Reform (think tank)


The Reform Research Trust is a private limited company[1] with charitable status founded by Nick Herbert (later a Conservative MP) and Andrew Haldenby.

Reform
Formation2001 (2001)
Typethink tank
Legal statuscompany limited by guarantee and charity
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Director
Charlotte Pickles
Websitewww.reform.uk

The name "The Reform Research Trust" was first registered with companies house on 4th March 2004[2] and as a charity on 13th May 2004.[3]

The trust is categorized as a think tank which publishes its own research and also publishes papers from external authors.

The trust is funded by large donations from big business including: BUPA, Prudential, BMI, UnitedHealth[4] AbbVie, Association of British Insurers (ABI), Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Barclays, Baxter, Bayer, Beckton Dickinson (BD), British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), BT, Deloitte, Department for Education, DoctorLink, DRD Partnership, DXC Technology, G4S, Incisive Health, Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network, PMG, Liberata, MSD, PA Consulting, Quadram Institute, Sanofi, Serco, Social Enterprise UK, Sodexo, Sopra Steria, Taurus Healthcare,The Finsbury Group and smaller donations from individuals.[5]

Reform has been given a C grade for funding transparency by Who Funds You?[6]

Research and publications

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. It has also produced research that claims to show that the extra spending on public services between 2000 and 2006 has not shifted the trend performance of those services.

Reform research trust argues that in the longer term public spending should be reduced to the levels of Ireland and Australia (around 35% of GDP), and tax reduced so individuals can invest in themselves providing for their own and their families’ welfare needs, so more efficiently obtaining high quality services.[7]

Reform research trust proposed cuts in public spending such as the winter fuel payment and free TV licensing for the over 75s. Cutting both of these would, they say, save the economy £3.2 billion.[8]

People

Previous deputy directors include Elizabeth Truss, elected as a Conservative MP in 2010, and Nick Seddon, appointed as a Senior Policy Advisor for Health and Social Care to Number 10 Downing Street.[9][10]

Advisory Board

Trustees
  • James Palmer (Chair), Partner, Herbert Smith LLP[11]
  • Jeremy Sillem, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Spencer House Partners[11]
  • Catherine Davies, Managing Partner, Monticle[11]


Speakers at the trusts events have included:

Name of trust

The Trust was originally named "The Reform Research Trust"[2] 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.[13] In January 2021, the Electoral Commission approved of the Brexit Party's name change to Reform UK.[14]

References
  1. Charity Commission. Reform Research Trust, registered charity no. 1103739.
  2. "REFORM RESEARCH TRUST. - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  3. "REFORM RESEARCH TRUST - Charity 1103739". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  4. "NHS should be run like Tesco, claims Reform think tank". The Independent. 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  5. "REFORM RESEARCH TRUST - Charity 1103739". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  6. "Reform | Who Funds You?". whofundsyou.org. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  7. Key policy lessons of the "Blair years" for future governments (PDF) (Report). Reform. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007.
  8. Back to Black, Reform, April 2009
  9. Nick Seddon, guardian.co.uk, 16 June 2010, Getting value out of the health budget
  10. Health Service Journal (HSJ Live), 8 May 2013
  11. "REFORM RESEARCH TRUST. - Officers (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  12. "Our Team – Outcomes Based Healthcare". Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  13. Sleigh, Sophia (9 November 2020). "Reform think tank asks Nigel Farage to rethink Brexit Party name change". Evening Standard. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. "Nigel Farage's Brexit Party officially changes its name". BBC News. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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