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May 2012
Press release | Listen to the banks: give RBS and Lloyds shares to the British public | 15 May 2012
The Commentator, 'Britain's coalition government promises localism at home, but not in other people's countries', Charles Anglin, 15 May 2012
BBC Newsnight, Tim Leunig talks about the plight of British manufacturing, 14 May 2012 [starts 00:16:48 on iPlayer]
Travel Weekly, 'Aviation policy remains grounded', Ian Taylor, 14 May 2012
Fundweb, 'Esma chief lauds FSA's help in single market', Gary Jackson, 11 May 2012
City AM, 'Archaic restrictions choke London and hinder its sustainable growth', Tim Leunig, 11 May 2012
The Guardian, Higher Education Network: 'Where are all the innovators in academia?', Tim Leunig, 10 May 2012
Left Foot Forward, 'Nine measures for a big 'L' liberal Queen's speech', Tom Frostick, 9 May 2012
BBC Newsnight, CentreForum's Tim Leunig talks to Allegra Stratton about inflating away government debt, 8 May 2012 [starts 00:37:35 on iPlayer]
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'The Independent View: A Queen's Speech that liberals can get behind', Tom Frostick, 8 May 2012
Press release | A liberal Queen's Speech | 7 May 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'This graph of income tax rates might surprise you', Adam Corlett, 7 May 2012
Oxford Mail, 'Is a hosepipe ban really necessary?', 4 May 2012
April 2012
Metro, 'No place called home: A look at the housing crisis in Britain', Fred Attewill, 30 April 2012
ConservativeHome, 'Why Conservatives should back efforts to tackle information inequalities in higher education', Gill Wyness and Tom Frostick, 27 April 2012
Inside Housing, 'Chink of light', Jules Birch, 26 April 2012
The Guardian, Policy hub: 'We need to compare public and private sector pay on a like-for-like basis', Sue Ferns, 26 April 2012
Press release | Double dip recession: a lesson or two from the 1930s | 25 April 2012
The Telegraph, 'We need to learn from the 1930s', Tim Leunig, 25 April 2012
The Guardian, Reality Check: 'Did the eurozone crisis cause the double dip recession?', Polly Curtis, 25 April 2012
The Guardian, 'Leveson inquiry: the special advisers mentioned in Fréd Michel's emails', Helen Pidd, 25 April 2012
Bloomberg, 'English student debt unprecedented as government shifts funding', Oliver Staley, 23 April 2012 [also carried by La Republica]
BBC News, 'Which workers are really key?', Tom de Castella and Vanessa Barford, 23 April 2012
Politics.co.uk, 'The next mayor should be demanding more for London', Tim Leunig, 23 April 2012
The Pioneer, 'It's good to walk', 23 April 2012
Huffington Post UK, 'UK drought: how close is the UK to waterpocalypse', Michael Rundle, 21 April 2012
Public Finance, 'Commons approves 'granny tax'', Richard Johnstone, 20 April 2012
BBC Radio Berkshire, Tim Leunig talks about his alternative to the hosepipe ban, 20 April 2012
BBC Radio Kent, Tim Leunig talks about his alternative to the hosepipe ban, 20 April 2012
Press release | CentreForum's reaction to the 'granny tax' vote | 19 April 2012
Huffington Post UK, 'Dealing with water shortages: a lesson from Western Australia', Tim Leunig, 19 April 2012
City AM, 'Is a hosepipe ban the best solution to the recent water shortages in the south east?', Tim Leunig, 17 April 2012
The Telegraph, 'Cap maternity pay and cut back on free bus passes, TV licences for OAPs, says Ed Davey aide', Christopher Hope, 17 April 2012
BBC Radio 5 Live, Tim Leunig discusses hosepipe bans with Shelagh Fogarty, 16 April 2012 [starts 01:50:30 on iPlayer]
The Telegraph, 'We can no longer take our water for granted', Editorial, 16 April 2012
The Telegraph, 'I'd pay extra to fill my little girl's paddling pool', Tim Leunig, 16 April 2012
The Financial Times, Letter: 'Move property taxation to site value rating', Steven Clarke, 16 April 2012
BBC Radio Bristol, CentreForum's Tim Leunig discusses hosepipes over breakfast, 17 April 2012
The Telegraph, 'Hosepipe bans are unfair on households, says Liberal Democrat think tank', James Kirkup and Louise Gray, 15 April 2012
Press release | No need to ban hosepipes, says think tank | 13 April 2012
The Economist, 'Hose tripe: banning hosepipe use is a poor solution to a hosepipe shortage', 13 April 2012 (from the print edition)
The Financial Times, 'The Nimbys should learn to love developers', Chris Giles, 12 April 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'Time for the party to propose the Citizen's Income', Joe Bourke, 11 April 2012
The Guardian, Higher Education Network: 'Government needs to do more to promote information about universities', Gill Wyness, 10 April 2012
Times Higher, 'Think tank's plans to spread university news to the poor', Jack Grove, 8 April 2012
Planning Magazine, 'Land auction architect attacks delay to pilots', John Geoghegan and Ben Cook, 5 April 2012
Scottish Review, 'Demonising the elderly', Jill Stephenson, 4 April 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'The Independent View: A note to the Liberal Democrats on university access and information', Gill Wyness and Tom Frostick, 4 April 2012
Press release | Beyond a KIS: five ways to tackle information inequalities in higher education | 3 April 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'Getting radical with the money supply', Joe Bourke, 3 April 2012
Publicservice.co.uk, 'Public sector will miss out on mutualism', Iain Robinson, 2 April 2012
March 2012
Public Finance, 'Councils urged to adopt local pay', Richard Johnstone, 30 March 2012
Wales Online, 'Wales would be the big winner from Armed Forces reorganisation if Scotland leaves the union', David Williamson, 29 March 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'Building an economic recovery', Joe Bourke, 28 March 2012
Legal Week, 'Lords report proposes positive action to boost judiciary diversity', Suzi Ring, 28 March 2012
The Guardian, 'We need to rethink how we define merit for supreme court appointments', Alan Paterson and Chris Paterson, 27 March 2012
The Financial Times, Letter: 'Tax-free cash gives equity between generations', Stuart Fowler, 27 March 2012
The Financial Times, Letter: 'The grey vote should protect elderly for the moment', Ian Maitland, 27 March 2012
Legal Week, 'Judicial appointments system suffers 'democratic deficit', says think tank', Suzi Ring, 27 March 2012
Press release | Supreme Court appointments process untenable, says CentreForum | 26 March 2012
The Times, 'Tie-breaker law could give women the edge in battle to become top judges', Frances Gibb, 26 March 2012
The Financial Times, 'System for appointing top judges called unfit', Jane Croft, 26 March 2012
The Guardian, 'Current judicial appointments system is not fit for purpose, says report', Joshua Rosenberg, 26 March 2012
The Financial Times, 'Squeezed middle universities to lose out', Chris Cook, 26 March 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'A note to my successor (Part 2)', Chris Nicholson, 25 March 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'A note to my successor (Part 1)', Chris Nicholson, 24 March 2012
Press release | Chris Nicholson to leave CentreForum, the liberal think tank | 23 March 2012
The Guardian, Housing Network: 'Osborne's 2012 budget fails to tackle the key housing concerns', Nicola Hughes, 23 March 2012
The Financial Times, 'Osborne's granny tax does not go far enough', Tim Leunig, 22 March 2012
Total Politics, 'Redressing the balance between the generations', Chris Nicholson 22 March 2012
Politics.co.uk, 'A Budget for the squeezed middle. But for growth?', Chris Nicholson, 22 March 2012
Shanghai Daily, 'British budget triggers mixed reactions', 22 March 2012
Press release | Budget reaction from CentreForum | 21 March 2012
Research Fortnight, 'Budget 2012: £100m extra cash pledged for universities', Miriam Frankel, 21 March 2012
Times Higher, 'Taking students out of immigration tally would be nonsense', Jack Grove, 21 March 2012
The Financial Times, 'Lib Dems celebrate measures', Kiran Stacey, 21 March 2012
The Financial Times, 'Reshoring jobs boosts manufacturing hopes', James Shotter, 21 March 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'The Independent View: Taxing decisions - the debate between tax credits and personal tax allowances', Tom Brooks, 20 March 2012
The Guardian, 'Letters: CentreForum report', Chris Nicholson, 20 March 2012
Press release | What CentreForum would like to see in the Budget | 19 March 2012
Press release | Budget 2012: Tax credits versus personal tax allowances | 19 March 2012
The Financial Times, Westminster Blog: 'Raising tax credits more progressive than raising tax allowance', Kiran Stacey, 19 March 2012
Politics.co.uk, 'We need a budget for growth and the squeezed middle', Chris Nicholson, 19 March 2012
ConservativeHome, 'The government finally goes for growth but the politics won't be easy', Tim Montgomerie, 19 March 2012 (cites CentreForum's 2010 paper 'More than we bargained for: the social and economic costs of national wage bargaining')
Spectator: Coffee House, 'Where will Cameron's road proposal take us?', Peter Hoskin, 19 March 2012
The Guardian, 'Regional public pay proposals: decent theory, indecent context', Editorial, 19 March 2012 (links to CentreForum report 'More than we bargained for')
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'Time for the Lib Dems to blow the whistle on national wage settlements', Stephen Tall, 18 March 2012
The Guardian, 'Budget 2012: coalition tax trade off puts coalition in a bind', Juliette Jowit, 16 March 2012 (17 March in print)
BBC World Service, Tim Leunig discusses quantitative easing on Business Daily, 15 March 2012 [starts 00:04:18 on iPlayer]
Spectator: Coffee House, 'Why QE isn't a disaster for pensioners', Tim Leunig, 15 March 2012
Left Foot Forward, 'Trident: should Labour call for it to be scrapped', Toby Fenwick, 15 March 2012
Times Higher, 'Tourist attractions', James Pitman, 15 March 2012
BBC Radio 4, CentreForum chief economist Tim Leunig talks to The World at One show about government bonds, 14 March 2012 [starts 00:34:35 on iPlayer]
The Financial Times, Letter: 'QE has also benefited pension funds', Tim Leunig, 13 March 2012
The Financial Times, 'Is yours a castle or a humble mansion?', Brian Groom, 13 March 2012
The Guardian, 'Private colleges are being sacrificed to please the anti-immigration lobby', Geoffrey Alderman, 12 March 2012
The Courier, 'A nuclear deterrent is no longer necessary', Joe Wood, 12 March 2012
STV, 'SNP conference confirms anti-Trident stance', 12 March 2012
BBC Radio 4, CentreForum chief executive Chris Nicholson talks about employee engagement on Matthew Taylor's Analysis show, 11 March 2012 [starts 00:19:45 on iPlayer]
Press release | Put employee ownership at the heart of the coalition's growth strategy, says think tank | 9 March 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'Independent View: Dropping the bomb', Kate Hudson, 9 March 2012
HR Magazine, 'ESOP Centre backs Liberal Democrat calls for a minister dedicated to employee share ownership', David Woods, 9 March 2012
Liberal Democrat Voice, 'It's time to scrap Trident', Toby Fenwick, 8 March 2012
ConservativeHome, 'The winter fuel allowance, statutory maternity pay, social housing. How to save over £2 billion a year - and that's before I get started on Trident.' Chris Nicholson, 7 March 2012
Politics.co.uk, 'Trident would make the UK weaker', Toby Fenwick, 7 March 2012
The Guardian, 'UK's nuclear weapons in the frame', Richard Norton-Taylor, 6 March 2012
ConservativeHome, 'Why we still need Trident', Peter Cannon, 6 March 2012
The Guardian, Reality Check - 'Taxing the rich: 50p rate or mansion tax?', Polly Curtis, 6 March 2012
Press release | It's time to cancel Trident, says liberal think tank | 5 March 2012
BBC News, 'Replacing Trident makes no sense, CentreForum argues', 5 March 2012
BBC Radio 4, Toby Fenwick and Ming Campbell MP debate Trident on the Today programme, 5 March 2012
BBC Radio 5 Live, Author of CentreForum report 'Dropping the bomb' Toby Fenwick is interviewed by Phil Williams, 5 March 2012 [starts 00:25:55 in iPlayer]
The Guardian, 'Trident nuclear deterrent upgrade "nonsensical", says liberal think tank', Nick Hopkins, 5 March 2012
British Forces News, 'Think-tank's call scrap Trident', 5 March 2012 [YouTube video]
Xinhua, 'Expert calls to scrap replacement for British nuclear weapons system', 5 March 2012
Morning Star, 'Military firms' think tank tells coalition to ditch nukes', 5 March 2012
Morning Star, 'Wasteful in the extreme', 5 March 2012
ConservativeHome, 'Retire Trident now and reinvest the savings in conventional forces', Toby Fenwick, 5 March 2012
Defence Management Journal, 'Trident replacement is 'nonsensical'', 5 March 2012
City AM, 'Think-tank says no to Trident', 5 March 2012
Politics.co.uk, 'Nuclear-free Britain 'wouldn't lose respect'', Alex Stevenson, 5 March 2012
BFBS, 'Think tank's call to scrap Trident', 5 March 2012
International Business Times, 'Trident funds should be diverted to plug MoD budget gaps - thinktank', Shane Croucher, 5 March 2012
Press TV, 'UK govt. urged to scrap Trident plans', 5 March 2012
Voice of Russia, 'British experts call for cancelling Trident', Sergei Sayenko, 5 March 2012
Arms Control Wonk, 'Tuppenny Trident?', Jeffrey Lewis, 5 March 2012
LSE Blogs, 'With the budget on the horizon, the government should take the opportunity to create a fairer and more equal tax system for pensioners', Tim Leunig, 5 March 2012
BBC News, 'Were single mothers better off in the 19th century?', Melissa Hogenboom, 5 March 2012
The Guardian, Higher Education Network: 'Creating extra university places will cost nothing', Tim Leunig, 3 March 2012
LSE Blogs, 'Open public service reform should not be a cover for serving corporate interests. Mutualism and its fellows could instead serve to enhance industrial democracy', Alex Marsh, 1 March 2012
MoneySavingExpert.com, 'Does the Adam Smith Institute understand how student loans work?', Martin Lewis, 1 March 2012
Telegraph Blogs, 'How can we get a better commute?', Neil O'Brien, 1 March 2012
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