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Origins and history: X-Chance & C Change Logos moved up

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−	~~'''~~Conservatives for Change~~'''~~ or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <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>	+	[[Conservatives for Change]] or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <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>

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−	'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <ref>‘[~~[File~~:~~Maude PX speech~~.pdf\|Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref>	+	'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <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>

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−	'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <ref>‘[[File:Maude PX speech.pdf Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref>	+	'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <ref>‘[[File:Maude PX speech.pdf\|Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref>

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−	'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <ref>‘[[File:Maude PX speech.pdf\|Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref>	+	'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <ref>‘[[File:Maude PX speech.pdf Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref>

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−	'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <ref>‘[[File:Maude PX speech.~~pdfFrancis~~ Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref>	+	'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <ref>‘[[File:Maude PX speech.pdf\|Francis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref>

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-'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. Conservatives for Change Ltd was set up as a private company limited by guarantee (i.e. with no shares) on 10 August 2001 and was dissolved 15 May 2007.
+'''Conservatives for Change''' or '''Cchange''' was a political organisation set up in 2001, along with its sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]], to modernise the image of the [[Conservative Party]]. At a speech in 2012, [[Francis Maude]] recalled that: 'CChange was an overtly political group promoting the modernisation of the Conservative Party. I was its Chairman; and our hope was that CChange would not be needed for long. ... We made ourselves redundant when after the 2005 election I became Party Chairman and six months later David Cameron became Leader. <ref>‘[[File:Maude PX speech.pdfFrancis Maude - Ten Years of Modernisation: Looking back and the challenges ahead]]’, Policy Exchange, 7 March 2012</ref>
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 [[Archie Norman]], [[Francis Maude]], and their allies decided to set up two seperate think-tanks as part of their modernisation project. In addition to setting up CChange, they established XChange Ideas or simply XChange, which would be rebranded as [[Policy Exchange]] a few months later. The two were presumably kept seperate 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>
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+<br clear="all"> Conservatives for Change Ltd was set up as a private company limited by guarantee (i.e. with no shares) on 10 August 2001 and was dissolved 15 May 2007.
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 The table on the right shows the company directors of Conservatives for Change Ltd listed at Companies House along with their dates of appointment and resignation. The Conservative MP [[Ed Vaizey]], though he does not appear in Companies House records, was listed as a board member on the organisation's website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070729052133/http://www.cchange.org.uk CChange Board], CChange website, 29 July 2007, accessed from the Internet Archive on 25 March 2010</ref>
-The board shares a number of figures with [[Policy Exchange]]. [[Nicholas Boles]] was the think-tank's first director and [[Colin Barrow]], [[Francis Maude]] and [[David Willetts]] have all served as board members. [[Nicholas Boles]] and [[Colin Barrow]] have also served on the board of [[Localis]], the local government think-tank which is closely associated with [[Policy Exchange]].
+The board shares a number of figures with CChange's sister organisation [[Policy Exchange]]. [[Nicholas Boles]] was the [[Policy Exchange|Policy Exchange's]] first director and [[Colin Barrow]], [[Francis Maude]] and [[David Willetts]] have all served as board members. [[Nicholas Boles]] and [[Colin Barrow]] have also served on the board of [[Localis]], the local government think-tank which is closely associated with [[Policy Exchange]].
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-The table on the right the company directors for Conservatives for Change Ltd listed at Companies House along with their dates of appointment and resignation. The Conservative MP [[Ed Vaizey]], though he does not appear in Companies House records, was listed as a board member on the organisation's website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070729052133/http://www.cchange.org.uk CChange Board], CChange website, 29 July 2007, accessed from the Internet Archive on 25 March 2010</ref>
+The table on the right shows the company directors of Conservatives for Change Ltd listed at Companies House along with their dates of appointment and resignation. The Conservative MP [[Ed Vaizey]], though he does not appear in Companies House records, was listed as a board member on the organisation's website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070729052133/http://www.cchange.org.uk CChange Board], CChange website, 29 July 2007, accessed from the Internet Archive on 25 March 2010</ref>
 The board shares a number of figures with [[Policy Exchange]]. [[Nicholas Boles]] was the think-tank's first director and [[Colin Barrow]], [[Francis Maude]] and [[David Willetts]] have all served as board members. [[Nicholas Boles]] and [[Colin Barrow]] have also served on the board of [[Localis]], the local government think-tank which is closely associated with [[Policy Exchange]].

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	The table on the right the company directors for Conservatives for Change Ltd listed at Companies House along with their dates of appointment and resignation. The Conservative MP [[Ed Vaizey]], though he does not appear in Companies House records, was listed as a board member on the organisation's website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070729052133/http://www.cchange.org.uk CChange Board], CChange website, 29 July 2007, accessed from the Internet Archive on 25 March 2010</ref>		The table on the right the company directors for Conservatives for Change Ltd listed at Companies House along with their dates of appointment and resignation. The Conservative MP [[Ed Vaizey]], though he does not appear in Companies House records, was listed as a board member on the organisation's website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070729052133/http://www.cchange.org.uk CChange Board], CChange website, 29 July 2007, accessed from the Internet Archive on 25 March 2010</ref>
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		+	The board shares a number of figures with [[Policy Exchange]]. [[Nicholas Boles]] was the think-tank's first director and [[Colin Barrow]], [[Francis Maude]] and [[David Willetts]] have all served as board members. [[Nicholas Boles]] and [[Colin Barrow]] have also served on the board of [[Localis]], the local government think-tank which is closely associated with [[Policy Exchange]].
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 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>
 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 Honoury 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.
 [[Archie Norman]], [[Francis Maude]], and their allies decided to set up two seperate think-tanks as part of their modernisation project. In addition to setting up CChange, they established XChange Ideas or simply XChange, which would be rebranded as [[Policy Exchange]] a few months later. The two were presumably kept seperate 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>