Fred De Fossard

Fred De Fossard is the Director of Strategy at Prosperity Institute.

Reform has changed the conversation on immigration

Last week, Reform UK announced the most radical proposal on overhauling immigration by a mainstream political party in a generation. Under their new plans, migrants in the UK with indefinite leave to remain (ILR) would have to reapply for residency and would lose access to welfare benefits, unless they qualify to become British citizens. This

Climate change is not a matter for human rights law

We have debated for years whether Britain’s continued membership of the European Court of Human Rights threatens our national security. This ruling means that it will threaten our prosperity and democracy as well.  The ECHR has said that climate change policy is a human rights matter. The Court ruled that Switzerland – a signatory, like