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people phillip blond caroline julian services policy analysis and solutions number of employees 11 staff 16 fellows website http www.respublica.org.uk respublica from the latin phrase res publica meaning public thing is a british independent public policy think tank founded in 2009 by phillip blond . 1 2 it describes itself as a multi disciplinary non party political research organisation whose aim is to create bold solutions to enduring social and economic problems . 3 respublica s ideas are founded on the principles of a post liberal vision of the future which moves beyond the traditional political dichotomies of left and right and which prioritise the need to recover the language and practice of the common good . 4 contents 1 history 2 notable publications 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 . 5 in 2011 respublica was forced to make staff redundant after financial troubles led to it being unable to pay its 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 . 6 7 notable 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 privatising under performing public sector built assets . 8 9 10 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 . 8 as part of the report the community renewables economy respublica submitted evidence to the energy and climate change committee s local energy consultation and to the department for energy and climate change s decc community energy call for evidence . 11 in november 2013 the motion to move that this house takes note of the july 2013 report of respublica holistic mission social action and the church of england which was proposed by the then lord bishop of leicester tim stevens was debated in the house of lords . 12 in july 2014 respublica s report virtuous banking restoring ethos and purpose to the heart of finance was launched at the financial times by sir richard lambert chair of the banking standards review council . 13 the report featured proposals for a bankers oath which was reported on widely in the media . 14 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 . 15 16 17 18 see also edit sociology portal community portal politics portal list of think tanks in the united kingdom references edit stephen sackur ed . 20 october 2009 2009 respublica a leading think tank bbc news channel 05 20 archived from the original on 20 october 2009 retrieved 21 june 2010 respublica a leading think tank drupal.org announces respublica website . about respublica . respublica . retrieved 2010 06 16 . respublica about us . respublica . http blogs.telegraph.co.uk news alexsingleton 100018739 is phillip blond now david camerons most influential thinker daily telegraph 3 december 2009 http www.thesundaytimes.co.uk sto news politics article641515.ece sunday times 5 june 2011 paywall http www.dailymail.co.uk news article 2052610 camerons big society guru raided think tank coffers fund 40 000 jet set lifestyle.html ixzz3lsf5wxez daily mail 24 october 2011 a b to buy to bid to build community rights for an asset owning democracy . respublica . retrieved 4 april 2012 . respublica launches asset owning report . charity times . ultimate sell off . morning star . retrieved 14 november 2010 . respublica responds to the energy and climate change committee s latest report . respublica . video & transcript house of lords debate of holistic mission report . respublica . virtutous banking placing ethos and purpose at the heart of finance . respublica . a hippocratic oath for bankers . the washington post . today programme 29th june 2014 . bbc radio 4 . bankers must swear oath after scandals says report . bbc news . bankers should be made to take moral oath . sky news . should bankers have to swear an oath sir richard lambert seems to think so . the telegraph . make bankers swear oath to do good like doctors . the independent . video bankers change slowly . the financial times . banker s oath pah how about threaten them with ye old bag of adders . city am . the guardian view on the latest scandal in a rotten culture . the guardian . david fagleman when it comes to the banks financial stability isn t enough . conservative home . bankers should be made to take moral oath . lbc radio . bankers called upon to swear oath not to rip off their customers . the huffington post . http m.ft.com cms s 0 3eb04f60 ae1d 11e4 8d51 00144feab7de.html http www.independent.co.uk news uk home news big cities call for devolved powers to tax and spend 10032636.html http www.sundayexpress.co.uk news politics 556858 leaders of uk s largest cities launch bid for more power http www.thetimes.co.uk tto news uk scotland article4348462.ece cmp oth gnws standard 2015 02 08 external links edit website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title respublica & oldid 715576635 categories research organisations in the united kingdompolitical and economic think tanks based in the united kingdomthink tanks based in the united kingdomthink tanks established in 20092009 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories use british english from september 2015articles with a promotional tone from december 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles lacking reliable references from december 2014all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse dmy dates from 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