FREER Director Rebecca Lowe writes for Reaction and spiked about her new paper ‘Why Democracy?’.
EVENT: Freer immigration? Immigration post-Brexit
Many thanks to everyone who came to our public panel event ‘Freer immigration? Immigration post-Brexit’.
Sunday Telegraph coverage of FREER social freedom essay collection
The Sunday Telegraph reported on the publication of the essay collection, and quoted Liz Truss’s essay at length.
Op-eds on FREER immigration paper
David van Rooyen writes about his FREER immigration paper for CapX, and FREER Director Rebecca Lowe writes on the topic for spiked.
VIDEO: Why Democracy?
Watch footage from our ‘Why Democracy?’ event, which took place on 25 February, with a packed audience.
Rebecca Lowe appears on Newsnight advocating the essential role of protest within democracy.
FREER director Rebecca Lowe joined Newsnight to discuss the UK-wide climate strike by school children and young people, and the role political protest plays within democracies.
We must address the role of life-long learning in the future of work
Rachel Maclean MP writes for ConservativeHome about her new FREER paper.
We must fight to sell capitalism to younger generation
FREER Co-Chair Lee Rowley MP writes for The Times’ Red Box about his new FREER paper.
Rebecca Lowe speaks at the ‘Battle of Ideas’ and the Scottish Parliament’s ‘Festival of Politics’
FREER Director Rebecca Lowe spoke at two Battle of Ideas events: ‘Can Libertarianism Set us Free?‘ and ‘Brexit and the Law: Is Britain really taking control‘. She also spoke at an event at the Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics, on the role think tanks play in society.
On nationalisation
Rebecca Lowe’s latest ConservativeHome column looks at the costs of nationalisation, arguing that such policies not only lead to X-inefficiency and other well-known detrimental economic consequences, but that the way in which they often equate to centralised, bureaucratic control is a problem in itself.
VIDEO: In conversation with Liz Truss
Watch this event, in which Liz Truss is interviewed by FREER’s Director Rebecca Lowe, discussing anything and everything to do with political ideas and events, from the size of the state to the importance of political heroes, via Brexit and personal experiences.
How to reconnect young people with capitalism
FREER Co-Chair Lee Rowley MP writes for CapX about his upcoming FREER paper.
FREER at the Big Tent Ideas Festival
FREER Director Rebecca Lowe and FREER Co-Chair Lee Rowley both spoke at events at the Big Tent Festival.
FREER op-eds on housing
Our third paper, ‘Housing Addressed’, by Simon Clarke, came out in September. Here are some FREER op-eds, which marked the occasion of the paper’s launch.
On housing
Rebecca Lowe’s latest ConservativeHome column focuses on housing and the need for green-belt reform. In September, FREER will be publishing a paper on this topic, written by Simon Clarke.
Rebecca Lowe on All Out Politics and Sky News
FREER’s Director discussed issues including populism and the sharing economy.