Reform (think tank)

Last updated
Reform
Formation2001;22 years ago (2001)
Type Think tank
Legal status Company limited by guarantee and charity
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Director
Charlotte Pickles
Website reform.uk

The Reform Research Trust is a think tank which publishes its own research and also publishes papers from external authors. It was founded by Nick Herbert (later a Conservative MP) and Andrew Haldenby.

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The trust is a private limited company with charitable status. The name "The Reform Research Trust" was first registered with companies house on 4 March 2004 and as a charity on 13 May 2004.

The trust is funded by large donations from businesses and smaller donations from individuals.

Reform research trust publishes reports on a variety of different issues, adopting what it considers to be an evidence-based approach to public policy.

It has published reports on health and education reform, Britain's regional economic performance, the economic position of young people, and on the tax and welfare system.

People

Previous deputy directors include Liz Truss,[ citation needed ] who subsequently became Prime Minister, and Nick Seddon, who was appointed as a Senior Policy Advisor for Health and Social Care to Prime Minister David Cameron. [1] [2]

Advisory board

Trustees

Speakers at the trusts events have included:

Name of trust

The Trust was originally named "The Reform Research Trust" however it sometimes refers to itself as the abbreviated "Reform" such as the website www.reform.uk which has led to some disputes regarding the name.

In November 2020 the trust voiced its opposition to the electoral committee when the Brexit Party, a British political party, intended to change its name to Reform UK. The charity feared that its non-partisan status would be brought into disrepute by the name change, and requested for the party to come up with an alternative. In January 2021, the Electoral Commission approved of the Brexit Party's name change to Reform UK.

Funding

In November 2022 Reform was given a 'B' grade for funding transparency by Who Funds You?, meaning that they named at least 85% of donors that provided more than £5,000 of funding. [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. Nick Seddon, guardian.co.uk, 16 June 2010, Getting value out of the health budget
  2. Health Service Journal (HSJ Live), 8 May 2013
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "REFORM RESEARCH TRUST. - Officers (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Our Team | Reform".
  5. "Who Funds You?". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  6. "Who Funds You? Methodology" (PDF). Who Funds You?. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  7. "Who Funds You? Reform".