Centre for Policy Studies

🚨 Early Bird tickets for the Margaret Thatcher Conference are now on sale - you can secure general admission for just £25 for a limited time. Join us on 27 April 2026 as we ask how to restore prosperity across Britain. You can get your tickets using the link below ⬇️

As the male unemployment rate hits the headlines again, its worth looking back to our event with @RichardvReeves last May 👇

This is only the beginning of the MTC26 lineup, with more speakers to be announced over the coming weeks. If you want to be in the room where these conversations are happening, and to meet the people having them, secure your ticket now at: mtc26.cps.org.uk

We'll also be joined by: 🚗 Sir John Griffin, Founder, Addison Lee 🏋️ Ben Francis, Co-Founder and CEO, Gymshark (@BenFrancis1992) 🎙️ Jimmy McLoughlin OBE, Host, Jimmy's Jobs of the Future (@jimmym)

Stagnant wages. Sluggish growth. Britain needs prosperity. Our first Margaret Thatcher Conference speakers have spent their careers building the kind of businesses that create it: 🛍️ Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise, CEO, Next ⚡ Greg Jackson CBE, Founder and CEO, Octopus Energy (@g__j) 🖥️ Alex Baldock, CEO, Currys

🎙️ Is Britain's energy market broken? 🔋 Why are bills still rising? ⚡ What is Clean Power 2030 costing us? 🏭 Is Great British Energy just debt? @mayerandrew sits down with @the_sean_ridley from the @CPSThinkTank 👇

After I broke the news in my column that the govt wanted to scrap the RPC, Britain's business groups have collectively written to the govt asking them to rethink. Fingers firmly crossed.

The government promised to cut regulation. Instead, it’s planning to cut the people who check its numbers. Alarming exclusive in my column today (1/?)

The Hon. @PierrePoilievre came to London last week to deliver our Margaret Thatcher Lecture, advocating for a modern CANZUK. @Jackmrankin MP writes on why his intervention matters, and why the case for CANZUK has never been stronger ⬇️

Under 35? You can join us at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on 27 April in London for just £15. Hear from leading business figures, build your network, and be part of the conversation on growth, enterprise, and Britain's economic future. Grab your ticket below ⬇️

Our Research Director has written for @CapX on the abuse of student visas and what the Home Secretary can do to clamp down 👇

'No one writes thank you on their tax forms' - @PierrePoilievre on why the free market is the only system where everyone benefits ⬇️

Watch the full 2026 Margaret Thatcher Lecture delivered by the Hon. Pierre Poilievre here: x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

'Britain should get all its gas from Canada' - @PierrePoilievre on how to deliver genuine energy security ⬇️

Was at @The_IoD last night to hear @PierrePoilievre deliver the @CPSThinkTank Margaret Thatcher lecture. It was an outstanding speech on Conservative values including some very sensible comments on the benefits of free trade. youtube.com/live/hRwSOLHsp…

Watch the full 2026 Margaret Thatcher Lecture delivered by the Hon. Pierre Poilievre here: x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Free markets and free trade between free nations to lower costs, boost incomes, build new bonds with old friends, and make us stronger at home with unbreakable leverage abroad. Thank you to the @CPSThinkTank for hosting me at the Margaret Thatcher Lecture in London.