General Political

QUEEN’S SPEECH 2013: IS THE COALITION RUNNING OUT OF STEAM?

08/05/2013 The 17 bills outlined in the Queen’s Speech today paint a picture of a Coalition drifting apart and a Conservative Prime Minister keen to appease his party. read more

Banking Commission Gives Osborne a Political Headache

13/03/2013 Following the publication of the Second Banking Commission report, and the Second Reading of the Financial Services Bill, Andrew Tyrie will be quietly satisfied. What promised to be a discreet focus on the libor scandal has ballooned into a wide ranging City probe. read more

Think Tank Quarterly - Welfare Reform

01/03/2013 In this edition of Think Tank Quarterly, Lexington looks at welfare reform.read more

EASTLEIGH - DISASTROUS TORY PERFORMANCE THREATENS CAMERON AND COALITION

01/03/2013 The result of last night's Eastleigh by-election was little short of disastrous for David Cameron . By being beaten into third place by UKIP and the Liberal Democrats, it underlined what most Conservative MPs already knewread more

LexComm Education: Vocation, Vocation, Vocation

01/02/2013 With so much of the education debate dominated by academic reforms in recent months (not least curriculum and assessment reform and the introduction of the EBacc), it is encouraging to see the spotlight also focus on technical education over the last few weeks.read more

Keep Calm and Carry On: Autumn Statement 2012

05/12/2012 Chastened by his Budget experience in March, George Osborne’s Autumn Statement was much more cautious. The bad news that that growth is likely to be slower than thought was tempered by surprising deficit reduction forecastsread more

Party Conference Roundup 2012 - Health Matters

12/10/2012 As the party conference season draws to a close for another year, Lexington Health looks back at the hot topics of debate amongst health commentators and reflects on how the parties fared in setting out their health policy stalls for the new political term. read more

Conservative Conference: Cameron’s Challenge

05/10/2012 After Miliband's successful conference, Cameron needs to re-energise a disillusioned Tory base which thinks that the Government isn’t radical enough and at the same time try to dislodge Labour who are happily squatting on the middle ground. read more

LID DEM AND LABOUR CONFERENCES: A LOOK BACK AND A LOOK AHEAD

28/09/2012 Nick Clegg has had a surprisingly positive conference. Whilst smaller (down 1,000 delegates) and with fewer activists than 2011, those that were there seemed well disposed to their leader, willing to defend him and laugh at his jokes. read more

Lib Dem Conference 2012: The Week Ahead

21/09/2012 In the week Nick Clegg became a YouTube sensation, he may feel that it is one of the few moments of mirth in the two years of Coalition government. The Liberal Democrats have lost a third of their voters, hundreds of councillors and activists and Clegg is only marginally more popular than Osborne.read more

DCMS Post-Reshuffle: An Opportunity for Industry

14/09/2012 Lots of change in DCMS this month with a new Secretary of State leading to much more focus on the Communications Bill and the Leveson Report. Though the Department has suffered a headcount loss of 25%, the end of the Olympics should ease the pressure. What does it mean for the creative industries? read more

Cameron placates his party - for now

04/09/2012 David Cameron has faced major challenges over the past six months. In his reshuffle today he has chosen to focus primarily on rising concern within his own party about the lack of a distinctive Conservative agendaread more

Boundary blues create electoral mountain for Cameron to climb

16/08/2012 We assess the implications of Nick Clegg’s decision to vote against proposed parliamentary boundary changes read more

Health Lexcomm: Lukewarm reaction to ‘Lansley loan’

11/07/2012 Today’s ‘Caring for our future' White Paper and draft Care and Support Bill have been a long time coming but there is disappointment that many of the most difficult decisions have been postponed. read more

Lexington sponsors Conservative Home business debate

16/05/2012 Lexington sponsors Conservative Home business debateread more

2012 Queen’s Speech Lexcomm

09/05/2012 As the Government announces its legislative programme we review the political implications.read more

May 2012 Election Lexcomm

04/05/2012 Following a strong showing from Labour in the Local Election results, we review the potential implications for the Coalitionread more

Think Tank Quarterly: The Skills Edition

27/04/2012 We look at how think tanks are informing the Government's skills agendaread more

Budget 2012 Lexcomm: Osborne’s Budget in danger of unravelling

21/03/2012 Today’s Budget was always going to be difficult for George Osborne. His room for manoeuvre was tiny so it had to be fiscally neutral and politically nuanced.read more

Think Tank Quarterly: Localism

13/01/2012 We review the work of think tanks in relation to the Government’s localism agenda. read more

2012 New Year Lexcomm

06/01/2012 As we begin 2012, we review the state of the parties and look ahead to key themes and events that may dominate 2012.read more

Health Lexcomm: Life Sciences Review

05/12/2011 NHS to be ‘fastest adopter of new ideas in the world’read more

Property Lexcomm: Will infrastructure deliver growth?

30/11/2011 We look at the Autumn Statement and ask if the Government's strategy of investing in infrastructure will deliver much needed growth.read more

Autumn Statement Lexcomm

29/11/2011 We analyse the political impact of the Autumn Statement and summarise the main announcementsread more

Autumn Statement Look Ahead Lexcomm

11/11/2011 One week ahead of the Autumn Statement we assess the political challenge facing Osborneread more

Health Lexcomm: Post Conference 2011

07/10/2011 Consession time? Will next week's return to Westminster see more changes to the Health Billread more

Property Lexcomm: A view from the conferences

07/10/2011 The climax of party conference season saw ministers take a softer line on planning reform .read more

Party Conference Round-up Lexcomm

06/10/2011 We review the party conference season and a look ahead to future political developmentsread more

Conservative Party Conference Lexcomm

30/09/2011 We look ahead to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchesterread more

Labour Party Conference Lexcomm

23/09/2011 As the Labour Party meets in Liverpool, Ed Miliband will seek to capitalise on the boost he received earlier in the summer when he led from the front on ‘hackgate’.read more

Think Tank Quarterly: The Growth Edition

19/09/2011 Lexington's Think Tank Quarterly provides an insight into the world of think tanks with an overview of future activity, latest news and a summary of projects and activity in one policy area. This edition considers economic growth.read more

2011 Pre-Party Conference Lexcomm

16/09/2011 Boundary changes and the economy to dominate as we look ahead to the conference seasonread more

Summer Recess Lexcomm

21/07/2011 Difficult times for Cameron as the summer recess approaches.read more

Lex Event: Business Wants More Focus on Growth

17/05/2011 Business needs successful and stable governments of whatever colour or colours. But they also need to feel that there is a broader strategy for enterprise.read more

Tory success overshadowed by concerns over future of the Coalition

06/05/2011 It was a very good night for David Cameron as Leader of his party but a more worrying one for him as Prime Minister of the Coalition Government.read more

New Year 2011

01/01/2011 Download the Lexington 2011 political forecastread more

Power To The People: The Localism Bill

13/12/2010 The long awaited localism bill is finally published today.read more