Centre for Policy Studies · Founded 1974
The leading independentcentre‑right think tank.
Research and ideas on tax, enterprise, housing and the next generation, shaping the debate since 1974.
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What Does Small Business Want From Government?
With the Budget looming, Opinium surveyed 500 senior decision-makers at SMEs across the UK on behalf of the Centre for Policy Studies, to find out their views and concerns.
The leading independent
centre-right think tank.
Founded in 1974 by Sir Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher, the CPS is an independent, non-partisan organisation, supported exclusively by funding from its supporters.
- Founded 1974
- Independent & non-partisan
- Donor funded
“Where our conservative revolution began.”
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The CPS is the home of such important thinking in conservative tradition
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A wealth tax would make the UK the worst place in the OECD to own property or assets
What Does Small Business Want From Government?
The UK’s Housing Crisis is Getting Worse
Britain is Not a Low-Tax Country
News
A wealth tax would make the UK the worst place in the OECD to own property or assets
Government not on our side, say small businesses
‘Boriswave’ immigration added more than £15,000 to the average English house price
Badenoch’s speech was ‘straight out of the CPS playbook’ says Liam Halligan