By: Emma Revell

Emma Revell is External Affairs Director at the Centre for Policy Studies. She has worked in Westminster for eight years, across various think tanks and industry bodies. She enjoys talking about housing, inter-generational inequality, and growth and represents the CPS work on a wide range of topics. She is a regular guest on BBC, LBC, GB News, and also writes a monthly column for ConservativeHome.

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Westminster is dancing to Nigel Farage’s tune

June 4, 2025

Whether it’s Keir Starmer’s welfare U-turns or Robert Jenrick’s viral videos, parties of the left and right are scrabbling to respond to Farage’s Reform onslaught, says Emma Revell Spending time away from the office when you work in Westminster is a strange experience. Either you keep watching the news and doomscrolling on social media, in [...]
Male fail: why are modern men struggling to find a purpose?

May 20, 2025

Men in modern society are grappling with a loss of traditional roles, increasing worklessness, and a lack of purpose — issues largely ignored by policymakers, says Emma Revell What do men want? No, I haven’t given up on dating apps and decided to try my luck on the City AM opinion pages. This incredibly pertinent [...]
Farage’s first real test: can Reform govern?

May 6, 2025

After storming to success in the local elections, Reform now holds real positions of power – so what does it intend to do with it? Asks Emma Revell Many column inches will be spent poring over what the local elections mean for our supposedly two-party system, whether Labour or the Conservatives have most to lose [...]
Scunthorpe needs private investment more than state support

April 22, 2025

We’ve heard a lot about nationalising British Steel but a lot less about how to unlock the growth and private investment that can help towns like Scunthorpe stand on their own two feet, says Emma Revell The first broadcast interview I ever did was about steel. It was 2019, Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell were [...]
Adolescence and the problem with government by Gogglebox

April 9, 2025

Calls for Netflix’s Adolescence to be shown in schools reveal the dire state of our national conversation, says Emma Revell For years I have joked that reality TV may be the only way to get some people to understand the severity of the housing crisis. Find an over-confident Boomer who is still harping on about [...]
Who’s afraid of the Liberal Democrats?

March 25, 2025

With Labour sinking in the polls, there’s an increasing likelihood that whoever forms the next government will need the Liberal Democrats’ help to do it. So what kind of impact might the Lib Dems have on national politics? If a visit to their spring conference is anything to go by, very little, says Emma Revell [...]
Evri-thing that’s wrong with parcel delivery

March 11, 2025

Missed deliveries, parcels abandoned on doorsteps or sent to the wrong house – online shopping has gone from a convenience to a hassle. But why do couriers provide such bad service? Asks Emma Revell It’s not a career I ever expected to get into, but I appear to have found myself working as a parcel [...]
Getting Brits to invest will take more than tweaking ISAs

February 25, 2025

Rachel Reeves is considering reducing the tax-free limit on cash ISAs to encourage people to invest in stock and shares, but she should go even further, says Emma Revell It is one of the most popular and best understood savings tools available for Brits, but there could be a big shake up coming for the [...]
Post-Brexit immigration wave could cost Brits £234bn

February 11, 2025

The City of London is an immigration success story, but most of those who have entered the country since we ‘took back control’ of our borders will never pay enough tax to cover the cost of the public services and welfare they consume, representing a net fiscal cost of £8,200 for every UK household, says [...]
Security theatre makes life more miserable and no safer

January 28, 2025

The accretion of metal detectors and half-arsed pat downs from security guards are making life more inconvenient for no obvious reward, says Emma Revell The first duty of the government is to ensure the safety of its people. Unfortunately, whether measured by the security of our borders or our ability to maintain law and order [...]

Tottenham Hotspur co-owner Daniel Levy gets gong in New Year Honours list

Tottenham Hotspur co-owner Daniel Levy gets gong in New Year Honours list

London exhibitions 2026: From Tracey Emin to Anish Kapoor

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