Nine Steps to Restore Britain
Douglas Carswell is a former UK MP who now runs Mississippi free market think tank ‘Mississippi Center for Public Policy‘. He published this detailed plan for UK recovery in March 2025: ‘Nine Steps to Restore Britain’. You can read the full text via that link. A summary is below.
- Securing Control Over Public Administration: Replace the permanent civil service with politically appointed officials to align bureaucracy with elected governments.
- Securing Control Over Borders: Implement stricter border controls to manage immigration effectively and prioritize national security.
- Undoing the Blairite Legislative Legacy: Repeal centralized laws from the Blair era to restore local autonomy and reduce bureaucratic overreach.
- Unleash Growth: Deregulate planning and business restrictions to boost economic growth and infrastructure development.
- Reduce Public Spending: Cut wasteful government expenditure to improve fiscal efficiency and reduce the national debt.
- Tax Cuts: Lower taxes to stimulate economic activity, attract investment, and increase disposable income for citizens.
- Public Sector Reform: Privatize services like the NHS and education, introducing competition and choice while maintaining safety nets.
- Strengthening Defence, Realign Foreign Policy: Increase defense spending to 3% of GDP and refocus foreign policy on national interests.
- Remigration & Integration: Encourage repatriation of illegal immigrants while promoting assimilation for legal residents to strengthen social cohesion.
Carswell explains his plan
British Thought Leaders hears from former member of Parliament Douglas Carswell to discuss his milestones to restore Britain. Carswell talks about taking control of the machinery of state, fixing a broken legal system, securing borders, stopping mass immigration, and reducing public spending.