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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Tories must take the Sabrina Carpenter approach to get back on top

October 8, 2024

Sabrina Carpenter worked for a decade to become an overnight success. Likewise, if the Tories want to turn their fortunes around, the hard work on policy starts now, says Emma Revell It wasn’t quite a Taylor Swift moment. Keir Starmer wasn’t scrounging for hospitality tickets, for one thing. But it certainly felt like I was [...]
Labour’s insistence on talking Britain down will only spur on further decline

September 24, 2024

In economics, the "animal spirits" of human emotion matter. So why is Labour determined to talk Britain down, asks Emma Revell.
The Debate: Should firms use our data to issue health advice?

September 19, 2024

Do you want Tesco to start giving you healthy food recommendations?
Right to Buy isn’t to blame for depleted social housing stock

September 10, 2024

Right to Buy created a generation of homeowners and enabled mass transfer of capital wealth from the state to the people. No wonder Labour want to abolish it, says Emma Revell Imagine you could introduce a policy which could create more than 2m new homeowners over the next 40 years. Would you do it? Or [...]
London risks Swiftly squandering Eras Tour boost to the economy

August 28, 2024

Taylor Swift’s Wembley gigs showed just how good London’s nightlife can be, but it’s all under threat from Nimbyism and over-regulation, says Emma Revell I am a strong believer that one of the best ways to get to know someone is to see what niche topic they can speak about positively and passionately, uninterrupted, for [...]
Bonus cap: Bankers and nurses both work hard, but you shouldn’t compare their pay

August 13, 2024

As UK banks start scrapping the bonus cap, Emma Revell argues why this is a good thing – and what the NHS could learn from it People hate bankers almost as much as they love the NHS. So unsurprisingly, the return of big bonuses to City pay packets is not without controversy. In what may [...]
Giving into the demands of NHS workers has only emboldened them to ask for more

August 6, 2024

Thinking a pay rise would put NHS strikes to rest has proven wishful thinking. This government must draw a line, writes Emma Revell What was your last pay rise? Did it match inflation, maybe beat it a bit? Even if it did, there’s a good chance it didn’t make up for the last two years [...]
Westminster is broken – literally

July 30, 2024

Welcome to parliament new MPs – now please vote to kick yourselves out so the building can be restored, before it’s too late, writes Emma Revell Labour are making a lot of noise about the mess they’ve inherited from the Tories. But there’s one issue that’s messier than almost any other, and where tough decisions [...]
Renationalisation won’t get our railways back on track

July 23, 2024

Slow, crowded and expensive, there’s no doubt our railways need a major overhaul – but it’s far from clear that Great British Railways is the answer, says Emma Revell One of the many delightful quirks of our democracy is the State Opening of Parliament, where the government’s legislative agenda for the coming session is set [...]
The housing crisis is trapping adults in perpetual adolescence

July 16, 2024

Older generations don’t understand the emotional toll lack of housing is taking on young people who are having to postpone adult milestones, says Emma Revell In an ironic turn of events, I may have become one of the first home-owners of the Starmer era. On 5th July, having been awake for well over 24 hours [...]

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