All 7 of Britain's most punctual rail operators are private. 4 of the 7 worst are publicly run. As Labour's GBR risks repeating past failures, Tony Lodge's CPS research shows competitive models could deliver 40% more passengers. Read Tony's piece in the Telegraph this week ⬇️

RT @Ben_A_Hopkinson: London only started 2,100 homes in the first half of 2025. Rumours of capital gains taxes on primary homes could stin….

The panel will be chaired by our Director @rcolvile, who will be joined by @andreajenkyns (Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire), @sam_lister_ from the Daily Express, Alex Morton (CPS Director of Strategy), and @Towler (political consultant and Reform Party board member).

CPS is heading to Reform Party Conference in Birmingham in early September, where we'll be hosting a Friday panel tackling the big question: ‘Why is Britain so badly governed?’. We'll be exploring whether it's our systems, our ideas, or our people that need fixing ⬇️

The real issue isn't just small boats - it's that we've created multiple pathways into an asylum system that can't process claims fast enough or remove unsuccessful applicants effectively whilst still incentivising illegal migrants to come. Our previous recommendations have.

If current rates of arrivals are maintained, 180,000 more people could arrive by small boat before the next election. Meanwhile, 91,000 are still waiting for initial decisions. The system is structurally overwhelmed.

But regardless of how people arrive, the system can't cope with the volume. Returns did increase by 25%, but that amounts to just 9,100 people - the scale is completely mismatched.

Whilst 39% of asylum seekers arrived on small boats, 37% came on legitimate visas first - for work, study, or family - then claimed asylum later. Nearly 27,000 people took this route in the past year, triple the number in 2022. This reveals a fundamental gap in our border

🧵New Home Office data today shows asylum claims hit a record 111,000 in the year to June 2025. The figures reveal the crisis extends far beyond small boats.

RT @rcolvile: Was just on @TimesRadio talking about the London housing emergency. In the part of the country that needs the most new homes,….

RT @rcolvile: Sadly, this is what a lot of us predicted. If you make it more expensive to hire people (and difficult to fire them) it is th….

RT @rcolvile: Jesus Henry Christ, the latest affordable housing statistics for London are somehow even worse. Just 347 homes started - 64 o….

RT @rcolvile: The problem isn’t that the Chancellor is going to raise taxes. It’s that unless something drastic changes, she and her succes….

RT @MalvernianKarl: Great rejoinder to the "just raise taxes" argument. We need to think about disposable incomes - not just the tax share….

RT @MalvernianKarl: Great piece by Katie on the costs of low-skilled migration, drawing of course on CPS research….

You can read the full research in our paper 'Taking Back Control' here: 

Our CPS research cited here shows just how out of control and unprecedented UK migration patterns have become. We urgently need a more sustainable and selective system ⬇️

RT @SmartThinktanks: 🥇The most read report in July was by @Ben_A_Hopkinson from think tank @CPSThinkTank for his report 'How many homes doe….

RT @meIisactu: Thank you to The Critic for allowing me to trauma dump on my time working around the Online Safety Act. There’s been lots on….