames]], [[Julie Kirkbride]], [[Stephen Dorrell]] and [[Nicholas Gibb]]. <ref>‘Letters: Leader needs radical new advisory forum’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 10 August 2001; p.29.</ref> At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">It was mostly Archie Norman’s idea. I raised the money and hired [[Nick Boles]] to be its first Director. Together we recruited [[Michael Gove]] to be its first chairman, having taken the unusually self-effacing position that its board should contain no active politicians. ... <p>We wanted Policy Exchange at the start to focus on four policy areas: public service reform; decentralisation; internationalism; and the environment. The point was to develop new centre-right thinking and solutions to the issues that people most cared about but which the [[Conservative Party]] seemed to ignore. <ref>‘[http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/14/Maude_PX_speech.pdf Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref></p></blockquote><br /> <br /> In early October, a week before the Tory Party Conference, the party’s new leader [[Iain Duncan Smith]] reportedly met for private talks with [[Francis Maude]], and the latter agreed to delay the launch of the think-tank until after the party conference. <ref>David Crackwell, ‘Duncan Smith in secret deal with Portillistas Tory leader agrees truce before party conference’, ''Sunday Telegraph'', 7 October 2001</ref> The truce was cemented with an offer from the ‘Portillistas’ that [[Iain Duncan Smith]] would be appointed Honorary President of the think-tank <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1364683/We-must-change-to-survive-say-Tory-webmasters.html We must change to survive, say Tory webmasters]’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 8 December 2001; p.14.</ref> – an offer which apparently came to nothing.<br /> <br /> [[Image:X-Chance & C Change Logos.JPG|thumb|280px|right|The logos for 'XChange', as Policy Exchange was originally branded in 2001, and the affiliated group [[Conservatives for Change]] or 'CChange'. The two were presumably kept separate to allow Policy Exchange to apply for charitable status as a non-partisan organisation.]]<br /> <br /> [[Archie Norman]], [[Francis Maude]], and their allies decided to set up two separate think-tanks as part of their modernisation project. One, XChange Ideas or simply XChange, would be rebranded as Policy Exchange a few months later. A company limited by guarantee, formed in October 2001, became XChange Ideas on 9 November 2001. A separate company [[Conservatives for Change]] was also was set up that October, and was branded CChange. The two were presumably kept separate to allow Policy Exchange to apply for charitable status as a non-partisan organisation. [[Conservatives for Change]] supplied the initial funding for Policy Exchange, with a loan of £75,000. <ref>see [[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2002.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2002]], p.4</ref><br /> <br /> In December the group set up the websites cchange.org.uk and xchange.org.uk for people to register their interest in the projects prior to the launch of XChange or Policy Exchange's full website. <br /> <br /> The full website <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk> was registered on 28 January 2002 and went live a few months later. <ref>The first entry in the internet archive for the website is from 25 May 2002. See Internet Archive Wayback Machine, [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.policyexchange.org.uk policyexchange.org.uk] [Accessed 5 February 2010].</ref> Policy Exchange was officially launched at the Tate Gallery in Central London on the evening of 29 April 2002. <ref>Patrick Wintour, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/apr/29/publicservices.politics People want say in local services]’, ''Guardian'', 29 April 2002; Melissa Kite, ‘Portillo’s allies call for more mayors’, ''The Times'', 29 April 2002</ref><br /> <br /> ==Expansion==<br /> At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that 'In those early days it sometimes struggled for attention, and money. It felt then like a cottage industry, while today it bestrides the policy landscape like a colossus. <ref>‘[http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/14/Maude_PX_speech.pdf Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref> Tim Adams wrote in ''The Observer'' in 2008:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In the three years since [[David Cameron|Cameron's]] speech, as his star has risen so has that of Policy Exchange (despite the embarrassment of ''Newsnight'''s exposé of its questionable research into radical Islam, and the recent report suggesting northern cities were doomed). Its staff has increased from 5 to 35, its budget, mostly donations from the City, has grown nearly tenfold. One of its founders, [[Nick Boles]], has become head of policy for [[David Cameron|Cameron]]; its former chief researcher, [[James O'Shaughnessy]], is now chief researcher at Tory central office; current director [[Anthony Browne]] has just been appointed head of policy for [[Boris Johnson]] in London... By the time of this year's Policy Exchange summer party, attended by the entire Cameron court, and a good proportion of [[New Labour|New Labour's]] old entourage, there was a glister of a movement that believed it was winning the argument. <ref>Tim Adams, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/31/conservatives.thinktanks 'Have the Right taken all the best ideas?'], ''The Observer'', 31 August 2008</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> ==Charitable status==<br /> Policy Exchange applied for charitable status and was registered with the Charity Commission on 3 March 2003. Registering as a charity can provide numerous tax breaks for think-tanks. Charities do not normally have to pay corporation tax, capital gains tax, or stamp duty, and gifts to charities are free of inheritance tax. They can also pay significantly reduced business rates (e.g. council tax) on the buildings they occupy. <br /> <br /> Policy Exchange’s application to the Charity Commission was based on the application made by the New Labour orientated think-tank [[IPPR]]. Former Policy Exchange director [[Anthony Browne]] told the ''Guardian'': ‘We basically borrowed the IPPR's claim for charitable status and changed the words “centre-left” to “centre-right”’. <ref>Andy Beckett, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?]’, ''Guardian'', 26 September 2008.</ref> Similarly [[Anthony Browne| Browne’s]] predecessor, [[Nicholas Boles]] has said: “Before we set up Policy Exchange I went and chatted with [[Matthew Taylor]] [then director of [[IPPR]]], a friend, and when we approached the Charity Commission we put in an almost identical proposal to them. The joke, which is not quite true, is that the only difference was substituting 'centre-right' for 'centre-left'.” <ref>David Hencke, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jun/07/conservatives.thinktanks The new Conservative generation]’, ''Guardian'', 7 June 2008</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange was investigated by the Charity Commission after an MP complained in February 2007 that it was close to the [[Conservative Party]]. The Charity Commission report found no evidence of party political bias but identified a number of issues:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">'''events hosted by the Charity''' – For an event to be educational under charity law it needs to be clearly linked to and advance a programme of research which should be identified prior to the event. We identified that the charity had hosted a series of one-off events to stimulate ideas or to promote the charity’s brand which often included attendance by MP’s;<p>'''dissemination of information''' – Research papers produced by the Charity are easily accessible on their website, however, very little information was given on other events hosted by the Charity. All charities must demonstrate that they operate for the public benefit. In this case, Policy Exchange could demonstrate public benefit through the dissemination of transcripts and papers arising out of each event;</p><p>'''and transparency''' – The original source of concern was that the Charity was supporting a political party and carrying out political activities. Whilst the Commission determined that there was no evidence of party political bias we determined that there is a need for greater transparency, particularly on Policy Exchange’s website. Information contained on the website following events in 2007 failed to sufficiently highlight or identify the cross-party speakers at events hosted by the Charity. <ref>Policy Exchange, Regulatory Case Report, Charities Commission, 18 July 2008</ref></p></blockquote><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange agreed to conduct a 12-month review of the areas identified by the Commission.<br /> <br /> ==Personnel==<br /> ===Current and former trustees===<br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" float: right align="right" width="60%"><br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Name of Board Member</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Stated occupation</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Date of Appointment</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Date of resignation</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Theodore Agnew]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">1 April 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Richard Briance]]</td><br /> <td>Banker</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2006</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Simon Brocklebank-Fowler]]</td><br /> <td>Managing Partner</td><br /> <td align="center">12 October 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Robin Edwards]]</td><br /> <td>Treasurer</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Richard Ehrman]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">19 July 2005</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Virginia Fraser]]</td><br /> <td>Writer for House & Garden</td><br /> <td align="center">31 July 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Charles Moore]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">2 December 2004</td><br /> <td align="center">June 2011</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[George Robinson]]</td><br /> <td>Investment Manager</td><br /> <td align="center">10 November 2004</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Robert Rosenkranz]]</td><br /> <td>Chairman & CEO, [[Dephi Financial Group]]</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Edward Sells]]</td><br /> <td>Chartered Accountant</td><br /> <td align="center">30 October 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Timothy Steel]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">30 October 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Alice Thomson]]</td><br /> <td>British Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Rachel Whetstone]]</td><br /> <td>Account Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Simon Wolfson]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">2 December 2008</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Adam Afriyie]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">9 May 2005</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Colin Barrow]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2005</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Camilla Cavendish]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Iain Dale]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">27 February 2007</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Michael Gove]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2006</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Francis Maude]]</td><br /> <td>MP</td><br /> <td align="center">2 November 2001</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[John Micklethwait]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">27 February 2007</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Elizabeth Noel]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">5 June 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">26 February 2008</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[David Willetts]]</td><br /> <td>MP</td><br /> <td align="center">2 November 2001</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> </table><br /> <br /> According to [[Neil O'Brien]], the trustees of Policy Exchange 'don’t exercise a strong direction of what we in the office will do' but are mainly used 'as a sounding board' or for their connections. He told Total Politics: 'They give incredible amounts of their time to help us meet people, give us people who give us information, people who can help fund things... They help us build our network of people out there. We always say that you are never more than two or three jumps away from being able to talk to anyone. One of our trustees will know someone who knows someone.' <ref>Ben Duckworth, '[http://www.totalpolitics.com/articles/294267/in-conversation-with-neil-oand39brien.thtml In conversation with... Neil O'Brien]', Total Politics, 8 February 2012</ref><br /> <br /> The table on the right displays information on the current and former directors of Policy Exchange Ltd as registered with Companies House on 3 January 2010. Policy Exchange is both a charity and a company limited by guarantee (i.e. without shareholders), meaning that these directors are also the trustees of the charity. The 14 current directors (i.e. those where no resignation date is provided) are displayed first in alphabetical order, followed by the company’s former directors. <br /> <br /> The earliest directors were the Conservative MPs [[David Willetts]] and [[Francis Maude]] who resigned in June 2002 and were replaced by a number of public figures (initially mainly journalists) with less direct connections to the [[Conservative Party]]. The most notable of the early trustees was [[Michael Gove]] who was appointed Chairman of Policy Exchange. He was then a ''Times'' columnist, but would later become a Conservative MP and then a Minister in the Cameron Government. Other trustees who have since left the board include [[John Micklethwait]], a writer for ''[[The Economist]]'', and [[Iain Dale]] a right-wing author and blogger who subsequently became a columnist at the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''.<br /> <br /> The 13 current trustees are a mixture of right-wing journalists and wealthy businessmen. [[Theodore Agnew]], [[Richard Briance]], [[Simon Brocklebank-Fowler]], [[George Robinson]], [[Edward Sells]] and [[Simon Wolfson]] are all British businessmen or financiers who have donated to the [[Conservative Party]]. <ref>Further details are provided on each individual’s page.</ref> [[Robert Rosenkranz]], an American multi-millionaire financier would be precluded from donating as a foreigner but has provided funding to Policy Exchange and [[Localis]] <Ref>The Rosenkranz Foundation, [http://rosenkranzfdn.org/publicpolicy.html Areas of Interest - Public Policy] [Accessed 16 April 2010]</ref> (and the neoconservative [[American Enterprise Institute]]<ref>The Rosenkranz Foundation, [http://rosenkranzfdn.org/aboutus.html About Us] [Accessed 16 April 2010]</ref>)<br /> <br /> Those trustees who are not drawn from the world of business or finance are all affiliated to Britain’s conservative press. [[Virginia Fraser]] is the widow of [[Frank Johnson]], <ref>Alan Watkins, '[http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/5529588/man-and-urchin.thtml BOOK REVIEW: Best Seat in the House]', ''The Spectator'', 11 November 2009</ref> a former deputy editor of the ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' (1995-99) and editor of ''[[The Spectator]]''. <ref>'[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1537000/Frank-Johnson.html Frank Johnson]', ''Daily Telegraph'', 15 December 2010.</ref> [[Alice Thomson]] is a comment writer at ''[[The Times]]'' and a former associate editor of the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' <ref>Kamal Ahmed, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/may/25/uk.euro1 Old pals plot to sabotage project for a new Europe]', ''The Observer'', 25 May 2003.</ref> and [[Charles Moore]], Policy Exchange’s Chairman, is a former editor of the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'', and ''[[The Spectator]]''.<br /> <br /> In June 2011 Charles Moore stepped down as chairman 'to focus on his Telegraph columns and his biography of Margaret Thatcher'. His replacement was [[Daniel Finkelstein]] of ''[[The Times]]'', a close ally of [[George Osborne]]. <ref>Tim Montgomerie, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2011/06/new-chairman-of-policy_exchange-is-dannythefink.html New Chairman of Policy Exchange is Daniel Finkelstein], conservativehome, 15 June 2011, accessed 21 June 2011 </ref><br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ===Directors===<br /> Policy Exchange’s first director was [[Nick Boles]], a former member of Westminster City Council considered part of the ‘[[Notting Hill Set]]’ – an informal group of young Conservatives connected to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]. Before joining Westminster Council [[Nick Boles|Boles]] ran a DIY business, prior to which he 'worked for a few years in Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe, helping state-owned industries prepare for private ownership.' <ref>[[Media:Meet Nick Boles.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.nickboles.com/about/meet-nick-boles> created 13 May 2010.</ref> Boles is a former flatmate of [[Michael Gove]] <ref>Sam Coates, Francis Elliott, Fran Yeoman and Helen Nugent, '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6194886.ece The new generation of Conservative candidates]', ''The Times'', 30 April 2009.</ref> who was Chairman of Policy Exchange whilst [[Nick Boles|Boles]] was director. Both men are signatories to the statement of principles of the [[Henry Jackson Society Project for Democratic Geopolitics]], a British neoconservative organisation. <br /> <br /> [[Nick Boles|Boles]] left Policy Exchange in February 2007 to concentrate on his bid to be Mayor of London. <ref>Iain Dale's Diary, '[http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/02/nicholas-boles-steps-down-from-policy.html Nicholas Boles Steps Down from Policy Exchange]', 21 February 2007.</ref> On his time at Policy Exchange Boles has stated:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">My biggest achievement in politics so far has been to set up and run Policy Exchange, which is now the largest and most influential policy research institute on the centre right. While I was its director, Policy Exchange devised policies to make police forces more accountable to local people, to expand the number of places in good schools and to give local communities incentives to build more houses. We also exposed the activities of Islamic extremists in some mosques in the UK and their effect on the attitudes of young British Muslims. Many of our ideas have been adopted by the [[Conservative Party]] under [[David Cameron]]. <ref>[[Media:Meet Nick Boles.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.nickboles.com/about/meet-nick-boles> created 13 May 2010.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> [[Image:Neil O'Brien and Anthony Browne.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Policy Exchange's third director [[Neil O'Brien]] (left) with his predecessor [[Anthony Browne]] (right). Photograph by Teri Pengilley from guardian.co.uk.]]<br /> <br /> [[Nick Boles|Boles]] was replaced by the Chief Political Correspondent of ''[[The Times]]'' [[Anthony Browne]]. <ref>Iain Dale's Diary, '[http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/02/nicholas-boles-steps-down-from-policy.html Nicholas Boles Steps Down from Policy Exchange]', 21 February 2007.</ref> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] had worked as a Business analyst in the late 1980s before becoming a journalist. Prior to joining ''[[The Times]]'' he worked at the [[BBC]] and the [[Observer]]. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> During his time at ''[[The Times]]'', Browne became embroiled in controversy over his comments on VDare, an anti-immigration US web forum, affiliated to the [[Center for American Unity]]. <ref> Chris Tryhorn, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/aug/03/media.pressandpublishing Bloggers target Times writer], ''Guardian'', 3 August 2005.</ref><br /> <br /> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] was Director of Policy Exchange for just over a year. <ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> According to ConservativeHome's ToryDiary 'During his time at PX there was a doubling of staff numbers but a concern that the think tank became too close to Project Cameron.' <ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2008/07/anthony-browne.html Anthony Browne leaves Policy Exchange to become Boris Johnson's Policy Director], ToryDiary, ConservativeHome, 21 July 2008.</ref><br /> <br /> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] was appointed as Policy Director to the Mayor of London on 21 July. The ''Guardian'' remarked: 'Browne's appointment – the fourth from Policy Exchange to get a top job in the Tory party – marks a further high watermark in the influence of Policy Exchange on future Tory policy.' <ref>David Hencke, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/conservatives.thinktanks A change in the political weather], guardian.co.uk, 22 July 2008.</ref> [[Anthony Browne|Browne’s]] predecessor [[Nick Boles]] had been appointed Interim Chief of Staff for the London Mayor [[Boris Johnson]] <ref>Robert Watts and Jonathan Oliver, '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3908506.ece Boris Tory HQ team puts reins on Boris Johnson]', ''Sunday Times'', 11 May 2008.</ref> before being appointed head of [[David Cameron|David Cameron's]] Implementation Unit, where he was responsible for drawing up the Tories' plans for government along with Policy Exchange founder [[Francis Maude]]. <ref>Andrew Grice, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/talent-2010-the-politician-nick-boles-1848088.html Talent 2010: The politician, Nick Boles]', ''Independent'', 26 December 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> In September 2008 [[Neil O’Brien]], director of the right-wing eurosceptic think-tank [[Open Europe]], was appointed as [[Anthony Browne|Browne’s]] successor. A young Oxford graduate, [[Neil O’Brien| O’Brien]] joined the campaign against Britain joining the single currency as an economics researcher <ref>Adam Branson, 'Ire starter - Neil O'Brien, director, Policy Exchange', ''Regeneration and Renewal'', 8 June 2009</ref> and according to an article in the ''Guardian'', 'has a background in City PR', <ref>Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], ''Guardian'', G2, 26 September 2008.</ref> He was director of [[Open Europe]] from its launch in 2005 to September 2008 when it was announced that O'Brien had been appointed head of Policy Exchange.<br /> <br /> *[[Mark Skelton]] - deputy director from May 2011. Joined from management consultancy [[PA Consulting Group]] and was aa Conservative Parliamentary candidate in the 2010 elections. He is a former deputy director of the [[Parliamentary Resources Unit]].<ref> [http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/think-tank-news/news-detail/newsarticle/policy-exchange-names-former-tory-election-candidate-as-new-deputy-director/45/ Policy Exchange names former Tory election candidate as new deputy director], Public Affairs News, 7 April 2011, accessed 9 June 2011 </ref><br /> <br /> *[[Amy Fisher]] - communications director. Previously worked at [[Google]] where she was responsible for policy communications across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before that worked in the [[Conservative Campaign Headquarters]] press office. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=36 People: Amy Fisher], accessed 9 November 2010. </ref><br /> <br /> ===Former directors===<br /> <br /> *[[Natalie Evans]] - was deputy director until April 2011, responsible for the output and strategic direction of the research team. Left to join [[New Schools Network]]. Before this was Head of Policy at the [[British Chambers of Commerce]] and Deputy Director at the [[Conservative Research Department]], specialising in welfare and economic issues. <ref> Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=16 People: Natalie Evans], accessed 9 November 2010. </ref><br /> <br /> ==Research focus==<br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange Research Areas Piechart.JPG|thumb|280px|right|Piechart showing the relative prominence of Policy Exchange’s Research Areas between 2003 and 2010.<ref>The data displayed in this chart is based on the total number of events and publications as listed on the Policy Exchange website on 3 January 2011.</ref>]]<br /> <br /> Policy Exchange states that it is ‘particularly interested in free market and localist solutions to public policy questions’. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - About Us.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/about/> created 9 April 2010</ref> Like other right-wing think-tanks much of its research advocates the expansion of private power through the promotion of 'free market' policies. In the case of Policy Exchange however, these measures tend to be presented as progressive solutions to social problems, something it describes as 'Using centre-right means to progressive ends'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - About Us.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/about/> created 9 April 2010</ref> It divides its research into nine categories: Arts & Culture, Crime & Justice, Economics, Education, Environment & Energy, Foreign Policy & Security, Government & Philosophy, Health and Social Policy. <br /> <br /> The pie chart on the right displays the total number of events and publications listed in each policy area up to 31 December 2010. The same data is displayed in the table below, which shows the growth in the total number of events and publications as well as the relative prominence of each research area year on year.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange Research Areas Chart.JPG|thumb|800px|center|Chart showing the relative prominence of Policy Exchange’s Research Areas year on year between 2003 and 2010.<ref>The data displayed in this chart is based on the total number of events and publications as listed on the Policy Exchange website on 3 January 2011. The graph shows the think-tanks significant expansion since its launch in 2003.</ref>]]<br /> <br /> ==Foreign policy & security==<br /> As the data displayed in the graphs above shows, the policy area described by Policy Exchange as ‘Foreign Policy & Security’ has been the think-tank’s greatest area of activity after economics. The main concern of the Foreign Policy & Security Unit, at least in terms of publications, has been domestic counterterrorism and ‘extremism’, with the focus being on British Muslims. The ‘About’ section of the Foreign Policy & Security webpage states that Policy Exchange stands for ‘Preventing extremism’ and ‘Backing progressives against reactionaries’. It criticises the Labour Government for allegedly ‘deal[ing] with relatively extreme groups at the expense of moderates,’ and calls for the Government to ‘confront those who do not accept the foundations of a liberal society’. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Foreign Policy & Security - About.pdf|Screengrab]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/research_areas/foreign_policy_and_security.cgi> created 9 April 2010.</ref> <br /> <br /> Given its relative overall prominence Policy Exchange has published relatively few reports in this area, listing only eight publications up to 31 December 2009 <ref>This is based on information posted on Policy Exchange’s website on 9 April 2010. In addition to these eight reports Policy Exchange also published an official response to its report ‘Choosing our friends wisely’ written by the Director General of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism.</ref> (although its most controversial report ''[[The Hijacking of British Islam]]'' has been removed from its website). The first of these reports, called ‘Regime Change - It's Been Done Before’, was published on 15 May 2003, shortly after Britain and the United States invaded Iraq. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003)</ref> It was sponsored by [[Conrad Black]], who had employed the Foreign Policy & Security Unit’s current director [[Dean Godson]] as a special assistant and leader writer at the Telegraph Group. <ref>Tom Bower, Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge, (HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006) p.138.</ref> ([[Conrad Black|Black]] was subsequently convicted of fraud in the US and sentenced to six and a half years in prison.<ref>Conrad Black, ‘[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3031516.ece Conrad Black is sentenced to 6½ years in jail – after festive season is over]’, ''The Times'', 11 December 2007.</ref>)<br /> <br /> The Regime Change report was edited by [[Roger Gough]] and grew out of a Policy Exchange round-table held in early March 2003. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003) p.16.</ref> The report included a foreword by the former Foreign Secretary [[Douglas Hurd]] (considered a ‘realist’ on foreign policy <ref>e.g. Julian Flanagan, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7535497/Douglas-Hurd-I-am-not-brilliant.-Not-a-great-original.html Douglas Hurd: “I am not brilliant. Not a great original”]’, Daily Telegraph, 30 March 2010.</ref>), and essays from a number of contributors who considered previous examples of ‘regime change’ in West Germany, Japan, Cambodia, South Africa, Haiti, East Timor, The West Balkans and Afghanistan. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003)</ref><br /> <br /> The Foreign Policy & Security Unit was originally called the International Programme and was headed by [[Anna Reid]], a former journalist with ''[[The Economist]]''. <ref>Anna Reid (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Taming_Terrorism.pdf Taming Terrorism]'' (Policy Exchange, February 2005) p.13.</ref> A separate programme on ‘Terrorism and Security’ emerged in 2006 which was eventually merged with its International Programme to form the Foreign Policy & Security Unit, as it is now known.<br /> <br /> The Terrorism and Security programme – originally part of the International Programme and then separate for a period – emerged under the leadership of the right-wing journalist [[Dean Godson]]. [[Dean Godson|Godson]] joined Policy Exchange from the ''Telegraph'', following a purge of the paper’s most explicitly Atlanticist commentators after a change of ownership. In 2004 ''Telegraph'' editor [[Martin Newland]] told the ''Guardian'':<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">I soon came to recognise we were speaking a language on geopolitical events and even domestic events that was dictated too much from across the Atlantic. It's OK to be pro-Israel, but not to be unbelievably pro-Likud Israel, it's OK to be pro-American but not look as if you're taking instructions from Washington. [[Dean Godson]] and [[Barbara Amiel]] were key departures. <Ref>Maggie Brown, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/nov/15/thedailytelegraph.mondaymediasection Newland unleashed]’, ''Guardian'', 15 November 2004.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange listed [[Dean Godson|Godson]] as leading the think-tank’s work on ‘Terrorism and Security’ from June 2006, <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060619185223/www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/International.aspx 12 June 2006]</ref> and by August he was listed as Research Director of the think-tank’s International Programme (which then included Terrorism and Security) with its former head Anna Reid listed as an Associate Fellow. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060909055746/www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/International.aspx 13 August 2006]</ref> <br /> <br /> ==Reports on British Muslims==<br /> ===Martin Bright pamphlet===<br /> [[Image:When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Policy Exchange's 2006 pamphlet ‘When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries’ written by the then ''[[New Statesman]]'' journalist [[Martin Bright]].]]<br /> In July 2006 Policy Exchange published a pamphlet called ‘When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries’ written by the then ''New Statesman'' journalist [[Martin Bright]]. In the acknowledgments for the report [[Martin Bright|Bright]] wrote, ‘In particular I wish to thank [[Dean Godson]], whose driving energy and immense professionalism kept the project on the rails.’ <ref>Martin Bright, ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/pdfs/When_Prog.pdf When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries: The British State's flirtation with radical Islamism]'' (Policy Exchange, July 2006)</ref><br /> <br /> The pamphlet was a collection of a series of stories by [[Martin Bright]] on the British Governments relations with Muslim groups. <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=13 Publications - When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries: The British State's flirtation with radical Islamism], Policy Exchange, accessed 3 April 2009.</ref> Bright said he chose Policy Exchange, a 'slightly provocative publisher, because I believe a coalition of the left and right needs to be built around this issue.' <ref>James Silver, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/aug/06/mondaymediasection.politicsandthemedia1 Politically Correct - Interview: Martin Bright], ''Guardian'', 6 October 2007.</ref><br /> <br /> Much of the material came from Foreign Office official [[Derek Pasquill]], who was strongly critical of Foreign Office adviser [[Mockbul Ali]] and the Government's relationship with the [[Muslim Council of Britain]].<ref> Derek Pasquill, [http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2008/01/british-muslim-story-case I had no choice but to leak], New Statesman,17 January 2009.</ref> Pasquill was charged under the Official Secrets Act, but the case was dropped in January 2008. According to a ''[[Guardian]]'' report on the hearing, the prosecution ‘indicated that internal FCO papers revealed that senior officials privately admitted that, far from harming British interests, Pasquill's leaking of the documents had actually helped to provoke a constructive debate.’<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/10/pressandpublishing.medialaw Civil servant who leaked rendition secrets goes free], ''Guardian'', 10 January 2008.</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange has claimed <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/Terrorism-and-Security.aspx Terrorism and Security], Policy Exchange, accessed 6 March 2008.</ref> that the pamphlet influenced Communities Secretary [[Ruth Kelly]] to change the Government's relations with Muslim organisations. <ref>[http://www.communities.gov.uk/archived/speeches/corporate/values-responsibilities Britain: our values, our responsibilities], [[Ruth Kelly]], [[Communities and Local Government]], 11 October 2006.</ref><br /> <br /> ===BBC Newsnight controversy===<br /> In October 2007 Policy Exchange published ''[[The Hijacking of British Islam]]'', a report which was revealed by [[BBC]] ''[[Newsnight]]'' as being based in part on fabricated evidence, and which has since been removed from Policy Exchange's website.<br /> <br /> The full title of the report was ''The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK''. It was written by [[Denis MacEoin]] and overseen by [[Dean Godson]]. <ref>The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK, by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007.</ref> According to the report, which claimed to be 'the most comprehensive academic survey of such literature ever produced in this country', Policy Exchange sent four Muslim research teams to almost 100 mosques across Britain, and found radical material at 25 per cent of the institutions surveyed. <ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/30586814/Hijacking-of-British-Islam The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK], by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007, p.5.</ref>The Report's recommendations included calls for the British authorities to reconsider their relationship to the [[Muslim Council of Britain]], the [[Islamic Foundation]] and the [[Muslim Safety Forum]].<ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/30586814/Hijacking-of-British-Islam The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK], by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007, p7.</ref><br /> <br /> The report's findings were widely covered in the British media with articles appearing in, for example, The ''[[Daily Mail]]'' <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=432 Excerpts from articles featuring Policy Exchange - October 30 2007]: Daily Mail: Agenda of hate in British mosques is linked to Saudis, Policy Exchange (accessed 9 March 2008)</ref>, the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''<ref>[[Toby Helm]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/30/nmosques130.xml 'Hate literature easily found at UK mosques']', ''Daily Telegraph'', 31 October 2007.</ref> and ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>[[Sean O'Neill]], [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2767252.ece Lessons in hate found at leading mosques], ''The Times'', 30 October 2007.</ref> According to ''[[Newsnight]]'' editor [[Peter Barron]], the [[BBC]] had originally been due to run an exclusive report on the findings:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">On the planned day of broadcast our reporter [[Richard Watson]] came to me and said he had a problem. He had put the claim and shown a receipt to one of the mosques mentioned in the report - The [[Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre]] in London. They had immediately denied selling the book and said the receipt was not theirs.<p>On closer examination, the BBC identified particular concerns about five of the receipts in particular:<br /> # In all five cases the mosques involved said the receipts did not belong to them.<br /> # The expert analysis showed that all five had been printed on an inkjet printer - suggesting they were created on a PC.<br /> #The analysis found "strong evidence" that two of the receipts were written by the same person.<br /> #The analysis found that one of the receipts had been written out while resting on another receipt said to be from a mosque 40 miles away. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/12/disastrous__misjudgement.html 'Disastrous misjudgement?'], by [[Peter Barron]], BBC News - The Editors, 13 December 2007.</ref></p></blockquote><br /> [[Image:DeanGodson.jpg|right|thumb|[[Dean Godson]] on ''[[Newsnight]]'' on 12 December 2007. [[Dean Godson|Godson]] accused ''[[Newsnight]]'' editor [[Peter Barron]] of 'disastrous editorial misjudgement' and 'appalling stewardship'.]]<br /> <br /> On 12 December 2007, ''[[Newsnight]]'' ran a report on these concerns, followed by a studio discussion between [[Jeremy Paxman]] and [[Dean Godson]], during which Godson accused Barron of 'disastrous editorial misjudgement' and of 'appalling stewardship of ''Newsnight'''. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/12/newsnight_response_to_policy_exchange_statement.html BBC News - Talk About Newsnight - Newsnight Response to Policy Exchange Statement], 14 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref> In an initial statement the think tank responded: 'the executive of Policy Exchange will meet on Thursday 13th to discuss legal action against the BBC'.<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=475 Policy Exchange and BBC Newsnight], Policy Exchange, 12 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref>A second response the next day stated that 'Policy Exchange is in legal consultations about action in this matter.'<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=476 Policy Exchange and Newsnight (2)],[[Policy Exchange]], 13 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref>The BBC responded: 'Policy Exchange's statement is misleading in many ways and doesn't answer the simple question raised by Newsnight's film. Given that the Policy Exchange report was based on the testimony of the researchers who gathered the receipts, do they believe all the receipts are genuine?'<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/12/newsnight_response_to_policy_exchange_statement.html BBC News - Talk About Newsnight - Newsnight Response to Policy Exchange Statement], 14 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008. </ref> In the Daily Telegraph on 15 December, Policy Exchange Chairman [[Charles Moore]] accused [[Peter Barron]] of questioning the receipts in order to justify his original decision not to run the report.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/12/15/do1501.xml Newsnight told a small story over a big one], by [[Charles Moore]], Daily Telegraph, 15 December 2007</ref><br /> <br /> On 17 December, The Times issued an apology to Dr [[Muhammad Abdul Bari]] of the [[East London Mosque]] in connection with its coverage of the report.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3059836.ece Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari], [[The Times]], 17 December 2007.</ref><br /> <br /> In February 2008, ''Private Eye'' reported that 'furious Conservatives say they've no option but to sue or take a dossier on [[Peter Barron]], ''[[Newsnight|Newsnight's]]'' editor, to the BBC's senior management.' <ref>Media News: Newsnight and the Mosques, by '[[Ratbiter]]', [[Private Eye]] No. 1203, 8 February-21 February 2008, p.8.</ref> In a letter in the following issue, Barron responded 'Policy Exchange promised to investigate these discrepancies, but two months later they have still not said if they believe these receipts are genuine.' <ref>Receipt deceit? by [[Peter Barron]], Private Eye No.1204, 22 February-6 March 2008, p.15</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange did not bring its threatened legal action against the BBC but in September 2008, the North London Central Mosque issued a writ in the High Court over the report's allegations. <ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0adc306-8906-11dd-a179-0000779fd18c.html London mosque sues think-tank], by Megan Murphy, FT.com, 23 September 2008; ''North London Central Mosque v. The Policy Exchange and Denis McEoin'', claim number HQ08X03441, filed 4 September 2008</ref> The case came to the High Court in December 2009 but was struck out by the Judge on the basis that the Trust could not sue in defamation as it was not a corporate entity or legal person. <ref>'[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=44814 Eady: Mosque charitable trust can't sue for libel]', ''Press Gazette'', 22 December 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> In March 2009, the report appeared to have been removed from the Policy Exchange website, where the following statement appeared:<br /> ::The Hijacking of British Islam:<br /> <br /> ::Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre<br /> <br /> ::In this report we state that Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre is one of the Centres where extremist literature was found. Policy Exchange accepts the Centre’s assurances that none of the literature cited in the Report has ever been sold or distributed at the Centre with the knowledge or consent of the Centre’s trustees or staff, who condemn the extremist and intolerant views set out in such literature. We are happy to set the record straight.<ref>Sunny Hundal, [http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2009/03/30/exclusive-policy-exchange-forced-to-apologise-takes-report-off-website/ Exclusive: Policy Exchange forced to apologise; takes report off website], Liberal Conspiracy, 30 March 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/ Policy Exchange, accessed 2 April 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ==Health reform==<br /> On health policy, Policy Exchange says it is "committed to the values of the NHS in providing universal healthcare for all', although it believes that "private sector companies and third sector providers can play a key role in delivering what patients want from a modern National Health Service", ie not an NHS free at the point of need.<br /> ===Health people===<br /> *[[Max Chambers]], Senior Research Fellow - Health: Max Chambers joined Policy Exchange in February 2009. He is Senior Research Fellow, leading Policy Exchange’s Health and Social Care programme and contributing to the Crime and Justice Unit. Before joining Policy Exchange, Max worked as a researcher for the Shadow Justice and Home Affairs teams in Parliament, and was involved with a number of the Conservative Party’s crime and justice policy reviews.<ref>Policy Exchange[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=40 Max Chambers profile], accessed November 2010</ref><br /> *[[Henry Featherstone]], ex-Head of Health and Social Care (dates tbc). In August 2010 Featherstone joined [[Fleishman-Hillard]]’s London healthcare public affairs and corporate communications team as a senior policy adviser. Prior to this Henry worked in the NHS as a junior doctor and also spent several years working in Parliament for a number of leading Conservative politicians, including [[Archie Norman]], [[Francis Maude]] and [[Greg Clark]]. More recently he was chief of staff to [[James Arbuthnot]] MP, chairman of the [[Defence Select Committee]].<ref>InPharm, [http://www.inpharm.com/appointment/fleishman-appoints-henry-featherstone Fleishman appoints Henry Featherstone], 10 August 2010</ref><br /> <br /> ===Health publications===<br /> *'''Incentivising Wellness: Improving the treatment of long-term conditions''', by Henry Featherstone and Lilly Whitham, November 2010. This report claims that the NHS has proved to be bad at adopting new technologies "such as insulin pumps" that could cut costs radically and help keep patients with chronic conditions like diabetes healthier. According to the authors, "the best way of getting the NHS to adopt new technologies is to encourage new players to enter the health service." "Newly formed GP consortia of the sort envisaged by [[Andrew Lansley]]'s White Paper, it claims, would be ideally-placed to pilot new business models which focus specifically on long-term condition management.<ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/news/news.cgi?id=1669 Incentivising Wellness: Improving the treatment of long-term conditions], 25 November 2010</ref> The report was funded by [[Vodafone]] and [[MSD]] ([[Merck]] and [[Schering-Plough]]).<br /> *'''Future Foundations: towards a new culture in the NHS''', by [[Bill Moyes]] and [[Paul Corrigan]], edited by [[Henry Featherstone]], published 18 March 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=184 Future Foundations: towards a new culture in the NHS], 18 March 2010 </ref> Argues that centralised control by government undermines the autonomy of foundation trusts needed for change and innovation. <br /> *'''The Cost of Cancer''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Lilly Whitham]], published 17 February 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=174 The Cost of Cancer], 17 February 2010 </ref> This report highlights late diagnosis of cancer in the UK, poor survival rates for older people and those in deprived communities, and - again - the relatively poor take up of new treatments and technologies by the NHS. Report funded by [[Roche]].<br /> *'''Controlling Public Spending: The NHS in a period of tight funding''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Natalie Evans]], published 7 January 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=162 Controlling Public Spending: The NHS in a period of tight funding], 7 January 2010 </ref> This report was sponsored by [[Tribal]]<br /> *'''Which Doctor? Putting patients in control of primary care''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Carol Storey]], with foreword by [[Julian Le Grand]] published 22 December 2009. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=159 Which Doctor? Putting patients in control of primary care], 22 December 2009 </ref> This report proposes that the ban on the sale of goodwill attached to GPs - ie the value associated with the popularity of a GP practice - should be overturned. This would increase their value and lead to more private investors buying up and trading practices.<ref>Healthcare REpublic, [http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/976966/Think-tank-suggests-end-ban-sale-goodwill/ Think tank suggests end of ban on sale of goodwill], 14 Jan 2010</ref><br /> *'''Hitting the Bottle''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Carol Storey]], published 26 May 2009. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=120 Hitting the Bottle],26 May 2009 </ref><br /> *'''Weighing In''', by [[Jamie Burn]], published 10 November 2008. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=99 Weighing In],10 November 2008 </ref><br /> <br /> The above is a selection - for a comprehensive archive see: http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/research_areas/health.cgi?topic_id=8&related=publications<br /> <br /> ==Welfare reform==<br /> ===The attack on the Spirit Level===<br /> <br /> Wilkinson and Pickett's book ''the Spirit Level'' was criticised in a series of reports by the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]], the [[Democracy Institute]] and Policy Exchange. The criticisms from Policy Exchange and the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] were published just 24 hours apart.<ref>Adams, T., (2008), [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/31/conservatives.thinktanks Have the Right taken all the best ideas], ''the Guardian'', 31-August-2008, Accessed 29-November-2010</ref><ref>Booth, R., (2010), [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/14/the-spirit-level-equality-thinktanks The Spirit Level: how ‘ideas wreckers’ turned book into a political punch bag], ''the Guardian'', 14-August-2010, Accessed 29-November-2010</ref><br /> <br /> ==Media exposure==<br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="right" width="50%"><br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="40%">Newspaper</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="10%">Number of items</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">288</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Guardian]]'' and the ''[[Observer]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">271</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">257</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Independent]]'' and ''[[Independent on Sunday]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">131</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Mail on Sunday]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">104</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Express]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Express]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">76</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Mirror]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Mirror]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">44</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Daily Star]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">20</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Business]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">11</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[Morning Star]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The People]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>&nbsp;</td><br /> <td>&nbsp;</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>'''Total:'''</td><br /> <td align="center">'''1208'''</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> </table><br /> <br /> The table on the rights gives an indication of Policy Exchange’s media presence in UK national newspapers. It shows the number of items contained in the Lexis Nexis newspaper database group ‘UK National Newspapers’ between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2009 referring to Policy Exchange. <ref>Details of the search are as follows: UK National Newspapers (policy exchange) AND DATE(>=2000-01-01 and <=2009-12-31). The original search returned 1254 items in total. 46 items grouped as News International Newspapers Information Services Ltd were excluded. Of the 28 items grouped by Lexis Nexis as 'The Express Newspapers', eight items were from ''[[The Express]]'' and 20 from the ''[[Daily Star]]''. These have been grouped separately in the table.</ref> The great majority of the press coverage is from the broadsheets, followed by the mid-market ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Mail on Sunday]]''.<br /> <br /> It should be noted that these figures are not 100 per cent accurate since Lexis Nexis often includes duplicated articles in its database. It should also be noted that this quantitative data does not necessarily represent favourable or uncritical coverage.<br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ==Funding and finances==<br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange financial history graph.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Graph from the Charity Commission showing Policy Exchange's financial history.]] <br /> In its early years Policy Exchange was a medium sized think-tank, operating on an annual income of around half a million pounds. However after [[David Cameron]] was elected leader of the [[Conservative Party]] its income increased substantially. <br /> <br /> In its latest financial statements, made up to 30 September 2008, the think-tank reported receiving over £2.6 million. This figure put Policy Exchange ahead of the New Labour affiliated think-tank [[Demos]], which saw its income decline over the same period, but still behind the [[Institute for Public Policy Research]], which has enjoyed an income of over £3 million for several years.<br /> <br /> Policy Exchange's main source of income has been through donations, but it also receives significant funding through the sponsorship of research and its 'Business Forum', which is part of the think-tank's 'Corporate Engagement'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Corporate Engagement.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/forum/> created 11 February 2010</ref> In early 2006 ''PR Week'' reported that companies were paying £5,000 to £10,000 to be part of the forum, and that members included [[BP]], [[SAB Miller]], [[BSkyB]] and [[Bupa]]. <ref>Ravi Chandiramani, '[http://www.brandrepublic.com/InDepth/Features/541392/FEATURE-Blair/www.prweek.co.uk British politics is hotting up at last and PA professionals are preparing for the change in leadership and policy]', ''PR Week'', 16 February 2006.</ref> Policy Exchange states that corporations cannot commission research, but that they can 'contribute ideas and give advice to Policy Exchange’s research programme[s]'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Corporate Engagement.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/forum/> created 11 February 2010</ref> In its 2008 accounts, Policy Exchange reported that:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">The activities of the Business Forum group made a particularly strong contribution to fundraising during the period, with the number of members more than doubling to 27. The Policy Exchange Business Forum exists to engage corporates in the research work of the charity, by hosting regular round table events where members can come together to listen to influential policy makers and discuss the issues raised. Many members went on to work directly with our research teams by giving financial and/or research support. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2008]], p.4</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="right" width="70%"><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">Source of Income</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2002</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2003</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2004</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2005</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2006</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2007</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Donations</td><br /> <td align="center">£67,030</td><br /> <td align="center">£359,794</td><br /> <td align="center">£435,066</td><br /> <td align="center">£473,296</td><br /> <td align="center">£796,689</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,143,266</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Research sponsorship</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£12,500</td><br /> <td align="center">£57,310</td><br /> <td align="center">£55,342</td><br /> <td align="center">£41,000</td><br /> <td align="center">£506,022</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Business Forum membership</td><td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,348</td><br /> <td align="center">£18,930</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,639</td><br /> <td align="center">£46,417</td><br /> <td align="center">£90,875</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Sale of Reports</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£961</td><br /> <td align="center">£963</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,191</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,294</td><br /> <td align="center">£12,875</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Localis Research]] <ref>This income is described in the 2007 accounts as ‘Share of research projects paid by Localis Research Ltd’. In the previous statements it is referred to as ‘Recharge of research projects to Localis Research Ltd’</ref></td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£10,297</td><br /> <td align="center">£15,035</td><br /> <td align="center">£30,000</td><br /> <td align="center">£14,250</td><br /> <td align="center">£20,000</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Corporate Event Sponsorship</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£78,133</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Management charges</td><br /> <td align="center">£7,909</td><br /> <td align="center">£33,767</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Premises charges</td><br /> <td align="center">£7,500</td><br /> <td align="center">£24,750</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Interest received</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£236</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,651</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,735</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,775</td><br /> <td align="center">£11,958</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Miscellaneous income</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,074</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,829</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>'''Total Income'''</td><br /> <td align="center">£82,439</td><br /> <td align="center">£444,653</td><br /> <td align="center">£529,955</td><br /> <td align="center">£568,203</td><br /> <td align="center">£983,632</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,786,825</td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br clear="left"><br /> The table on the right consolidates information on the sources of Policy Exchange’s income from 2002 to 2007 as provided in its annual financial statements. <br /> <br /> The financial statements are made up to 30 September in each reporting year, meaning for example that the figures for 2007 here represent not that calendar year but the period from 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007. <br /> <br /> Although available, information from the think-tank’s 2008 financial statements have not been included in this table as they no longer provide as detailed a breakdown of the various sources of income. From October 2007, income from donations and research sponsorship are given as one lump some (reported as ‘Voluntary Income’), and Business Forum membership, the sale of reports and other sources of income are given as another lump sum (reported as ‘Activities for generating funds’). <ref>The [[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|2008 Financial Statements]] do not provide even this information as to what makes up the income reported as ‘Voluntary Income’ or ‘Activities for generating funds’, rather this has been deduced from a comparison with the figures given in the 2007 accounts. The figure on page 6 of the 2008 accounts for ‘Voluntary Income’ in the previous year is equal to the total income from donations and research sponsorship in the 2007 accounts. Similarly the figure given there for ‘Activities for generating funds’ is equal to the aggregate amount given in the 2007 accounts for business forum membership, the sale of reports and the share of research projects paid by Localis Research Ltd.</ref><br /> <br /> '''Financial Statements'''<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2002.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2002]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2003.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2003]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2004.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2004]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2005.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2005]]<br /> <br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2006.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2006]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2007.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2007]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2008]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2009.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2009]]<br /> <br /> ==Events==<br /> In the ''Dispatches'' programme ‘Politicians for Hire’, broadcast on 22 March 2010, [[Patricia Hewitt]] recommended Policy Exchange as a think-tank which could be used by corporations seeking to influence government policy. ''Dispatches'' had set up a fictional US public affairs company and contacted Hewitt and several senior politicians asking them if they were interested in a position on the advisory board in their London office. Hewitt attended a bogus interview and told the undercover reporter:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">“Now the think tank and the seminar route I think is a very good one and will remain a good one and so identifying the right think-tank. Policy Exchange is a good one at the moment, [[Demos]] is another good one. And saying ok, does that think tank already have a relationship with Minister X? Can we invite Minister X to give a seminar on this subject? Your client would then sponsor the seminar and you do it via the think-tank. And that’s very useful, because what you get for your sponsorship is basically you sit next to the Minister.” <ref>Patricia Hewitt. Interview. In: ''Dispatches'', ‘Politicians for Hire’, Channel 4, 22 March 2010, 20:00 hrs.</ref></blockquote><br /> [[Image:The Ideas Space.jpg|upright|thumb|300px|The Ideas Space, where Policy Exchange holds the majority of its events.]]<br /> <br /> In an undercover investigation conducted in June and July 2011, [[Bell Pottinger Public Affairs]] recommended a Policy Exchange event as a root to influencing UK government policy. The firm's managing director, [[Tim Collins]], also recommended a meeting with its Chairman [[Daniel Finkelstein]], who he said was very close to [[David Cameron]].<ref>Melanie Newman, Oliver Wright, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/caught-on-camera-top-lobbyists-boasting-how-they-influence-the-pm-6272760.html Caught on camera: top lobbyists boasting how they influence the PM]', ''Independent'', 6 December 2011</ref><br /> <br /> The majority of Policy Exchange's seminars, conferences, roundtables and debates are held at what it calls [[The Ideas Space]] - an events venue in Policy Exchange's HQ in [[Clutha House]].<br /> <br /> ===Event on British Muslims===<br /> In August 2006 Policy Exchange hosted a seminar the title of which was '[[Why Are Britain's Universities Incubating Islamist Extremism?]]'. <ref>Tom Gallagher, '[[Media:Wrong Muslim voices on campus.pdf|Wrong Muslim voices on campus]]', ''The First Post'', 21 August 2006. [PDF created 25 February 2010]</ref> It was attended by right-wing figures including [[Anthony Glees]], the author of ''When Students Turn to Terror''; the Scottish academic [[Tom Gallagher]]; and the right-wing Irish historian [[Ruth Dudley Edwards]]. <br /> <br /> In an online article promoting the event <ref>Tom Gallagher, '[[Media:Wrong Muslim voices on campus.pdf|Wrong Muslim voices on campus]]', ''The First Post'', 21 August 2006. [PDF created 25 February 2010]</ref> and at the seminar itself, <ref>Ruth Dudley-Edwards, ‘[http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/fundamentalist-lessons-to-be-learnt-by-irish-academe-133912.html Fundamentalist Lessons to be learnt by Irish Academe]', ''Sunday Independent'' (Ireland), 27 August 2006.</ref> [[Tom Gallagher]] argued that a main cause of 'radicalisation' amongst young Muslims was not injustice, but that Muslim students are not intellectually capable of achieving in higher education.<br /> <br /> ==External Resources==<br /> *Seumas Milne, [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/seumas_milne/2007/12/poisonous_and_dangerous.html.printer.friendly Poisonous and dangerous], Guardian: Comment is Free, 15 December 2007.<br /> *Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], Guardian, G2, 26 September 2008.<br /> *Arun Kundnani, [http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/september/ak000003.html How are thinktanks shaping the political agenda on Muslims in Britain?], ''Institute of Race Relations'', 2 September 2008<br /> <br>Internet Archive Wayback Machine, [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.policyexchange.org.uk policyexchange.org.uk]<br /> <br /> ==Address==<br /> <br>[[Clutha House]]<br>10 [[Storey's Gate]]<br>London SW1P 3AY<br>Telephone: 020 7340 2650<br>Fax: 020 7222 5859<br>Email: info@policyexchange.org.uk <br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> <references/><br /> [[category:neocons]] [[category:Think Tanks]] [[Category:Healthcare Industry]][[Category:Conservative movement]]</div>

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<p>Admin: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:London_Clutha_m.jpg|upright|thumb|200px|Policy Exchange's offices at [[Clutha House]], [[10 Storey's Gate]]|text-bottom]]<br /> '''Policy Exchange''' is a neoconservative orientated think-tank with close ties to [[David Cameron]]. <ref>Andy Beckett, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?]’, ''Guardian'', 26 September 2008.</ref> It was launched in April 2002 by two former [[Asda]] executives [[Francis Maude]] and [[Archie Norman]] with [[Nicholas Boles]] as its founding director. <ref>Ed Vaizey, The New Breed of Policy Wonk is a Doer and a Thinker, ''Sunday Times'', 14 July 2002.</ref> It is part of the [[Stockholm Network]] <ref>[http://www.stockholm-network.org/network/details.php Think Tank details], Stockholm Network, accessed 7 April 2009.</ref> a working group of European market-oriented think-tanks.<br /> <br /> In 2011 [[Tim Montgomerie|Montgomerie]] wrote, 'the old rightwing thinktanks weren't particularly helpful to the Tory modernisers and so they built their own. Policy Exchange helped [[Michael Gove]] develop his schools agenda. The [[Centre for Social Justice]] gave [[Iain Duncan Smith]] his poverty-fighting plans.' <ref>Tim Montgomerie, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/26/ed-miliband-learn-tory-opposition-experience Ed Miliband should learn from the Tory opposition experience]', guardian.co.uk, 26 September 2011.</ref> In 2012 he described the two think-tanks as having 'been the most influential centre right think tank of the last decade.' <ref>Tim Montgomerie, '[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2012/03/the-policy_exchange-think-tank-begins-its-second-decade-with-a-focus-on-the-striving-classes.html Policy Exchange begins its second decade with a focus on the striving classes]', Conservative Home, 9 March 2012</ref><br /> <br /> ==Origins and launch==<br /> Policy Exchange was established by a group of Conservative MPs who had backed [[Michael Portillo|Michael Portillo’s]] campaign in the 2001 [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] leadership contest. [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]], who had recently admitted having had homosexual experiences, advocated a shift towards more liberal social attitudes, whilst maintaining a commitment to right-wing economic policy. Dubbed ‘Portillistas’ by Westminster commentators, [[Michael Portillo|Portillo’s]] backers saw themselves as modernisers of an out of touch party which had put off potential voters through its negativity, xenophobia and social conservatism. <br /> <br /> [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]] withdrew from the Conservative leadership race on the evening of 17 July 2001 and subsequently announced that he would leave politics. According to the ''Independent'' the eleven Shadow Cabinet colleagues who had backed him were subsequently dubbed ‘the living dead’ in Westminster. <ref>Andrew Grice, ‘[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-living-dead-ponder-their-future-after-backing-wrong-horse-in-leadership-contest-678344.html?cmp=ilc-n The living dead' ponder their future after backing wrong horse in leadership contest]’, ''Independent'', 20 July 2001; p.10.</ref> <br /> <br /> Only days later, one of the ‘living dead’, [[Archie Norman]] a former CEO of [[Asda]], told the ''Daily Telegraph''’s Rachel Sylvester that he and other [[Michael Portillo|Portillo]] supporters were planning to set up a think-tank saying: ‘I came into public life to help transform the [[Conservative Party]] so it can win again, and that's what I'm still about.’ <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1334767/Norman-still-selling-Portillos-dream.html Norman still selling Portillo's dream]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 21 July 2001.</ref> On 21 July the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' ran a front page headline, ‘Portillo supporters to fight on’. Archie Norman was quoted as saying:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">We've got hundreds of thousands of people who don't want to lose what we were creating, we've got financial support from people who wanted to invest in this as the future of the party and we would like to find a way of channelling that and harnessing it. <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1334769/Portillo-supporters-to-fight-on.html Portillo supporters to fight on]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 21 July 2001; p.1.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> That August the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' published a letter from the ‘Portillistas’ in which they said they planned to establish ‘a new forum, firmly rooted within the party, devoted to developing the ideas that will form the basis of a genuinely modern [[Conservative Party]].’ <ref>‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/4264708/Leader-needs-radical-new-advisory-forum.html Letters: Leader needs radical new advisory forum]’, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 10 August 2001; p.29.</ref> The letter was signed by [[Francis Maude]], [[Archie Norman]], [[Tim Yeo]], [[Andrew Mackay]], [[Peter Ainsworth]], [[Theresa May]], [[Edward Garnier]], [[Peter Lilley]], [[Damian Green]], [[Nicholas Soames]], [[Julie Kirkbride]], [[Stephen Dorrell]] and [[Nicholas Gibb]]. <ref>‘Letters: Leader needs radical new advisory forum’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 10 August 2001; p.29.</ref> At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">It was mostly Archie Norman’s idea. I raised the money and hired [[Nick Boles]] to be its first Director. Together we recruited [[Michael Gove]] to be its first chairman, having taken the unusually self-effacing position that its board should contain no active politicians. ... <p>We wanted Policy Exchange at the start to focus on four policy areas: public service reform; decentralisation; internationalism; and the environment. The point was to develop new centre-right thinking and solutions to the issues that people most cared about but which the [[Conservative Party]] seemed to ignore. <ref>‘[http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/14/Maude_PX_speech.pdf Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref></p></blockquote><br /> <br /> In early October, a week before the Tory Party Conference, the party’s new leader [[Iain Duncan Smith]] reportedly met for private talks with [[Francis Maude]], and the latter agreed to delay the launch of the think-tank until after the party conference. <ref>David Crackwell, ‘Duncan Smith in secret deal with Portillistas Tory leader agrees truce before party conference’, ''Sunday Telegraph'', 7 October 2001</ref> The truce was cemented with an offer from the ‘Portillistas’ that [[Iain Duncan Smith]] would be appointed Honorary President of the think-tank <ref>Rachel Sylvester, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1364683/We-must-change-to-survive-say-Tory-webmasters.html We must change to survive, say Tory webmasters]’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 8 December 2001; p.14.</ref> – an offer which apparently came to nothing.<br /> <br /> [[Image:X-Chance & C Change Logos.JPG|thumb|280px|right|The logos for 'XChange', as Policy Exchange was originally branded in 2001, and the affiliated group [[Conservatives for Change]] or 'CChange'. The two were presumably kept separate to allow Policy Exchange to apply for charitable status as a non-partisan organisation.]]<br /> <br /> [[Archie Norman]], [[Francis Maude]], and their allies decided to set up two separate think-tanks as part of their modernisation project. One, XChange Ideas or simply XChange, would be rebranded as Policy Exchange a few months later. A company limited by guarantee, formed in October 2001, became XChange Ideas on 9 November 2001. A separate company [[Conservatives for Change]] was also was set up that October, and was branded CChange. The two were presumably kept separate to allow Policy Exchange to apply for charitable status as a non-partisan organisation. [[Conservatives for Change]] supplied the initial funding for Policy Exchange, with a loan of £75,000. <ref>see [[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2002.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2002]], p.4</ref><br /> <br /> In December the group set up the websites cchange.org.uk and xchange.org.uk for people to register their interest in the projects prior to the launch of XChange or Policy Exchange's full website. <br /> <br /> The full website <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk> was registered on 28 January 2002 and went live a few months later. <ref>The first entry in the internet archive for the website is from 25 May 2002. See Internet Archive Wayback Machine, [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.policyexchange.org.uk policyexchange.org.uk] [Accessed 5 February 2010].</ref> Policy Exchange was officially launched at the Tate Gallery in Central London on the evening of 29 April 2002. <ref>Patrick Wintour, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/apr/29/publicservices.politics People want say in local services]’, ''Guardian'', 29 April 2002; Melissa Kite, ‘Portillo’s allies call for more mayors’, ''The Times'', 29 April 2002</ref><br /> <br /> ==Expansion==<br /> At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that 'In those early days it sometimes struggled for attention, and money. It felt then like a cottage industry, while today it bestrides the policy landscape like a colossus. <ref>‘[http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/14/Maude_PX_speech.pdf Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref> Tim Adams wrote in ''The Observer'' in 2008:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In the three years since [[David Cameron|Cameron's]] speech, as his star has risen so has that of Policy Exchange (despite the embarrassment of ''Newsnight'''s exposé of its questionable research into radical Islam, and the recent report suggesting northern cities were doomed). Its staff has increased from 5 to 35, its budget, mostly donations from the City, has grown nearly tenfold. One of its founders, [[Nick Boles]], has become head of policy for [[David Cameron|Cameron]]; its former chief researcher, [[James O'Shaughnessy]], is now chief researcher at Tory central office; current director [[Anthony Browne]] has just been appointed head of policy for [[Boris Johnson]] in London... By the time of this year's Policy Exchange summer party, attended by the entire Cameron court, and a good proportion of [[New Labour|New Labour's]] old entourage, there was a glister of a movement that believed it was winning the argument. <ref>Tim Adams, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/31/conservatives.thinktanks 'Have the Right taken all the best ideas?'], ''The Observer'', 31 August 2008</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> ==Charitable status==<br /> Policy Exchange applied for charitable status and was registered with the Charity Commission on 3 March 2003. Registering as a charity can provide numerous tax breaks for think-tanks. Charities do not normally have to pay corporation tax, capital gains tax, or stamp duty, and gifts to charities are free of inheritance tax. They can also pay significantly reduced business rates (e.g. council tax) on the buildings they occupy. <br /> <br /> Policy Exchange’s application to the Charity Commission was based on the application made by the New Labour orientated think-tank [[IPPR]]. Former Policy Exchange director [[Anthony Browne]] told the ''Guardian'': ‘We basically borrowed the IPPR's claim for charitable status and changed the words “centre-left” to “centre-right”’. <ref>Andy Beckett, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?]’, ''Guardian'', 26 September 2008.</ref> Similarly [[Anthony Browne| Browne’s]] predecessor, [[Nicholas Boles]] has said: “Before we set up Policy Exchange I went and chatted with [[Matthew Taylor]] [then director of [[IPPR]]], a friend, and when we approached the Charity Commission we put in an almost identical proposal to them. The joke, which is not quite true, is that the only difference was substituting 'centre-right' for 'centre-left'.” <ref>David Hencke, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jun/07/conservatives.thinktanks The new Conservative generation]’, ''Guardian'', 7 June 2008</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange was investigated by the Charity Commission after an MP complained in February 2007 that it was close to the [[Conservative Party]]. The Charity Commission report found no evidence of party political bias but identified a number of issues:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">'''events hosted by the Charity''' – For an event to be educational under charity law it needs to be clearly linked to and advance a programme of research which should be identified prior to the event. We identified that the charity had hosted a series of one-off events to stimulate ideas or to promote the charity’s brand which often included attendance by MP’s;<p>'''dissemination of information''' – Research papers produced by the Charity are easily accessible on their website, however, very little information was given on other events hosted by the Charity. All charities must demonstrate that they operate for the public benefit. In this case, Policy Exchange could demonstrate public benefit through the dissemination of transcripts and papers arising out of each event;</p><p>'''and transparency''' – The original source of concern was that the Charity was supporting a political party and carrying out political activities. Whilst the Commission determined that there was no evidence of party political bias we determined that there is a need for greater transparency, particularly on Policy Exchange’s website. Information contained on the website following events in 2007 failed to sufficiently highlight or identify the cross-party speakers at events hosted by the Charity. <ref>Policy Exchange, Regulatory Case Report, Charities Commission, 18 July 2008</ref></p></blockquote><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange agreed to conduct a 12-month review of the areas identified by the Commission.<br /> <br /> ==Personnel==<br /> ===Current and former trustees===<br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" float="right" width="60%"><br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Name of Board Member</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Stated occupation</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Date of Appointment</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="15%">Date of resignation</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Theodore Agnew]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">1 April 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Richard Briance]]</td><br /> <td>Banker</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2006</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Simon Brocklebank-Fowler]]</td><br /> <td>Managing Partner</td><br /> <td align="center">12 October 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Robin Edwards]]</td><br /> <td>Treasurer</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Richard Ehrman]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">19 July 2005</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Virginia Fraser]]</td><br /> <td>Writer for House & Garden</td><br /> <td align="center">31 July 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Charles Moore]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">2 December 2004</td><br /> <td align="center">June 2011</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[George Robinson]]</td><br /> <td>Investment Manager</td><br /> <td align="center">10 November 2004</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Robert Rosenkranz]]</td><br /> <td>Chairman & CEO, [[Dephi Financial Group]]</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2010</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Edward Sells]]</td><br /> <td>Chartered Accountant</td><br /> <td align="center">30 October 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Timothy Steel]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">30 October 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Alice Thomson]]</td><br /> <td>British Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Rachel Whetstone]]</td><br /> <td>Account Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Simon Wolfson]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">2 December 2008</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Adam Afriyie]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">9 May 2005</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Colin Barrow]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">7 July 2003</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2005</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Camilla Cavendish]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">N/A</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Iain Dale]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">27 February 2007</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Michael Gove]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">18 January 2006</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Francis Maude]]</td><br /> <td>MP</td><br /> <td align="center">2 November 2001</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[John Micklethwait]]</td><br /> <td>Journalist</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> <td align="center">27 February 2007</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Elizabeth Noel]]</td><br /> <td>Company Director</td><br /> <td align="center">5 June 2007</td><br /> <td align="center">26 February 2008</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[David Willetts]]</td><br /> <td>MP</td><br /> <td align="center">2 November 2001</td><br /> <td align="center">12 June 2002</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> </table><br /> <br /> According to [[Neil O'Brien]], the trustees of Policy Exchange 'don’t exercise a strong direction of what we in the office will do' but are mainly used 'as a sounding board' or for their connections. He told Total Politics: 'They give incredible amounts of their time to help us meet people, give us people who give us information, people who can help fund things... They help us build our network of people out there. We always say that you are never more than two or three jumps away from being able to talk to anyone. One of our trustees will know someone who knows someone.' <ref>Ben Duckworth, '[http://www.totalpolitics.com/articles/294267/in-conversation-with-neil-oand39brien.thtml In conversation with... Neil O'Brien]', Total Politics, 8 February 2012</ref><br /> <br /> The table on the right displays information on the current and former directors of Policy Exchange Ltd as registered with Companies House on 3 January 2010. Policy Exchange is both a charity and a company limited by guarantee (i.e. without shareholders), meaning that these directors are also the trustees of the charity. The 14 current directors (i.e. those where no resignation date is provided) are displayed first in alphabetical order, followed by the company’s former directors. <br /> <br /> The earliest directors were the Conservative MPs [[David Willetts]] and [[Francis Maude]] who resigned in June 2002 and were replaced by a number of public figures (initially mainly journalists) with less direct connections to the [[Conservative Party]]. The most notable of the early trustees was [[Michael Gove]] who was appointed Chairman of Policy Exchange. He was then a ''Times'' columnist, but would later become a Conservative MP and then a Minister in the Cameron Government. Other trustees who have since left the board include [[John Micklethwait]], a writer for ''[[The Economist]]'', and [[Iain Dale]] a right-wing author and blogger who subsequently became a columnist at the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''.<br /> <br /> The 13 current trustees are a mixture of right-wing journalists and wealthy businessmen. [[Theodore Agnew]], [[Richard Briance]], [[Simon Brocklebank-Fowler]], [[George Robinson]], [[Edward Sells]] and [[Simon Wolfson]] are all British businessmen or financiers who have donated to the [[Conservative Party]]. <ref>Further details are provided on each individual’s page.</ref> [[Robert Rosenkranz]], an American multi-millionaire financier would be precluded from donating as a foreigner but has provided funding to Policy Exchange and [[Localis]] <Ref>The Rosenkranz Foundation, [http://rosenkranzfdn.org/publicpolicy.html Areas of Interest - Public Policy] [Accessed 16 April 2010]</ref> (and the neoconservative [[American Enterprise Institute]]<ref>The Rosenkranz Foundation, [http://rosenkranzfdn.org/aboutus.html About Us] [Accessed 16 April 2010]</ref>)<br /> <br /> Those trustees who are not drawn from the world of business or finance are all affiliated to Britain’s conservative press. [[Virginia Fraser]] is the widow of [[Frank Johnson]], <ref>Alan Watkins, '[http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/5529588/man-and-urchin.thtml BOOK REVIEW: Best Seat in the House]', ''The Spectator'', 11 November 2009</ref> a former deputy editor of the ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' (1995-99) and editor of ''[[The Spectator]]''. <ref>'[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1537000/Frank-Johnson.html Frank Johnson]', ''Daily Telegraph'', 15 December 2010.</ref> [[Alice Thomson]] is a comment writer at ''[[The Times]]'' and a former associate editor of the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' <ref>Kamal Ahmed, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/may/25/uk.euro1 Old pals plot to sabotage project for a new Europe]', ''The Observer'', 25 May 2003.</ref> and [[Charles Moore]], Policy Exchange’s Chairman, is a former editor of the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'', and ''[[The Spectator]]''.<br /> <br /> In June 2011 Charles Moore stepped down as chairman 'to focus on his Telegraph columns and his biography of Margaret Thatcher'. His replacement was [[Daniel Finkelstein]] of ''[[The Times]]'', a close ally of [[George Osborne]]. <ref>Tim Montgomerie, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2011/06/new-chairman-of-policy_exchange-is-dannythefink.html New Chairman of Policy Exchange is Daniel Finkelstein], conservativehome, 15 June 2011, accessed 21 June 2011 </ref><br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ===Directors===<br /> Policy Exchange’s first director was [[Nick Boles]], a former member of Westminster City Council considered part of the ‘[[Notting Hill Set]]’ – an informal group of young Conservatives connected to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]. Before joining Westminster Council [[Nick Boles|Boles]] ran a DIY business, prior to which he 'worked for a few years in Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe, helping state-owned industries prepare for private ownership.' <ref>[[Media:Meet Nick Boles.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.nickboles.com/about/meet-nick-boles> created 13 May 2010.</ref> Boles is a former flatmate of [[Michael Gove]] <ref>Sam Coates, Francis Elliott, Fran Yeoman and Helen Nugent, '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6194886.ece The new generation of Conservative candidates]', ''The Times'', 30 April 2009.</ref> who was Chairman of Policy Exchange whilst [[Nick Boles|Boles]] was director. Both men are signatories to the statement of principles of the [[Henry Jackson Society Project for Democratic Geopolitics]], a British neoconservative organisation. <br /> <br /> [[Nick Boles|Boles]] left Policy Exchange in February 2007 to concentrate on his bid to be Mayor of London. <ref>Iain Dale's Diary, '[http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/02/nicholas-boles-steps-down-from-policy.html Nicholas Boles Steps Down from Policy Exchange]', 21 February 2007.</ref> On his time at Policy Exchange Boles has stated:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">My biggest achievement in politics so far has been to set up and run Policy Exchange, which is now the largest and most influential policy research institute on the centre right. While I was its director, Policy Exchange devised policies to make police forces more accountable to local people, to expand the number of places in good schools and to give local communities incentives to build more houses. We also exposed the activities of Islamic extremists in some mosques in the UK and their effect on the attitudes of young British Muslims. Many of our ideas have been adopted by the [[Conservative Party]] under [[David Cameron]]. <ref>[[Media:Meet Nick Boles.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.nickboles.com/about/meet-nick-boles> created 13 May 2010.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> [[Image:Neil O'Brien and Anthony Browne.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Policy Exchange's third director [[Neil O'Brien]] (left) with his predecessor [[Anthony Browne]] (right). Photograph by Teri Pengilley from guardian.co.uk.]]<br /> <br /> [[Nick Boles|Boles]] was replaced by the Chief Political Correspondent of ''[[The Times]]'' [[Anthony Browne]]. <ref>Iain Dale's Diary, '[http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/02/nicholas-boles-steps-down-from-policy.html Nicholas Boles Steps Down from Policy Exchange]', 21 February 2007.</ref> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] had worked as a Business analyst in the late 1980s before becoming a journalist. Prior to joining ''[[The Times]]'' he worked at the [[BBC]] and the [[Observer]]. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> During his time at ''[[The Times]]'', Browne became embroiled in controversy over his comments on VDare, an anti-immigration US web forum, affiliated to the [[Center for American Unity]]. <ref> Chris Tryhorn, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/aug/03/media.pressandpublishing Bloggers target Times writer], ''Guardian'', 3 August 2005.</ref><br /> <br /> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] was Director of Policy Exchange for just over a year. <ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> According to ConservativeHome's ToryDiary 'During his time at PX there was a doubling of staff numbers but a concern that the think tank became too close to Project Cameron.' <ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2008/07/anthony-browne.html Anthony Browne leaves Policy Exchange to become Boris Johnson's Policy Director], ToryDiary, ConservativeHome, 21 July 2008.</ref><br /> <br /> [[Anthony Browne|Browne]] was appointed as Policy Director to the Mayor of London on 21 July. The ''Guardian'' remarked: 'Browne's appointment – the fourth from Policy Exchange to get a top job in the Tory party – marks a further high watermark in the influence of Policy Exchange on future Tory policy.' <ref>David Hencke, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/conservatives.thinktanks A change in the political weather], guardian.co.uk, 22 July 2008.</ref> [[Anthony Browne|Browne’s]] predecessor [[Nick Boles]] had been appointed Interim Chief of Staff for the London Mayor [[Boris Johnson]] <ref>Robert Watts and Jonathan Oliver, '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3908506.ece Boris Tory HQ team puts reins on Boris Johnson]', ''Sunday Times'', 11 May 2008.</ref> before being appointed head of [[David Cameron|David Cameron's]] Implementation Unit, where he was responsible for drawing up the Tories' plans for government along with Policy Exchange founder [[Francis Maude]]. <ref>Andrew Grice, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/talent-2010-the-politician-nick-boles-1848088.html Talent 2010: The politician, Nick Boles]', ''Independent'', 26 December 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> In September 2008 [[Neil O’Brien]], director of the right-wing eurosceptic think-tank [[Open Europe]], was appointed as [[Anthony Browne|Browne’s]] successor. A young Oxford graduate, [[Neil O’Brien| O’Brien]] joined the campaign against Britain joining the single currency as an economics researcher <ref>Adam Branson, 'Ire starter - Neil O'Brien, director, Policy Exchange', ''Regeneration and Renewal'', 8 June 2009</ref> and according to an article in the ''Guardian'', 'has a background in City PR', <ref>Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], ''Guardian'', G2, 26 September 2008.</ref> He was director of [[Open Europe]] from its launch in 2005 to September 2008 when it was announced that O'Brien had been appointed head of Policy Exchange.<br /> <br /> *[[Mark Skelton]] - deputy director from May 2011. Joined from management consultancy [[PA Consulting Group]] and was aa Conservative Parliamentary candidate in the 2010 elections. He is a former deputy director of the [[Parliamentary Resources Unit]].<ref> [http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/no_cache/home/think-tank-news/news-detail/newsarticle/policy-exchange-names-former-tory-election-candidate-as-new-deputy-director/45/ Policy Exchange names former Tory election candidate as new deputy director], Public Affairs News, 7 April 2011, accessed 9 June 2011 </ref><br /> <br /> *[[Amy Fisher]] - communications director. Previously worked at [[Google]] where she was responsible for policy communications across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before that worked in the [[Conservative Campaign Headquarters]] press office. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=36 People: Amy Fisher], accessed 9 November 2010. </ref><br /> <br /> ===Former directors===<br /> <br /> *[[Natalie Evans]] - was deputy director until April 2011, responsible for the output and strategic direction of the research team. Left to join [[New Schools Network]]. Before this was Head of Policy at the [[British Chambers of Commerce]] and Deputy Director at the [[Conservative Research Department]], specialising in welfare and economic issues. <ref> Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=16 People: Natalie Evans], accessed 9 November 2010. </ref><br /> <br /> ==Research focus==<br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange Research Areas Piechart.JPG|thumb|280px|right|Piechart showing the relative prominence of Policy Exchange’s Research Areas between 2003 and 2010.<ref>The data displayed in this chart is based on the total number of events and publications as listed on the Policy Exchange website on 3 January 2011.</ref>]]<br /> <br /> Policy Exchange states that it is ‘particularly interested in free market and localist solutions to public policy questions’. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - About Us.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/about/> created 9 April 2010</ref> Like other right-wing think-tanks much of its research advocates the expansion of private power through the promotion of 'free market' policies. In the case of Policy Exchange however, these measures tend to be presented as progressive solutions to social problems, something it describes as 'Using centre-right means to progressive ends'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - About Us.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/about/> created 9 April 2010</ref> It divides its research into nine categories: Arts & Culture, Crime & Justice, Economics, Education, Environment & Energy, Foreign Policy & Security, Government & Philosophy, Health and Social Policy. <br /> <br /> The pie chart on the right displays the total number of events and publications listed in each policy area up to 31 December 2010. The same data is displayed in the table below, which shows the growth in the total number of events and publications as well as the relative prominence of each research area year on year.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange Research Areas Chart.JPG|thumb|800px|center|Chart showing the relative prominence of Policy Exchange’s Research Areas year on year between 2003 and 2010.<ref>The data displayed in this chart is based on the total number of events and publications as listed on the Policy Exchange website on 3 January 2011. The graph shows the think-tanks significant expansion since its launch in 2003.</ref>]]<br /> <br /> ==Foreign policy & security==<br /> As the data displayed in the graphs above shows, the policy area described by Policy Exchange as ‘Foreign Policy & Security’ has been the think-tank’s greatest area of activity after economics. The main concern of the Foreign Policy & Security Unit, at least in terms of publications, has been domestic counterterrorism and ‘extremism’, with the focus being on British Muslims. The ‘About’ section of the Foreign Policy & Security webpage states that Policy Exchange stands for ‘Preventing extremism’ and ‘Backing progressives against reactionaries’. It criticises the Labour Government for allegedly ‘deal[ing] with relatively extreme groups at the expense of moderates,’ and calls for the Government to ‘confront those who do not accept the foundations of a liberal society’. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Foreign Policy & Security - About.pdf|Screengrab]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/research_areas/foreign_policy_and_security.cgi> created 9 April 2010.</ref> <br /> <br /> Given its relative overall prominence Policy Exchange has published relatively few reports in this area, listing only eight publications up to 31 December 2009 <ref>This is based on information posted on Policy Exchange’s website on 9 April 2010. In addition to these eight reports Policy Exchange also published an official response to its report ‘Choosing our friends wisely’ written by the Director General of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism.</ref> (although its most controversial report ''[[The Hijacking of British Islam]]'' has been removed from its website). The first of these reports, called ‘Regime Change - It's Been Done Before’, was published on 15 May 2003, shortly after Britain and the United States invaded Iraq. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003)</ref> It was sponsored by [[Conrad Black]], who had employed the Foreign Policy & Security Unit’s current director [[Dean Godson]] as a special assistant and leader writer at the Telegraph Group. <ref>Tom Bower, Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge, (HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006) p.138.</ref> ([[Conrad Black|Black]] was subsequently convicted of fraud in the US and sentenced to six and a half years in prison.<ref>Conrad Black, ‘[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3031516.ece Conrad Black is sentenced to 6½ years in jail – after festive season is over]’, ''The Times'', 11 December 2007.</ref>)<br /> <br /> The Regime Change report was edited by [[Roger Gough]] and grew out of a Policy Exchange round-table held in early March 2003. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003) p.16.</ref> The report included a foreword by the former Foreign Secretary [[Douglas Hurd]] (considered a ‘realist’ on foreign policy <ref>e.g. Julian Flanagan, ‘[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7535497/Douglas-Hurd-I-am-not-brilliant.-Not-a-great-original.html Douglas Hurd: “I am not brilliant. Not a great original”]’, Daily Telegraph, 30 March 2010.</ref>), and essays from a number of contributors who considered previous examples of ‘regime change’ in West Germany, Japan, Cambodia, South Africa, Haiti, East Timor, The West Balkans and Afghanistan. <ref>Roger Gough (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Regime_Change.pdf Regime Change - It's Been Done Before]'' (Policy Exchange, May 2003)</ref><br /> <br /> The Foreign Policy & Security Unit was originally called the International Programme and was headed by [[Anna Reid]], a former journalist with ''[[The Economist]]''. <ref>Anna Reid (ed.), ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/Taming_Terrorism.pdf Taming Terrorism]'' (Policy Exchange, February 2005) p.13.</ref> A separate programme on ‘Terrorism and Security’ emerged in 2006 which was eventually merged with its International Programme to form the Foreign Policy & Security Unit, as it is now known.<br /> <br /> The Terrorism and Security programme – originally part of the International Programme and then separate for a period – emerged under the leadership of the right-wing journalist [[Dean Godson]]. [[Dean Godson|Godson]] joined Policy Exchange from the ''Telegraph'', following a purge of the paper’s most explicitly Atlanticist commentators after a change of ownership. In 2004 ''Telegraph'' editor [[Martin Newland]] told the ''Guardian'':<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">I soon came to recognise we were speaking a language on geopolitical events and even domestic events that was dictated too much from across the Atlantic. It's OK to be pro-Israel, but not to be unbelievably pro-Likud Israel, it's OK to be pro-American but not look as if you're taking instructions from Washington. [[Dean Godson]] and [[Barbara Amiel]] were key departures. <Ref>Maggie Brown, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/nov/15/thedailytelegraph.mondaymediasection Newland unleashed]’, ''Guardian'', 15 November 2004.</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange listed [[Dean Godson|Godson]] as leading the think-tank’s work on ‘Terrorism and Security’ from June 2006, <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060619185223/www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/International.aspx 12 June 2006]</ref> and by August he was listed as Research Director of the think-tank’s International Programme (which then included Terrorism and Security) with its former head Anna Reid listed as an Associate Fellow. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060909055746/www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/International.aspx 13 August 2006]</ref> <br /> <br /> ==Reports on British Muslims==<br /> ===Martin Bright pamphlet===<br /> [[Image:When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Policy Exchange's 2006 pamphlet ‘When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries’ written by the then ''[[New Statesman]]'' journalist [[Martin Bright]].]]<br /> In July 2006 Policy Exchange published a pamphlet called ‘When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries’ written by the then ''New Statesman'' journalist [[Martin Bright]]. In the acknowledgments for the report [[Martin Bright|Bright]] wrote, ‘In particular I wish to thank [[Dean Godson]], whose driving energy and immense professionalism kept the project on the rails.’ <ref>Martin Bright, ''[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/pdfs/When_Prog.pdf When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries: The British State's flirtation with radical Islamism]'' (Policy Exchange, July 2006)</ref><br /> <br /> The pamphlet was a collection of a series of stories by [[Martin Bright]] on the British Governments relations with Muslim groups. <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=13 Publications - When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries: The British State's flirtation with radical Islamism], Policy Exchange, accessed 3 April 2009.</ref> Bright said he chose Policy Exchange, a 'slightly provocative publisher, because I believe a coalition of the left and right needs to be built around this issue.' <ref>James Silver, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/aug/06/mondaymediasection.politicsandthemedia1 Politically Correct - Interview: Martin Bright], ''Guardian'', 6 October 2007.</ref><br /> <br /> Much of the material came from Foreign Office official [[Derek Pasquill]], who was strongly critical of Foreign Office adviser [[Mockbul Ali]] and the Government's relationship with the [[Muslim Council of Britain]].<ref> Derek Pasquill, [http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2008/01/british-muslim-story-case I had no choice but to leak], New Statesman,17 January 2009.</ref> Pasquill was charged under the Official Secrets Act, but the case was dropped in January 2008. According to a ''[[Guardian]]'' report on the hearing, the prosecution ‘indicated that internal FCO papers revealed that senior officials privately admitted that, far from harming British interests, Pasquill's leaking of the documents had actually helped to provoke a constructive debate.’<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/10/pressandpublishing.medialaw Civil servant who leaked rendition secrets goes free], ''Guardian'', 10 January 2008.</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange has claimed <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Issues/Terrorism-and-Security.aspx Terrorism and Security], Policy Exchange, accessed 6 March 2008.</ref> that the pamphlet influenced Communities Secretary [[Ruth Kelly]] to change the Government's relations with Muslim organisations. <ref>[http://www.communities.gov.uk/archived/speeches/corporate/values-responsibilities Britain: our values, our responsibilities], [[Ruth Kelly]], [[Communities and Local Government]], 11 October 2006.</ref><br /> <br /> ===BBC Newsnight controversy===<br /> In October 2007 Policy Exchange published ''[[The Hijacking of British Islam]]'', a report which was revealed by [[BBC]] ''[[Newsnight]]'' as being based in part on fabricated evidence, and which has since been removed from Policy Exchange's website.<br /> <br /> The full title of the report was ''The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK''. It was written by [[Denis MacEoin]] and overseen by [[Dean Godson]]. <ref>The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK, by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007.</ref> According to the report, which claimed to be 'the most comprehensive academic survey of such literature ever produced in this country', Policy Exchange sent four Muslim research teams to almost 100 mosques across Britain, and found radical material at 25 per cent of the institutions surveyed. <ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/30586814/Hijacking-of-British-Islam The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK], by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007, p.5.</ref>The Report's recommendations included calls for the British authorities to reconsider their relationship to the [[Muslim Council of Britain]], the [[Islamic Foundation]] and the [[Muslim Safety Forum]].<ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/30586814/Hijacking-of-British-Islam The Hijacking of British Islam: How Extremist Literature is Subverting Mosques in the UK], by [[Denis MacEoin]], Policy Exchange, 29 October 2007, p7.</ref><br /> <br /> The report's findings were widely covered in the British media with articles appearing in, for example, The ''[[Daily Mail]]'' <ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=432 Excerpts from articles featuring Policy Exchange - October 30 2007]: Daily Mail: Agenda of hate in British mosques is linked to Saudis, Policy Exchange (accessed 9 March 2008)</ref>, the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''<ref>[[Toby Helm]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/30/nmosques130.xml 'Hate literature easily found at UK mosques']', ''Daily Telegraph'', 31 October 2007.</ref> and ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>[[Sean O'Neill]], [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2767252.ece Lessons in hate found at leading mosques], ''The Times'', 30 October 2007.</ref> According to ''[[Newsnight]]'' editor [[Peter Barron]], the [[BBC]] had originally been due to run an exclusive report on the findings:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">On the planned day of broadcast our reporter [[Richard Watson]] came to me and said he had a problem. He had put the claim and shown a receipt to one of the mosques mentioned in the report - The [[Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre]] in London. They had immediately denied selling the book and said the receipt was not theirs.<p>On closer examination, the BBC identified particular concerns about five of the receipts in particular:<br /> # In all five cases the mosques involved said the receipts did not belong to them.<br /> # The expert analysis showed that all five had been printed on an inkjet printer - suggesting they were created on a PC.<br /> #The analysis found "strong evidence" that two of the receipts were written by the same person.<br /> #The analysis found that one of the receipts had been written out while resting on another receipt said to be from a mosque 40 miles away. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/12/disastrous__misjudgement.html 'Disastrous misjudgement?'], by [[Peter Barron]], BBC News - The Editors, 13 December 2007.</ref></p></blockquote><br /> [[Image:DeanGodson.jpg|right|thumb|[[Dean Godson]] on ''[[Newsnight]]'' on 12 December 2007. [[Dean Godson|Godson]] accused ''[[Newsnight]]'' editor [[Peter Barron]] of 'disastrous editorial misjudgement' and 'appalling stewardship'.]]<br /> <br /> On 12 December 2007, ''[[Newsnight]]'' ran a report on these concerns, followed by a studio discussion between [[Jeremy Paxman]] and [[Dean Godson]], during which Godson accused Barron of 'disastrous editorial misjudgement' and of 'appalling stewardship of ''Newsnight'''. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/12/newsnight_response_to_policy_exchange_statement.html BBC News - Talk About Newsnight - Newsnight Response to Policy Exchange Statement], 14 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref> In an initial statement the think tank responded: 'the executive of Policy Exchange will meet on Thursday 13th to discuss legal action against the BBC'.<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=475 Policy Exchange and BBC Newsnight], Policy Exchange, 12 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref>A second response the next day stated that 'Policy Exchange is in legal consultations about action in this matter.'<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/Press.aspx?id=476 Policy Exchange and Newsnight (2)],[[Policy Exchange]], 13 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008.</ref>The BBC responded: 'Policy Exchange's statement is misleading in many ways and doesn't answer the simple question raised by Newsnight's film. Given that the Policy Exchange report was based on the testimony of the researchers who gathered the receipts, do they believe all the receipts are genuine?'<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/12/newsnight_response_to_policy_exchange_statement.html BBC News - Talk About Newsnight - Newsnight Response to Policy Exchange Statement], 14 December 2007, accessed 9 March 2008. </ref> In the Daily Telegraph on 15 December, Policy Exchange Chairman [[Charles Moore]] accused [[Peter Barron]] of questioning the receipts in order to justify his original decision not to run the report.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/12/15/do1501.xml Newsnight told a small story over a big one], by [[Charles Moore]], Daily Telegraph, 15 December 2007</ref><br /> <br /> On 17 December, The Times issued an apology to Dr [[Muhammad Abdul Bari]] of the [[East London Mosque]] in connection with its coverage of the report.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3059836.ece Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari], [[The Times]], 17 December 2007.</ref><br /> <br /> In February 2008, ''Private Eye'' reported that 'furious Conservatives say they've no option but to sue or take a dossier on [[Peter Barron]], ''[[Newsnight|Newsnight's]]'' editor, to the BBC's senior management.' <ref>Media News: Newsnight and the Mosques, by '[[Ratbiter]]', [[Private Eye]] No. 1203, 8 February-21 February 2008, p.8.</ref> In a letter in the following issue, Barron responded 'Policy Exchange promised to investigate these discrepancies, but two months later they have still not said if they believe these receipts are genuine.' <ref>Receipt deceit? by [[Peter Barron]], Private Eye No.1204, 22 February-6 March 2008, p.15</ref><br /> <br /> Policy Exchange did not bring its threatened legal action against the BBC but in September 2008, the North London Central Mosque issued a writ in the High Court over the report's allegations. <ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0adc306-8906-11dd-a179-0000779fd18c.html London mosque sues think-tank], by Megan Murphy, FT.com, 23 September 2008; ''North London Central Mosque v. The Policy Exchange and Denis McEoin'', claim number HQ08X03441, filed 4 September 2008</ref> The case came to the High Court in December 2009 but was struck out by the Judge on the basis that the Trust could not sue in defamation as it was not a corporate entity or legal person. <ref>'[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=44814 Eady: Mosque charitable trust can't sue for libel]', ''Press Gazette'', 22 December 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> In March 2009, the report appeared to have been removed from the Policy Exchange website, where the following statement appeared:<br /> ::The Hijacking of British Islam:<br /> <br /> ::Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre<br /> <br /> ::In this report we state that Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre is one of the Centres where extremist literature was found. Policy Exchange accepts the Centre’s assurances that none of the literature cited in the Report has ever been sold or distributed at the Centre with the knowledge or consent of the Centre’s trustees or staff, who condemn the extremist and intolerant views set out in such literature. We are happy to set the record straight.<ref>Sunny Hundal, [http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2009/03/30/exclusive-policy-exchange-forced-to-apologise-takes-report-off-website/ Exclusive: Policy Exchange forced to apologise; takes report off website], Liberal Conspiracy, 30 March 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/ Policy Exchange, accessed 2 April 2009.</ref><br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ==Health reform==<br /> On health policy, Policy Exchange says it is "committed to the values of the NHS in providing universal healthcare for all', although it believes that "private sector companies and third sector providers can play a key role in delivering what patients want from a modern National Health Service", ie not an NHS free at the point of need.<br /> ===Health people===<br /> *[[Max Chambers]], Senior Research Fellow - Health: Max Chambers joined Policy Exchange in February 2009. He is Senior Research Fellow, leading Policy Exchange’s Health and Social Care programme and contributing to the Crime and Justice Unit. Before joining Policy Exchange, Max worked as a researcher for the Shadow Justice and Home Affairs teams in Parliament, and was involved with a number of the Conservative Party’s crime and justice policy reviews.<ref>Policy Exchange[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/people/person.cgi?id=40 Max Chambers profile], accessed November 2010</ref><br /> *[[Henry Featherstone]], ex-Head of Health and Social Care (dates tbc). In August 2010 Featherstone joined [[Fleishman-Hillard]]’s London healthcare public affairs and corporate communications team as a senior policy adviser. Prior to this Henry worked in the NHS as a junior doctor and also spent several years working in Parliament for a number of leading Conservative politicians, including [[Archie Norman]], [[Francis Maude]] and [[Greg Clark]]. More recently he was chief of staff to [[James Arbuthnot]] MP, chairman of the [[Defence Select Committee]].<ref>InPharm, [http://www.inpharm.com/appointment/fleishman-appoints-henry-featherstone Fleishman appoints Henry Featherstone], 10 August 2010</ref><br /> <br /> ===Health publications===<br /> *'''Incentivising Wellness: Improving the treatment of long-term conditions''', by Henry Featherstone and Lilly Whitham, November 2010. This report claims that the NHS has proved to be bad at adopting new technologies "such as insulin pumps" that could cut costs radically and help keep patients with chronic conditions like diabetes healthier. According to the authors, "the best way of getting the NHS to adopt new technologies is to encourage new players to enter the health service." "Newly formed GP consortia of the sort envisaged by [[Andrew Lansley]]'s White Paper, it claims, would be ideally-placed to pilot new business models which focus specifically on long-term condition management.<ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/news/news.cgi?id=1669 Incentivising Wellness: Improving the treatment of long-term conditions], 25 November 2010</ref> The report was funded by [[Vodafone]] and [[MSD]] ([[Merck]] and [[Schering-Plough]]).<br /> *'''Future Foundations: towards a new culture in the NHS''', by [[Bill Moyes]] and [[Paul Corrigan]], edited by [[Henry Featherstone]], published 18 March 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=184 Future Foundations: towards a new culture in the NHS], 18 March 2010 </ref> Argues that centralised control by government undermines the autonomy of foundation trusts needed for change and innovation. <br /> *'''The Cost of Cancer''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Lilly Whitham]], published 17 February 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=174 The Cost of Cancer], 17 February 2010 </ref> This report highlights late diagnosis of cancer in the UK, poor survival rates for older people and those in deprived communities, and - again - the relatively poor take up of new treatments and technologies by the NHS. Report funded by [[Roche]].<br /> *'''Controlling Public Spending: The NHS in a period of tight funding''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Natalie Evans]], published 7 January 2010. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=162 Controlling Public Spending: The NHS in a period of tight funding], 7 January 2010 </ref> This report was sponsored by [[Tribal]]<br /> *'''Which Doctor? Putting patients in control of primary care''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Carol Storey]], with foreword by [[Julian Le Grand]] published 22 December 2009. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=159 Which Doctor? Putting patients in control of primary care], 22 December 2009 </ref> This report proposes that the ban on the sale of goodwill attached to GPs - ie the value associated with the popularity of a GP practice - should be overturned. This would increase their value and lead to more private investors buying up and trading practices.<ref>Healthcare REpublic, [http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/976966/Think-tank-suggests-end-ban-sale-goodwill/ Think tank suggests end of ban on sale of goodwill], 14 Jan 2010</ref><br /> *'''Hitting the Bottle''', by [[Henry Featherstone]] and [[Carol Storey]], published 26 May 2009. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=120 Hitting the Bottle],26 May 2009 </ref><br /> *'''Weighing In''', by [[Jamie Burn]], published 10 November 2008. <ref>Policy Exchange, [http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=99 Weighing In],10 November 2008 </ref><br /> <br /> The above is a selection - for a comprehensive archive see: http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/research_areas/health.cgi?topic_id=8&related=publications<br /> <br /> ==Welfare reform==<br /> ===The attack on the Spirit Level===<br /> <br /> Wilkinson and Pickett's book ''the Spirit Level'' was criticised in a series of reports by the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]], the [[Democracy Institute]] and Policy Exchange. The criticisms from Policy Exchange and the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] were published just 24 hours apart.<ref>Adams, T., (2008), [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/31/conservatives.thinktanks Have the Right taken all the best ideas], ''the Guardian'', 31-August-2008, Accessed 29-November-2010</ref><ref>Booth, R., (2010), [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/14/the-spirit-level-equality-thinktanks The Spirit Level: how ‘ideas wreckers’ turned book into a political punch bag], ''the Guardian'', 14-August-2010, Accessed 29-November-2010</ref><br /> <br /> ==Media exposure==<br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="right" width="50%"><br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="40%">Newspaper</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="10%">Number of items</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">288</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Guardian]]'' and the ''[[Observer]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">271</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">257</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Independent]]'' and ''[[Independent on Sunday]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">131</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Mail on Sunday]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">104</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Express]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Express]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">76</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Mirror]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Mirror]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">44</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Daily Star]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">20</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The Business]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">11</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[Morning Star]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>''[[The People]]''</td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>&nbsp;</td><br /> <td>&nbsp;</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>'''Total:'''</td><br /> <td align="center">'''1208'''</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> </table><br /> <br /> The table on the rights gives an indication of Policy Exchange’s media presence in UK national newspapers. It shows the number of items contained in the Lexis Nexis newspaper database group ‘UK National Newspapers’ between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2009 referring to Policy Exchange. <ref>Details of the search are as follows: UK National Newspapers (policy exchange) AND DATE(>=2000-01-01 and <=2009-12-31). The original search returned 1254 items in total. 46 items grouped as News International Newspapers Information Services Ltd were excluded. Of the 28 items grouped by Lexis Nexis as 'The Express Newspapers', eight items were from ''[[The Express]]'' and 20 from the ''[[Daily Star]]''. These have been grouped separately in the table.</ref> The great majority of the press coverage is from the broadsheets, followed by the mid-market ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Mail on Sunday]]''.<br /> <br /> It should be noted that these figures are not 100 per cent accurate since Lexis Nexis often includes duplicated articles in its database. It should also be noted that this quantitative data does not necessarily represent favourable or uncritical coverage.<br /> <br /> <br clear="all"><br /> <br /> ==Funding and finances==<br /> [[Image:Policy Exchange financial history graph.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Graph from the Charity Commission showing Policy Exchange's financial history.]] <br /> In its early years Policy Exchange was a medium sized think-tank, operating on an annual income of around half a million pounds. However after [[David Cameron]] was elected leader of the [[Conservative Party]] its income increased substantially. <br /> <br /> In its latest financial statements, made up to 30 September 2008, the think-tank reported receiving over £2.6 million. This figure put Policy Exchange ahead of the New Labour affiliated think-tank [[Demos]], which saw its income decline over the same period, but still behind the [[Institute for Public Policy Research]], which has enjoyed an income of over £3 million for several years.<br /> <br /> Policy Exchange's main source of income has been through donations, but it also receives significant funding through the sponsorship of research and its 'Business Forum', which is part of the think-tank's 'Corporate Engagement'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Corporate Engagement.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/forum/> created 11 February 2010</ref> In early 2006 ''PR Week'' reported that companies were paying £5,000 to £10,000 to be part of the forum, and that members included [[BP]], [[SAB Miller]], [[BSkyB]] and [[Bupa]]. <ref>Ravi Chandiramani, '[http://www.brandrepublic.com/InDepth/Features/541392/FEATURE-Blair/www.prweek.co.uk British politics is hotting up at last and PA professionals are preparing for the change in leadership and policy]', ''PR Week'', 16 February 2006.</ref> Policy Exchange states that corporations cannot commission research, but that they can 'contribute ideas and give advice to Policy Exchange’s research programme[s]'. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange - Corporate Engagement.pdf|PDF Copy]] of <http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/forum/> created 11 February 2010</ref> In its 2008 accounts, Policy Exchange reported that:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">The activities of the Business Forum group made a particularly strong contribution to fundraising during the period, with the number of members more than doubling to 27. The Policy Exchange Business Forum exists to engage corporates in the research work of the charity, by hosting regular round table events where members can come together to listen to influential policy makers and discuss the issues raised. Many members went on to work directly with our research teams by giving financial and/or research support. <ref>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2008]], p.4</ref></blockquote><br /> <br /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="right" width="70%"><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">Source of Income</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2002</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2003</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2004</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2005</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2006</th><br /> <th bgcolor="goldenrod">2007</th><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Donations</td><br /> <td align="center">£67,030</td><br /> <td align="center">£359,794</td><br /> <td align="center">£435,066</td><br /> <td align="center">£473,296</td><br /> <td align="center">£796,689</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,143,266</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Research sponsorship</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£12,500</td><br /> <td align="center">£57,310</td><br /> <td align="center">£55,342</td><br /> <td align="center">£41,000</td><br /> <td align="center">£506,022</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Business Forum membership</td><td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,348</td><br /> <td align="center">£18,930</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,639</td><br /> <td align="center">£46,417</td><br /> <td align="center">£90,875</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Sale of Reports</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£961</td><br /> <td align="center">£963</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,191</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,294</td><br /> <td align="center">£12,875</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>[[Localis Research]] <ref>This income is described in the 2007 accounts as ‘Share of research projects paid by Localis Research Ltd’. In the previous statements it is referred to as ‘Recharge of research projects to Localis Research Ltd’</ref></td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£10,297</td><br /> <td align="center">£15,035</td><br /> <td align="center">£30,000</td><br /> <td align="center">£14,250</td><br /> <td align="center">£20,000</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Corporate Event Sponsorship</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£78,133</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Management charges</td><br /> <td align="center">£7,909</td><br /> <td align="center">£33,767</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Premises charges</td><br /> <td align="center">£7,500</td><br /> <td align="center">£24,750</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Interest received</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£236</td><br /> <td align="center">£2,651</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,735</td><br /> <td align="center">£3,775</td><br /> <td align="center">£11,958</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>Miscellaneous income</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">-</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,074</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,829</td><br /> </tr><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td>'''Total Income'''</td><br /> <td align="center">£82,439</td><br /> <td align="center">£444,653</td><br /> <td align="center">£529,955</td><br /> <td align="center">£568,203</td><br /> <td align="center">£983,632</td><br /> <td align="center">£1,786,825</td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br clear="left"><br /> The table on the right consolidates information on the sources of Policy Exchange’s income from 2002 to 2007 as provided in its annual financial statements. <br /> <br /> The financial statements are made up to 30 September in each reporting year, meaning for example that the figures for 2007 here represent not that calendar year but the period from 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007. <br /> <br /> Although available, information from the think-tank’s 2008 financial statements have not been included in this table as they no longer provide as detailed a breakdown of the various sources of income. From October 2007, income from donations and research sponsorship are given as one lump some (reported as ‘Voluntary Income’), and Business Forum membership, the sale of reports and other sources of income are given as another lump sum (reported as ‘Activities for generating funds’). <ref>The [[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|2008 Financial Statements]] do not provide even this information as to what makes up the income reported as ‘Voluntary Income’ or ‘Activities for generating funds’, rather this has been deduced from a comparison with the figures given in the 2007 accounts. The figure on page 6 of the 2008 accounts for ‘Voluntary Income’ in the previous year is equal to the total income from donations and research sponsorship in the 2007 accounts. Similarly the figure given there for ‘Activities for generating funds’ is equal to the aggregate amount given in the 2007 accounts for business forum membership, the sale of reports and the share of research projects paid by Localis Research Ltd.</ref><br /> <br /> '''Financial Statements'''<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2002.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2002]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2003.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2003]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2004.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2004]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2005.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2005]]<br /> <br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2006.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2006]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2007.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2007]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2008.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2008]]<br>[[Media:Policy Exchange Financial Statements 30 September 2009.pdf|Policy Exchange Financial Statements made up to 30 September 2009]]<br /> <br /> ==Events==<br /> In the ''Dispatches'' programme ‘Politicians for Hire’, broadcast on 22 March 2010, [[Patricia Hewitt]] recommended Policy Exchange as a think-tank which could be used by corporations seeking to influence government policy. ''Dispatches'' had set up a fictional US public affairs company and contacted Hewitt and several senior politicians asking them if they were interested in a position on the advisory board in their London office. Hewitt attended a bogus interview and told the undercover reporter:<br /> <br /> <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">“Now the think tank and the seminar route I think is a very good one and will remain a good one and so identifying the right think-tank. Policy Exchange is a good one at the moment, [[Demos]] is another good one. And saying ok, does that think tank already have a relationship with Minister X? Can we invite Minister X to give a seminar on this subject? Your client would then sponsor the seminar and you do it via the think-tank. And that’s very useful, because what you get for your sponsorship is basically you sit next to the Minister.” <ref>Patricia Hewitt. Interview. In: ''Dispatches'', ‘Politicians for Hire’, Channel 4, 22 March 2010, 20:00 hrs.</ref></blockquote><br /> [[Image:The Ideas Space.jpg|upright|thumb|300px|The Ideas Space, where Policy Exchange holds the majority of its events.]]<br /> <br /> In an undercover investigation conducted in June and July 2011, [[Bell Pottinger Public Affairs]] recommended a Policy Exchange event as a root to influencing UK government policy. The firm's managing director, [[Tim Collins]], also recommended a meeting with its Chairman [[Daniel Finkelstein]], who he said was very close to [[David Cameron]].<ref>Melanie Newman, Oliver Wright, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/caught-on-camera-top-lobbyists-boasting-how-they-influence-the-pm-6272760.html Caught on camera: top lobbyists boasting how they influence the PM]', ''Independent'', 6 December 2011</ref><br /> <br /> The majority of Policy Exchange's seminars, conferences, roundtables and debates are held at what it calls [[The Ideas Space]] - an events venue in Policy Exchange's HQ in [[Clutha House]].<br /> <br /> ===Event on British Muslims===<br /> In August 2006 Policy Exchange hosted a seminar the title of which was '[[Why Are Britain's Universities Incubating Islamist Extremism?]]'. <ref>Tom Gallagher, '[[Media:Wrong Muslim voices on campus.pdf|Wrong Muslim voices on campus]]', ''The First Post'', 21 August 2006. [PDF created 25 February 2010]</ref> It was attended by right-wing figures including [[Anthony Glees]], the author of ''When Students Turn to Terror''; the Scottish academic [[Tom Gallagher]]; and the right-wing Irish historian [[Ruth Dudley Edwards]]. <br /> <br /> In an online article promoting the event <ref>Tom Gallagher, '[[Media:Wrong Muslim voices on campus.pdf|Wrong Muslim voices on campus]]', ''The First Post'', 21 August 2006. [PDF created 25 February 2010]</ref> and at the seminar itself, <ref>Ruth Dudley-Edwards, ‘[http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/fundamentalist-lessons-to-be-learnt-by-irish-academe-133912.html Fundamentalist Lessons to be learnt by Irish Academe]', ''Sunday Independent'' (Ireland), 27 August 2006.</ref> [[Tom Gallagher]] argued that a main cause of 'radicalisation' amongst young Muslims was not injustice, but that Muslim students are not intellectually capable of achieving in higher education.<br /> <br /> ==External Resources==<br /> *Seumas Milne, [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/seumas_milne/2007/12/poisonous_and_dangerous.html.printer.friendly Poisonous and dangerous], Guardian: Comment is Free, 15 December 2007.<br /> *Andy Beckett, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/26/thinktanks.conservatives What can they be thinking?], Guardian, G2, 26 September 2008.<br /> *Arun Kundnani, [http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/september/ak000003.html How are thinktanks shaping the political agenda on Muslims in Britain?], ''Institute of Race Relations'', 2 September 2008<br /> <br>Internet Archive Wayback Machine, [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.policyexchange.org.uk policyexchange.org.uk]<br /> <br /> ==Address==<br /> <br>[[Clutha House]]<br>10 [[Storey's Gate]]<br>London SW1P 3AY<br>Telephone: 020 7340 2650<br>Fax: 020 7222 5859<br>Email: info@policyexchange.org.uk <br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> <references/><br /> [[category:neocons]] [[category:Think Tanks]] [[Category:Healthcare Industry]][[Category:Conservative movement]]</div>

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