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Re:State
The Re:State Trust, formerly Reform Research Trust, is a think tank which publishes its own research and also publishes papers from external authors. It was founded by Nick Herbert (later a Conservative MP) and Andrew Haldenby. The trust is a private limited company with charitable status. The name "The Reform Research Trust" was first registered with Companies House on 4 March 2004 and as a charity on 13 May 2004. The trust is funded by a combination of corporate sponsorship (mainly of events), individual donations, and some competitively-allocated grants. Re:State rigidly retains editorial control over all of its written output. The think tank publishes reports on a variety of issues, using both qualitative and quantitative methods, including data analysis, comparative analysis, and elite interviews, to inform its policy proposals. It uses an external peer-review process on most of its research outputs. Re:State has published reports on devolution, Whitehall reform, health and education reform, Britain's regional economic performance, the economic position of young people, and on the tax and welfare system. It also hosts an active events programme, with a mix of private roundtables and public panel discussions, often featuring significant politicians or senior officials as speakers.
Article summary
The Re:State Trust, formerly Reform Research Trust, is a think tank which publishes its own research and also publishes papers from external authors. It was founded by Nick Herbert (later a Conservative MP) and Andrew Haldenby. The trust is a private limited company with charitable status. The name "The Reform Research Trust" was first registered with Companies House on 4 March 2004 and as a charity on 13 May 2004. The trust is funded by a combination of corporate sponsorship (mainly of events), individual donations, and some competitively-allocated grants. Re:State rigidly retains editorial control over all of its written output. The think tank publishes reports on a variety of issues, using both qualitative and quantitative methods, including data analysis, comparative analysis, and elite interviews, to inform its policy proposals. It uses an external peer-review process on most of its research outputs. Re:State has published reports on devolution, Whitehall reform, health and education reform, Britain's regional economic performance, the economic position of young people, and on the tax and welfare system. It also hosts an active events programme, with a mix of private roundtables and public panel discussions, often featuring significant politicians or senior officials as speakers.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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