ResPublica

British think tank

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ResPublica

Company type| Research organisation
Industry| Social and political research
Genre| Public policy
Founded| 2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Founder| Phillip Blond
Headquarters| 15 Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom

Key people

| Phillip Blond
Services| Policy analysis and solutions
Website| ResPublica

ResPublica (from the Latin phrase, res publica, meaning 'public thing' or 'commonwealth') is a British independent public policy think tank, founded in 2009, by Phillip Blond.[1][2]

## History[edit]

Founder Phillip Blond speaking at a ResPublica event in 2018

David Cameron, then the Leader of the Opposition, spoke at ResPublica's launch in 2009 and, at that time, Philip Blond was said to be a major influence on him.[3]

Phillip Blond is Director of ResPublica.[4]

In 2011, ResPublica was forced to make staff redundant after financial troubles resulted in their inability to pay their rent for a time. Philip Blond was later criticised in the media over claims he 'raided' the coffers of his own think tank to pursue a jet-set lifestyle.[5]

ResPublica was operated by a company called The ResPublica Trust,[6] which entered insolvent administration in February 2019. The assets were bought by The Respublica Partnership Limited in a pre-packaged insolvency.[7][8]

## Publications[edit]

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.[9][10][11] Greg Clark MP, Minister of State for Decentralisation at the Department for Communities and Local Government, spoke at the launch, which was hosted at NESTA with the support of the Development Trusts Association.

In July 2014, ResPublica's report 'Virtuous Banking: Restoring ethos and purpose to the heart of finance' proposed a 'Bankers' Oath'.[12]

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.[13][14][15][16]

## Funding[edit]

In 2018, before its reorganisation in 2019, ResPublica was rated as 'broadly transparent' in its funding by Transparify.[17] In November 2022, the funding transparency website Who Funds You? gave ResPublica an E grade, the lowest transparency rating (rating goes from A to E).[18]

## See also[edit]

* Society portal
* Politics portal

* List of think tanks in the United Kingdom
* One-nation conservatism
* Red Tory
* Blue Labour

## References[edit]

1. ^ Sackur, Stephen, ed. (20 October 2009). "HARDtalk: Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica". BBC News Channel. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
2. ^ Knight, Rob (3 November 2009). "ResPublica - new UK policy think tank". Drupal.org.
3. ^ Singleton, Alex (3 December 2009). "Is Phillip Blond now David Cameron's most influential thinker?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009.
4. ^ "Our People". ResPublica. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018.
5. ^ McGee, Simon (5 June 2011). "Cameron guru's think tank hit by cash crisis". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013.
6. ^ "About ResPublica". ResPublica. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
7. ^ "Other Corporate Insolvency Notices - The Respublica Trust". The London Gazette. 31 January 2019. CR-2019-000309. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
8. ^ "The Respublica Trust". Companies House. Company No. 07081565. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
9. ^ "To Buy, To Bid, To Build: Community rights for an asset-owning democracy". ResPublica. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
10. ^ Holt, Andrew (15 November 2010). "ResPublica launches asset owning report". Charity Times.
11. ^ Millington, John (14 November 2010). "Ultimate sell-off". Morning Star. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
12. ^ • McGregor, Jena (30 July 2014). "A Hippocratic oath for bankers?". The Washington Post.
• "Today Programme". BBC Radio 4. 29 June 2014.
• "Bankers 'must swear oath' after scandals, says report". BBC News. 29 July 2014.
• "Bankers should be made to take 'moral oath'". Sky News. 29 July 2014.
• Quinn, James (28 July 2014). "Should bankers have to swear an oath? Sir Richard Lambert seems to think so". The Daily Telegraph.
• Baird, Roger (29 July 2014). "Make bankers swear oath to do good like doctors". The Independent.
• "Video: Bankers change slowly". The Financial Times. 29 July 2014.
• Griffith, Gabriella (30 July 2014). "Banker's oath? Pah, how about threaten them with ye old bag of adders?". City A.M.
• "The Guardian view on the latest scandal in a rotten culture". The Guardian. 29 July 2014.
• Fagleman, David (29 July 2014). "When it comes to the banks, financial stability isn't enough". Conservative Home.
• "Bankers Should Be Made To Take 'Moral Oath'". LBC Radio.
• Bennett, Asa (29 July 2014). "Bankers called upon to swear oath not to rip off their customers". The Huffington Post.
13. ^ "UK city council leaders call for Scottish-style tax powers". The Financial Times.
14. ^ Owen, Jonathan (9 February 2015). "Big cities call for devolved powers to tax and spend". The Independent. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
15. ^ Wheeler, Caroline (7 February 2015). "Leaders of UK's largest cities launch 'Magna Carta' grab for spending power". Sunday Express. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
16. ^ Macdonell, Hamish (9 February 2015). "Cities need to have more power, insists think-tank". The Times. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
17. ^ "Round-Up of Transparify 2018 Ratings". Transparify. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
18. ^ "Who Funds You? ResPublica".

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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