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Claire Fox

Claire Fox

Claire Fox is director of the Institute of Ideas

Articles by Claire Fox

Tolerate each other's freedoms

By Claire Fox | 21 August 2018

In the wake of Boris Johnson’s burqa comments, Claire Fox calls for less knee-jerk reaction.

Is the gender pay gap a myth?

By Claire Fox | 11 April 2018

Claire Fox ask whether dodgy data is holding back the real debate about the perceived gap in pay ...

Youth vote is not the answer

By Claire Fox | 07 March 2018

Claire Fox argues that extending the vote to 16-year-olds is a distraction from the failure to en...

Social workers mad at a TV drama need to relax

By Claire Fox | 30 January 2018

Channel 4’s social work-centred drama Kiri has been swept up in a Twitterstorm, with social worke...

#MeToo's unintended consequences

By Claire Fox | 05 December 2017

Prescriptive procedures can result in workplace relations becoming over-policed and more toxic th...

Will the race audit lead to a fairer society?

By Claire Fox | 25 October 2017

Claire Fox doubts the Government's recently announced audit into racial disparities in public ser...

Councils must be mindful of the dangers of rewriting history

By Claire Fox | 27 September 2017

Claire Fox explains why demanding the past conforms to our present-day beliefs and putting forwar...

Why we must protect parental autonomy

By Claire Fox | 09 August 2017

Councils and devolved authorities need to beware. The trend towards over-reach on child disciplin...

Lessons from the ashes of Grenfell

By Claire Fox | 21 June 2017

As a tribute to those who have died at Grenfell, we should embark on well-constructed, good stand...

Respecting the will of the people

By Claire Fox | 17 May 2017

Misreading the newly-invigorated electorate has become far too common. The political debate has b...