Political biography of the year awards

  • Political biography of the year awards

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    Centre for Social Justice

    British thinktank

    The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is an independent[1]centre-right[2]think tank based in the United Kingdom, co-founded in 2004 by Iain Duncan Smith, Tim Montgomerie, and Philippa Stroud.[3]

    Political positions

    The organisation's stated aim is to "put social justice at the heart of British politics".[4] While the think-tank states it is politically independent, it was labelled one of the most influential on the British Conservative Party under the leadership of David Cameron.[5]

    Policy programmes and impact

    One of the CSJ's most notable reports was Breakthrough Britain.[6] It has also produced well-publicised reports on gang culture,[7] modern slavery,[8] addiction,[9] family breakdown,[10] and educational failure.[11] In 2012 the CSJ announced that it would carry out the study Breakthrough Britain II.[12