Sentences with phrase «thinktank in»

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.

McCluskey, dismissing Progress as an organisation whose ideas were locked in the past, said he was relaxed about defeating the thinktank in arguments and that the furore was due to the «amount of money being ploughed in» to the group.

Speaking during a question - and - answer session at a thinktank in Brussels last month, he said: «Well let's just take one test — the exact same benefits.

Ahead of a major foreign policy speech at Chatham House thinktank in London on 24 April, the tension in the team over how to respond to the SNP issue came to a head.

Not exact matches

Mark Campanale, executive director of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, a thinktank that analyses the financial risks of fossil fuel investments, said: «The financial markets are fast losing faith in the investment case for fossil fuels.

Christian campaigners have reacted to a new thinktank report that says the government is «clueless» about the scale of human trafficking in the UK.

«It is a bit like taking out a pretty big mortgage in the expectation your income is going to rise, but the NHS is facing a period where that is not going to happen,» Professor John Appleby of the King's Fund thinktank told the BBC.

The government's commitment to decentralising power in its localism bill set to be unveiled this week runs the risk of being «cosmetic», a thinktank warns.

The centre - left thinktank's study, which challenges the orthodoxy of pursuing a stable inflation rate at the expense of everything else, envisages a major improvement in employment among 18 - to 24 - year - olds and those aged between 50 and 64.

Loukas Tsoukalis, president of Eliamep — Greece's best known thinktank — says: «I presume that noone in the troika seriously believes that there will be full implementation of the [additional] $ 12 billion cuts rather than just a respectable amount [of implementation].»

Akash Paun of the thinktank explains: «In a single party government, no matter how divided they may be, as you approach the next election all the incentives are to unify.

will be as important for what's happening in the corridors as for the launch of the actual project,» Clara O'Donnell of the Centre for European Reform (CER) thinktank told politics.co.uk.

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.

Osborne is already facing calls from the centre - right thinktank Policy Exchange to include «a strong set of fiscal rules» in the charter, which would look to impose strict spending restrictions on future governments in order to reduce the national debt.

«The autumn statement will mark a crucial moment in the economic course of our country,» he told thinktank IPPR.

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.

Radical innovations from local authorities are needed in the face of a «tsunami of a public sector recession», a thinktank has said.

Jill Kirby, the thinktank's director, echoed Mr Morgan's sentiments, saying: «As public and media anxiety builds in anticipation of the comprehensive spending review, it's important to keep a sense of proportion.

The shale gas debate summarised, with a nice Irish voice and some friendly music in the background, courtesy of the Institute of International and European Affairs thinktank.

Selling off the most expensive fifth of social housing could help cut the waiting list for council homes by as much as 600,000 in five years, a thinktank has claimed.

According to the Guardian, «the essays, brought together by the IPPR thinktank, also point out that Labour first devised the idea of a points - based system for economic migrants in 2000, but took until 2008 to bring it into being».

The pamphlet, by the Labour - affiliated Fabian Society and Policy Network thinktank, admits Labour has lost ground among the DE bottom social group but says it will only restore its electoral fortunes if it performs better among white - collar and skilled workers, who are strongly represented in marginal seats in the South and Midlands.

In his eight months outside the cabinet, Purnell has worked at the thinktank Demos building up ideas at the Open Left project and has become increasingly attracted to the work of London Citizens.

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.

In his first post-election political move, Lord Mandelson has agreed to chair an inquiry into the future of globalisation for the left of centre thinktank the IPPR — an inquiry that is likely to be influential on Labour's policy review.

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.»

A poll by the thinktank British Future finds strong public support for a change in the UK's relationship with the EU.

Astle is, perhaps unexpectedly, finding himself working as a director of a thinktank focusing on a party in government.

One day Astle might, perhaps, be tempted by a job inside government, but for the last five years he has found his forte lies in leading a thinktank.

The centre - left Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) thinktank made a significant call for an economic «plan B» prior to an expected slump in growth forecasts today.

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 left - of - centre thinktank said Labour was on track to see its number of MPs fall below 200 as a result of its poor polling performance and losses in Scotland.

The New Economics Foundation (NEF), an independent economic thinktank, compared people buying food at a supermarket with a local farmers» market, and found twice the money stayed in the community when people bought locally.

«No 10 just hasn't been the engine room of government in the way it was under Blair and Brown,» says Akash Paun of the Institute for Government thinktank, which will be carefully monitoring the development of exactly this problem over the rest of 2013.

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.

A dramatic increase in unemployed poverty has been spared at the cost of a rise in the number of «working poor», the IPPR thinktank has suggested.

Taking questions after his speech to the Reform thinktank, Mr Fox said: «Those in politics on the other side of the world can huff and puff but it will not change our resolve politically to retain the independence and the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands nor to come to their defence and to maintain deterrence as best we can.

Jonathan Bartley is the Green candidate for Lambeth and Southwark in next year's Greater London Authority elections and the co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia.

At a packed rally hosted by the Progress thinktank, Ms Blears also renewed her implicit criticism of Gordon Brown originally made to the Independent on Sunday, in which she said the prime minister needed to demonstrate more «emotional intelligence».

Her call came in a collection of essays about the state of the economy compiled by thinktank ResPublica.

The thinktank calculates that the reality of the government's small real terms increase in schools spending coupled with rising classroom numbers meant that spending per pupil would fall by 2.25 % over the next four years.

Exclusive: Deputy PM attacks respected thinktank and insists coalition still has «more work to do» in cutting deficit

Let's hope he recognises that in David Willetts he has a one - man thinktank right under his nose.

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»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»in general better - off households are the ones making capital gains in the first place»in the first place».

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.

In a keynote speech to Progress, the Blairite thinktank, the business secretary said the government recognised the need to «prioritise and economise» once Britain emerges from recession, but would do so while protecting frontline services.

Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank says chancellor likely to reduce rates in next budget despite concerns about inequality

The independent review, to be led by the intelligence and military thinktank the Royal United Services Institute, will look at the proportionality of the data gathered for surveillance purposes and the legal framework in which this happens.

Tony Dolphin, senior economist at the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank, called for ministers to use the tax system to boost the economy in the short - term.

«The world of the 21st century is one in which the British are going to have some clout and are going to have some idea of how to give themselves a platform to exercise that clout,» he told a fringe event organised by the ResPublica thinktank.