Sentences with word «thinktank»

Paul Cornish of thinktank Chatham House told the Today programme that the # 2.5 billion figure was worth taking seriously.

In a post-budget analysis, the Resolution Foundation thinktank said the CGT cut was «focused on those on higher incomes — unsurprisingly because in general better - off households are the ones making capital gains in the first place».

New study by thinktank funded by Koch brothers aims to debunk authoritative UN climate change report

A recent report for thinktank Policy Exchange said heat pumps were costly and disruptive to install.

While the idea of verification of results is a good (if unexceptional) one, it should be remembered that part of the political tactic of the anti-science politicians in Washington on other issues (see examples in Chris Mooney's book) has been to introduce as many conflicting studies from industry - funded thinktanks as possible, however faulty those studies are, to bury the debate under noise.

Writing for thinktank Progress» magazine, the quintet argue middle - class voters need to be targeted if the party is to prevent what appears to be a landslide in the next general election.

Farron's move in a letter to a constituent released at the weekend came as the IPPR thinktank published new research showing the proposed decarbonisation target need not increase energy prices, and the government's alternative of relying on gas will boost bills by as much as # 15.

Figures revealed today by thinktank Demos show that Wales is among the regions most likely to lose out from Brexit and possible tariffs on British exports.

Peabody's filings revealed funding for the American Legislative Exchange Council, the corporate lobby group which opposes clean energy standards and tried to impose financial penalties on homeowners with solar panels, as well as a constellation of conservative thinktanks and organisations.

Congress can override the president if the House of Representatives and Senate both pass joint - resolutions — a kind of formal statement — as thinktank the Centre for American Progress and blog Climate Progress point out.

The centre - right thinktank argued that the balance between workers and unions had become lopsided in favour of the latter, with many unions operating a «monopoly» leaving employees little choice in deciding which union to join.

Peer to concentrate on charitable causes as Labour thinktank Progress says it will turn to members to make up its shortfall

Asked after the speech, at the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank in London, how she envisaged balancing her hope for what she called an «enabling» immigration system with some voters» concerns on new arrivals, Abbott said it was vital to accentuate the positives.

In August, the Social Market Foundation thinktank argued the government must consider building on the greenbelt if it is to meet targets for 3 million new homes by 2020.

On Monday, Davidson will help to launch Onwards, a new centre - right thinktank with the express aim to generate policies that appeal to younger voters.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies, Britain's leading thinktank on tax and benefits, said the increase in poverty in 2007 - 08 was due to weak income growth for the low paid.

Bradley worked in the Tory policy unit before the 2005 election and has written thinktank reports on childcare and economics.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) thinktank warns the Treasury is on course to break its own «fiscal rules» and it would be «prudent» for Alistair Darling to raise taxes in his first Budget this March.

Osborne's boasts that impressive progress has been made ahead of the review were played down by Tony Dolphin, the chief economist of centre - left thinktank IPPR.

Glada Lahn, a senior research fellow at thinktank Chatham House, says the water issues often affect more than one country at a time, making international cooperation even more important:

The findings have been published in a report from education thinktank LKMco and education company Pearson.

Over the last 6 months the Policy & Reserach Unit has been undertaking an outreach project with leading thinktanks, business and NGOs.

«I think the mood will be a bit jittery,» Julian Astle, the director of liberal thinktank Centre Forum, predicts.

Respected thinktank says UK's withdrawal from EU will stoke inflation and peg back wages to below their 2008 level in 2021

The report - Oil: The Coming Supply Crunch - was conceived by thinktank Chatham House, and argues world supplies of oil will be severely restricted within five to ten years.

Five years after being set up, coalition politics has opened up new possibilities for liberal thinktank CentreForum and its director, Julian Astle.

Letters sent by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil - funded thinktank with close links to the Bush administration, offered the payments for articles that emphasise the shortcomings of a report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The authors of a new report from localism thinktank New Local Government Network explain their thinking when it comes to council back - office savings:

A study from the Education Policy Institute thinktank last year found that the number of teenagers taking GCSEs in arts subjects had fallen to its lowest proportion for a decade.

Chris Nicholson, director of the liberal thinktank CentreForum, wrote for politics.co.uk: «There is a strong case in the medium - to long - term for dropping the 50p tax rate but retaining it over the next few years will raise revenue and help to show that we really are «all in it together».»

But I think it needs to work out exactly where local government is placed within that and give councillors a very clear role in terms of delivering the Big Society,» says James Hulme, communications director of the New Local Government Network thinktank.

This explains his unusual frankness, and backpedalling, on two common dilemmas for thinktank directors.

Natalie Evans of Policy Exchange, the centre - right thinktank which has generated much of the thinking behind the Big Society, insists postcode lotteries are part of the plan.

However Jonathan Portes of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research thinktank said Clegg was wrong to suggest that the slate would be wiped clean in six or seven years.

Ingrid Holmes, the associate director of the E3G thinktank told the Guardian that 2007 was the «worst possible» starting point for energy use reductions.

Nick Clegg will use a speech at the Centre for European Reform thinktank today to accuse Ukip's MEPs of being «lazy».

A string of rightwing thinktanks including Cato, the Alexis de Tocqueville Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute helped to promote these hacks and the lies they were paid to peddle.

Liz Gallagher, head of climate diplomacy at London thinktank E3G said the offers were «the floor, not the ceiling» of a deal in Paris.

The Resolution Foundation thinktank called for a rethink of the # 12bn cuts to working - age welfare scheduled to take place during this parliament.

And a recent report from the IPPR thinktank suggested it's actually the current system which is more likely to produce hung parliaments.

Unison has dismissed Lord Mandelson's warning that the trade union movement is leading the left into a blind alley over its attack on Progress, the New Labour thinktank, as it labelled the pressure group an «intolerable» influence on the party.

The Centre for London thinktank estimated that at the end of 2013 there were up to 300,000 workers being paid less than they should be.

«Numbers usually mean everything,» Andy Sawford of the Local Government Information Unit thinktank explains.

Andy Sawford of the Local Government Information Unit thinktank said the number of additional councils being gained by Labour was significant.

That's the conclusion of a new energy policy review from influential thinktank the International Energy Agency (IEA).

That is why tomorrow I will be joining the advisory board of the impressive and progressive thinktank Demos.»

Neal Lawson, chair of the centre - left thinktank Compass, said: «A hypothecated tax for the NHS could do three things: provide essential extra funding, get round the loss of trust in politicians and provide confidence that the one national institution people still believe in has a future.»

I don't know how much the latter comes to (the EU online databases have lamentably basic search functions) but last year New Direction, a free - market thinktank, estimated that in 2010 the European Commission gave $ 131 million to environmental NGOs.