🎙️ 'Schools that ban phones will deliver a 6% increase in test scores with pupils more likely to achieve 5 A* to C GCSEs.'

Onward Director Sebastian Payne on why phones should be banned in schools and social media restricted for children.

🔗 ukonward.com/reports/the-ki…

Pleased to have flown the flag for development corporations at last night’s Next Gen Tories housing debate.

Standby for Onward research on this very soon!

🚨Starting soon🚨

How resilient is the UK’s digital economy?📉

📹Watch today’s discussion with Digital Minister Julia Lopez MP over on our YouTube channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=7GXjui…

This afternoon, join Onward, Digital Minister Julia Lopez MP, John Dickie, James Fredrickson and Sophie Greaves to debate how the UK can improve the digital economy.

📅Tuesday 23rd April
⏰15.00-16.00
📍One Great George Street
📹Watch online: youtube.com/watch?v=7GXjui…

How many politicians does it take to rebuild a bridge?

My City A.M. column this week is on state capacity - why it matters, how we've lost it, and why the big debate on the centre-right should be how to get it back
cityam.com/if-our-politic…

🚨 REMINDER: Think Tank Battle 🚨

🗓 As reported by this morning’s POLITICOEurope London Playbook, join us tonight for our first-ever Think Tank Battle debating all things housing with:

Adam Smith Institute’s Sam Bidwell
Onward’s Callum Newton
Centre for Policy Studies’s Emma Revell

✍️

'A young adult under 35 in 1997 was most likely to live as a couple with children. But today, most live with their parents.'

Onward's Phoebe Arslanagić-Little talks to the The Telegraph about why parents need a new deal 📰

telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

🚨 Think Tank Battle 🚨

The Big Conservative Housing Debate

🗓 Join us on 23rd April for our first-ever Think Tank Battle debating all things housing.

🥊 Panellists include:

Sam Bidwell
James Vitali
Callum Newton
Emma Revell

Tickets➡️ bit.ly/3vijJ6V

Can the Government improve the digital economy?

Digital Minister Julia Lopez MP, John Dickie, James Fredrickson and Sophie Greaves debate this topic next Tuesday.

📅Tuesday 23rd April
⏰15.00-16.00
📍Central Westminster
🎟️Sign up: ukonward.com/events/circuit…

🏛️ Only two names matter for May 2nd's local elections: Andy Street and Ben Houchen.

Whether two of Britain's best mayors can win third terms will dictate politics for the rest of 2024 — and well beyond.

Latest i newspaper column inews.co.uk/opinion/only-t…

🍰 This week on the Onward cake trolley: raspberry cheese cake from the Royal Artesian Bakery.

This looked beguiling from the outside, but turned out to be too much too quickly with a crazy design. Frosty reception across the office.

Team Onward rating: 6.9/10.

Join us next week for a panel event led by Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure Julia Lopez MP to debate how we can improve the UK’s digital economy.

📆 Tuesday 23rd April
⏰ 15.00-16.00
📍 Central Westminster
🎟️ Sign up: ukonward.com/events/circuit…

On the day that Sadiq Khan announces an extension to his universal free school meals pledge, here's my recent City A.M. piece on why subsidies for middle class parents are a bad use of scarce public funds. Our energy should focussed on those most in need. cityam.com/free-school-me…

Delighted to be welcoming some fantastic new policy fellows to our team to bolster our work on emerging technologies, entrepreneurship & net zero

🗣️ Thrilled to announce three new policy fellows joining Onward 's research programmes:

- Ed Winfield was chief to staff to the ex-environment secretary Thérèse Coffey. He's leading on research on access to nature as part of our 'Getting to Zero' programme.

🚨Starting soon🚨

What role can social enterprises play in building a more resilient economy?📈

📹Watch today’s discussion with Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP over on our YouTube channel:youtube.com/watch?v=8uAkMA…

Join us for today’s panel event with Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP to discuss how we can help social enterprises thrive across the economy.

⏰13.30-14.30
📅Tuesday 16th April
📍inHouse Communications
📹Livestream: youtube.com/watch?v=8uAkMA…

🎙️ Onward's Deputy Director Adam Hawksbee talks to Centre for Cities' City Talks podcast about levelling up towns 👇

Don’t miss Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP, Arvinda, Victoria Papworth, Gary Stott and Poppy Simister-Thomas discussing the impact social enterprises can have on our economy📈

⏰13.30-14.30
📅Tuesday 16th April
📍Central Westminster
🎟️Register: ukonward.com/events/the-pro…