ResPublica

History

David Cameron, then the Leader of the Opposition, spoke at ResPublica's launch in 2009 and, at that time, Blond was said to be a major influence on him.

Blond is Director of ResPublica. Until 2017, Max Wind-Cowie was Deputy Director for ResPublica North.

In 2011, ResPublica made staff redundant after financial troubles resulted in their inability to pay their rent for a time. Blond was later criticised in the media over claims he 'raided' the coffers of his own think tank to pursue a jet-set lifestyle.

ResPublica was operated by a company called The ResPublica Trust,

Notable publications

ResPublica's report "To Buy, To Bid, To Build: Community Rights for an Asset Owning Democracy", launched on 15 November 2010, listed strategies for privatisating underperforming public sector built assets.{{cite web |url=http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/ResPublica_To%20Buy_To%20Bid_To%20Build.php |title=ResPublica launches asset owning report

As part of the report 'The Community Renewables Economy', ResPublica submitted evidence to the Energy and Climate Change Committee's Local Energy consultation, and to the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) Community Energy call for evidence.

In November 2013, the motion "to move that this House takes note of the July 2013 report of ResPublica 'Holistic Mission: Social Action and the Church of England'", which was proposed by the then Lord Bishop of Leicester, Tim Stevens, was debated in the House of Lords.

In July 2014, ResPublica's report 'Virtuous Banking: Restoring ethos and purpose to the heart of finance' was launched at the Financial Times by Sir Richard Lambert, Chair of the Banking Standards Review council. The report featured proposals for a 'Bankers' Oath', which was widely reported in the media.

In September 2014, ResPublica launched 'Devo Max - Devo Manc', serving as a roadmap for devolution for Greater Manchester with greater control over finances and an elected mayor. With the signing of the Devolution to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority agreement in November 2014, these changes were adopted by the government and the Combined Authority.

In February 2015, ResPublica published 'Restoring Britain's City States: Devolution, public service reform and local economic growth' at the UK Devolution Summit, jointly hosted by ResPublica and The Core Cities.

In November 2015, ResPublica's interim report 'The Care Collapse: The imminent crisis in residential care and its impact on the NHS' was released (followed up by 'Care After Cure: Creating a fast track pathway from hospitals to homes'), which projected that the loss of care home beds would cost the NHS £3 billion. Later, the government released further funds for the sector in the 2015 Autumn Statement.

Funding

In 2018, before its reorganisation in 2019, ResPublica was rated as 'broadly transparent' in its funding by Transparify. In November 2022, the funding transparency website Who Funds You? gave ResPublica an E grade, the lowest transparency rating.

References

References

1. (20 October 2009). "HARDtalk: Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica". BBC News Channel.
2. Knight, Rob. (3 November 2009). "ResPublica - new UK policy think tank". Drupal.org.
3. "About ResPublica". ResPublica.
4. (31 October 2014). "About us". ResPublica.
5. Singleton, Alex. (3 December 2009). "Is Phillip Blond now David Cameron's most influential thinker?". The Daily Telegraph.
6. "Our People". ResPublica.
7. "Max Wind-Cowie". ResPublica.
8. McGee, Simon. (5 June 2011). "Cameron guru's think tank hit by cash crisis". [[The Sunday Times]].
9. (31 January 2019). "Other Corporate Insolvency Notices - The Respublica Trust". The London Gazette.
10. "The Respublica Trust". Companies House.
11. (15 October 2010). "To Buy, To Bid, To Build: Community rights for an asset-owning democracy". ResPublica.
12. Millington, John. (14 November 2010). "Ultimate sell-off". [[Morning Star (British newspaper).
13. "Respublica responds to the Energy and Climate Change Committee's Latest Report". ResPublica.
14. "Video & Transcript: House of Lords debate of Holistic Mission report". ResPublica.
15. "Virtuous Banking: Placing ethos and purpose at the heart of finance". ResPublica.
16. McGregor, Jena. (30 July 2014). "A Hippocratic oath for bankers?". BBC Radio 4}}
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17. (15 September 2014). "Devo Max - Devo Manc: Place-based public services".
18. "UK city council leaders call for Scottish-style tax powers". The Financial Times.
19. Owen, Jonathan. (9 February 2015). "Big cities call for devolved powers to tax and spend". The Independent.
20. Wheeler, Caroline. (7 February 2015). "Leaders of UK's largest cities launch 'Magna Carta' grab for spending power". Sunday Express.
21. Macdonell, Hamish. (9 February 2015). "Cities need to have more power, insists think-tank". [[The Times]].
22. (11 November 2015). "The Care Collapse: The imminent crisis in residential care and its impact on the NHS".
23. (March 2016). "Care After Cure: Creating a fast track pathway from hospitals to homes".
24. "PU1865 - Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 - November 2015".
25. (17 December 2018). "Round-Up of Transparify 2018 Ratings".
26. "Who Funds You? ResPublica".