"put forward policies" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when referring to ideas suggested for consideration or adoption. For example, "The government has put forward several policies to address the country's high unemployment rate."
"In the first part of his speech, the president put forward policies that he knows we won't support.
It is the role of Governments to put forward policies and regulations that do not unduly favor or penalize specific power generation options, while effectively protecting the environment and the rights of affected populations.
Americans of all stripes continue to look to the president to respond emphatically to incidents involving white supremacists, because Trump has regularly espoused worldviews and put forward policies that many view as inciting racism and anti-Muslim bigotry.
He said Labour would put forward policies on issues such as rent and housing, the minimum wage and abuse of zero-hours contracts at the next election.
I understand that the president may well be relying on executive orders like what he announced on immigration to put forward policies.
To put in place this framework, we commit to develop a process whereby we set out our objectives, put forward policies to achieve these objectives, and together assess our progress.
The aim of this study is to investigate the present title promotion mechanism and put forward policy recommendations.
We've used this campaign to put forward policy issues on the economy, the environment, arts policy.
The pair also put forward policy ideas, with Smith flirting with the idea of reducing VAT by 5p.
He announced the creation of a new Labour group called Northern Futures, which he said would put forward policy ideas to rebalance the UK economy "in favour" of the North.
I'm delighted that our astonishing campaign this summer has given birth to Northern Futures, an organisation which will put forward policy ideas to rebalance the economy more fairly in favour of the North".
