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Ryan Shorthouse is a British writer, thinker and entrepreneur. He is the founder and Executive Chair of Bright Blue, an independent think tank for promoting Liberal Conservatism.

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Life and career

Ryan Shorthouse was chief executive of Bright Blue from 2014 to 2023 and is now executive chair. [1] He was previously a Research Fellow for the Social Market Foundation and a part of the team that won Prospect magazine's Think Tank of the Year in 2012. [2] [3] Before 2010, he was a researcher for the Rt Hon David Willetts MP during his tenure as Shadow Education Secretary, where he authored the Conservative Party's Childhood Review.

He is also a writer and political commentator, appearing regularly on television, radio, and in print. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Shorthouse has written widely on social mobility, [10] education, [11] Childcare, [12] universities, [13] immigration, [14] housing, [15] economics, [16] welfare, [17] and political philosophy. [18]

Under Shorthouse's leadership, Bright Blue has grown significantly in size and impact. Bright Blue has raised over £5 million for its work, employed around 60 people and seen the adoption of over 50 original Bright Blue policies by the UK Government. [19] Broadly, under David Cameron, Bright Blue's work helped improve education policy, especially on childcare and universities. Under Theresa May, it secured significant changes to environmental policy, including being the first centre-right organisation to call for the UK to adopt a legal net zero emissions target. Under Boris Johnson, Bright Blue helped change the post-Brexit immigration system for workers and students. [20] Under Rishi Sunak, many of Bright Blue's ideas on reforming childcare support were adopted. [21]

Shorthouse is a trustee of Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education, and a senior visiting fellow of King's College London. He is also a commissioner of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. He is also a mentor of the Social Mobility Foundation and governor of a state secondary school in East London.

In November 2022, Shorthouse announced that he would stand down as director and step up to chair the think tank [22] Bright Blue is appointing a new CEO in 2024. [23]

Publications

Social Market Foundation

Bright Blue

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References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Shorthouse - Bright Blue".
  2. ↑ "Ryan Shorthouse - Social Market Foundation".
  3. ↑ "Prospect think-tank awards 2012".
  4. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (22 December 2016). "Don't blame the elite – that's the politics of nihilism and envy". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (17 July 2017). "Brexit is Britain's chance to become a human rights superpower". The Telegraph.
  6. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (28 March 2014). "Liberals are well served by the Conservative Party". The New Statesman.
  7. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (25 July 2016). "Brexit provides the perfect opportunity to crack the immigration question". The Spectator.
  8. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (31 March 2017). "The right-wing case against populism". Prospect.
  9. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (16 March 2020). "Offer government loans to change economics of childcare". The Times.
  10. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (18 February 2020). "The professions are still very much a playground for the rich". The Times.
  11. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (12 March 2014). "'Exaggerated value of private education'". The Telegraph.
  12. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (30 June 2015). "The quality, not quantity, of childcare needs improving". The Spectator.
  13. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (20 February 2018). "Ryan Shorthouse: Slashing fees would be an unjust tax cut for wealthy graduates". The Times.
  14. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (25 July 2015). "Brexit provides the perfect opportunity to crack the immigration question". The Spectator.
  15. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (20 March 2018). "Ryan Shorthouse: A helping hand on the property ladder". The Yorkshire Post.
  16. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (21 November 2017). "This is Philip Hammond's chance to show he is a champion of a fair society". The Evening Standard.
  17. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (29 October 2017). "Universal credit can work, but it needs tweaks". The Times.
  18. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (1 July 2020). "What right and left alike fail to see: life is filled with randomness". Prospect.
  19. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (22 November 2022). "Ryan Shorthouse: Looking back after eight years at Bright Blue". Bright Blue.
  20. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan (4 January 2020). "Ryan Shorthouse: A new chapter for Bright Blue in 2023". Bright Blue.
  21. ↑ Blue, Bright (March 15, 2023). "Bright Blue: There is some brightness in this Budget". Bright Blue.
  22. ↑ "Ryan Shorthouse: I'm losing faith that our current politics can deliver for my generation. Here's a Conservative agenda for change". tConservativeHome. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
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  31. ↑ "The Class of 2010". Social Market Foundation. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  32. ↑ "Disconnected: Social Mobility and the Creative Industries". Social Market Foundation. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  33. ↑ "Funding Undergraduates". Social Market Foundation. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  34. ↑ "Home advantage: A new centre-right vision for housing" (PDF).
  35. ↑ "An agenda for action: Reducing racial inequality in modern Britain".
  36. ↑ "A carbonless crucible? Forging a UK steel industry".
  37. ↑ "A vision for tax reform in the 2020s".
  38. ↑ "Greening UK Export Finance".
  39. ↑ "Fast track? European climate diplomacy after COP26".
  40. ↑ "Rightfully rewarded: reforming taxes on work and wealth" (PDF).
  41. ↑ "No place like home: The benefits and challenges of home working".
  42. ↑ "Driving uptake: Maturing the market for electric vechiles".
  43. ↑ "Delivering net zero: Building Britain's resilient recovery" (PDF).
  44. ↑ "Framing the future: a new pensions commission" (PDF).
  45. ↑ "Emission impossible?" (PDF).
  46. ↑ "Distant neighbours?" (PDF).
  47. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Helping Hand? Improving Universal Credit" (PDF).
  48. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "CLEARING THE AIR Reducing air pollution in the West Midlands" (PDF).
  49. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Individual Identity" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  50. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Britain breaking barriers" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  51. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "The future of London" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  52. ↑ "Conservatism and Human Rights" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  53. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Going part-time" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  54. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Reducing poverty by promoting more diverse social networks for disadvantaged people from ethnic minority groups" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  55. ↑ "Generation Game" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  56. ↑ "How Ethnic Minorities Think About Immigration" (PDF). Barrow Cadbury.
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  58. ↑ Shorhouse, Ryan. "A Future Without Poverty" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  59. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "A Centre-Right Plan for Immigration" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  60. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Understanding How Conservative Voters Think About Immigration" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  61. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Give and Take" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  62. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Emission Impossible" (PDF). Bright Blue.
  63. ↑ Shorthouse, Ryan. "Tory Modernisation 2.0: The Future of the Conservative Party" (PDF). Bright Blue.
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