CapX

CapX is a UK-based digital news platform and aggregator established by the Centre for Policy Studies. It showcases a range of columnists and contributors, including notable figures like Tim Montgomerie, Daniel Hannan, and V. S. Naipaul. The website provides both unique articles and curated news, along with commentary on topics related to politics, economics, and business.

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CapX is looking for an intern

1 week ago | capx.co | Marc Sidwell

CapX is looking for an enthusiastic Editorial Intern to join our small, dynamic team based at the Centre for Policy Studies in Westminster. This internship offers a unique opportunity to get hands-on experience in political journalism and digital publishing. As part of the CapX team, you will support the day-to-day running of the website and help produce our popular daily newsletter.
Our statistics are going from bad to worse

1 week ago | capx.co | Andrew Sentance

17 April 2025 @asentance Photo: Getty Images Our statistical authorities are in the firing line of a powerful parliamentary committee There is widespread dissatisfaction among users of UK official statistics The ONS is too close to its regulators Last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) here in the UK hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Falling response rates to its Labour Force Survey – the main source of official labour market data – caused the Bank of England, the...
Structural reforms, not trade wars, will make America great again

1 week ago | capx.co | Dalibor Rohac

14 April 2025 @daliborrohac Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images As an alternative to tariffs, Donald Trump should get America's public finances under control Whatever one thinks of DOGE, cuts to discretionary spending will not be enough Trump's misguided war against 'neoliberalism' is economic suicide Under one particularly charitable reading, Donald Trump’s discontent with the global financial status quo, reflected in his administration’s drastic trade policies, is...
What we must learn from the migration crisis of 1709

1 week ago | capx.co | Karl Williams

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Eco-protestors cannot be above the law

2 weeks ago | capx.co | Henry Hill

9 April 2025 @HCH_Hill Photo: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images Photo: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images Just Stop Oil protestors accused of criminal damage have been given suspended sentences Decisions made by individual judges must be scrutinised Selective law enforcement erodes people's trust in the rule of law and democracy If there was any profession whose members you would expect to understand the principle that actions have consequences, it would be the legal...
What will it be, Prime Minister, quangos or growth?

2 weeks ago | capx.co | Eliot Wilson

8 April 2025 @EliotWilson2 Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool / Getty Images Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool / Getty Images A new quango for equal pay is the last thing our economy needs Labour can't make up their minds on growth Equal pay is a worthy cause, but it is already the law of the land Human beings are not primarily creatures of consistency. Even so, there are times when government policy can leave the most fair-minded observer scratching her head or furrowing his brow....
Labour's timid reforms won't get Britain off benefits

2 weeks ago | capx.co | Daniel Herring

Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The Government's plans for reducing our welfare bill are too small and barely save any money We need to rethink the fundamentals of the welfare state Even after planned reforms, health-related benefits will rise 5.3% per year throughout the 2020s Despite the political pain, Labour’s announcements on welfare come nowhere near close enough to solving the crisis of rising health-related benefits. Even after planned reforms,...
Donald Trump has broken with democratic capitalism

2 weeks ago | capx.co | Dalibor Rohac

7 April 2025 @daliborrohac Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The US President is learning from Vladimir Putin's economic model Trump’s tariffs will embed croynism into the American economy The profitability of any US business now hinges on striking ‘deals’ with Trump and his administration Shortly after becoming president, Vladimir Putin held a now-historic meeting in the Kremlin with Russia’s oligarchs. The deal he put on the table in the summer of 2000 was...
The last thing we need is a UK-US trade war - CapX

3 weeks ago | capx.co | Julian Jessop

The siren calls for retaliation against the US if Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on the UK remind me of this exchange from ‘Braveheart’… Longshanks: Archers! English Commander: I beg pardon, sire. Won’t we hit our own troops? Longshanks: Yes… but we’ll hit theirs as well. The serious point here is that tariffs hurt people […]
Could Trump's tariffs be good for the UK? Don't bet on it

3 weeks ago | capx.co | Andrew Lilico

There are some dimensions in which the UK will gain from Donald Trump’s new tariffs Cheaper goods could buffer the short-term impact on the UK, but the pain will be real Trump’s tariffs will shrink both the US economy and the world economy Under Donald Trump’s mass tariffs scheme, the UK is one of a number of countries on the minimum rate of 10% (along with Australia, Singapore, Brazil, Argentina, UAE, Egypt and others).