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| − | The Financial Times | + | '''Dr Tim Leunig''' has been a senior policy adviser to the secretary of state for environment food and rural affairs [[Michael Gove]] since 2017 and an expert adviser at the [[Department for Education]] (DfE) since 2018. <ref> LinkedIn, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-leunig/ Tim Leunig], last accessed 27 June 2019 </ref> |
| − | :Mr Cameron’s aides have joked that Policy Exchange was now his “least favourite think-tank” after it published a report suggesting towns such as Sunderland and Liverpool were “beyond saving” and that their residents should move south. The report was hugely embarrassing for the Tory leader. But it is a sign of these flexible ideological times that '''Tim Leunig''', its author, turned out to be a prominent Liberal Democrat.<ref>George Parker, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a8990ad0-7453-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=34c8a8a6-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html Think-tank feels pinch as rival cashes in], Financial Times, 27 August 2008.</ref> | + | |
| + | ==Policy Exchange report== | ||
| + | The ''Financial Times'' reported in 2008 on a report authored by Leunig: | ||
| + | :Mr Cameron’s aides have joked that Policy Exchange was now his “least favourite think-tank” after it published a report suggesting towns such as Sunderland and Liverpool were “beyond saving” and that their residents should move south. The report was hugely embarrassing for the Tory leader. But it is a sign of these flexible ideological times that '''Tim Leunig''', its author, turned out to be a prominent Liberal Democrat.<ref>George Parker, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a8990ad0-7453-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=34c8a8a6-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html Think-tank feels pinch as rival cashes in], ''Financial Times'', 27 August 2008.</ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[CentreForum]], Advisory Board, 2008 | *[[CentreForum]], Advisory Board, 2008 | ||
*[[Policy Exchange]] – writer of some of PEx's reports<ref>George Parker, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a8990ad0-7453-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=34c8a8a6-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html Think-tank feels pinch as rival cashes in], Financial Times, 27 August 2008.</ref> | *[[Policy Exchange]] – writer of some of PEx's reports<ref>George Parker, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a8990ad0-7453-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=34c8a8a6-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html Think-tank feels pinch as rival cashes in], Financial Times, 27 August 2008.</ref> | ||
| + | *Senior Visiting Fellow, Econ History, [[LSE]], Assoc Member, [[Nuffield College]] Oxford. | ||
==Contact, References and Resources== | ==Contact, References and Resources== | ||
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| + | [[category:Think Tanker|Leunig, Tim]][[category:Special advisors|Leunig, Tim]][[Category:Fracking|Leunig, Tim]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:09, 27 June 2019
Dr Tim Leunig has been a senior policy adviser to the secretary of state for environment food and rural affairs Michael Gove since 2017 and an expert adviser at the Department for Education (DfE) since 2018. [1]
Policy Exchange report
The Financial Times reported in 2008 on a report authored by Leunig:
- Mr Cameron’s aides have joked that Policy Exchange was now his “least favourite think-tank” after it published a report suggesting towns such as Sunderland and Liverpool were “beyond saving” and that their residents should move south. The report was hugely embarrassing for the Tory leader. But it is a sign of these flexible ideological times that Tim Leunig, its author, turned out to be a prominent Liberal Democrat.[2]
Affiliations
- CentreForum, Advisory Board, 2008
- Policy Exchange – writer of some of PEx's reports[3]
- Senior Visiting Fellow, Econ History, LSE, Assoc Member, Nuffield College Oxford.
Contact, References and Resources
References
- ↑ LinkedIn, Tim Leunig, last accessed 27 June 2019
- ↑ George Parker, Think-tank feels pinch as rival cashes in, Financial Times, 27 August 2008.
- ↑ George Parker, Think-tank feels pinch as rival cashes in, Financial Times, 27 August 2008.
