Sentences with phrase «thinktank argued»

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.

The thinktank argues that the fact local government in Britain is dependent on 80 % central funding leaves the UK lagging behind nearly all other European countries in transferring power to local people.

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The bruising process of reforming public sector pensions will not save the taxpayer any money, a respected economic thinktank has argued.

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.

Conservative plans to introduce a marriage tax break have been challenged by a thinktank report arguing marriage is not decisive in making relationships more stable.

The prospects for ethnic minority politicians are still held back by «dinosaur attitudes» to race among party activists, a thinktank has argued.

Writing in a pamphlet published this morning — entitled The Liberal Republic — to mark the thinktank's birthday, the Demos director, Richard Reeves, and former Blair speechwriter Phil Collins spell out their philosophy, arguing that a «Liberal line» runs through all the three main parties and is more interesting than classic dividing lines of left and right.

Progressive thinktank the Fabian Society argues that tenants in born in the 1970s are suffering under a form of social apartheid completely alien to their post-war predecessors.

The thinktank notes: «The government is likely to argue that further bad news on the public finances will only be temporary and that fiscal policy should support monetary policy as the economy slows this year.

Police pay should reflect officers» skills and performance rather than length of service, an influential thinktank has argued.

The thinktank had argued that Labour's only feasible route into government was with the support of parties such as the Lib Dems and Scottish National party.