Responding to a new report by Action on Smoking and Health, Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “This is more ...

“The Chancellor is right to cut spending rather than raise taxes again, and the cuts she has made are welcome. There is, nevertheless, a sense of unreality about all this. Policy is being determined ...

Four tax reforms will take effect in April 2025. Using the PolicyEngine UK tax-benefit microsimulation model, we analysed these reforms, which will increase taxes by an average of £1,112 per household ...

“Imagine this scenario: you host a dinner party in your home aglow with candlelight and conversation. On a polished oak shelf sits a delicate Cisk lager-branded ash tray, collected from a recent trip ...

Reem Ibrahim, Communications Manager at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, was quoted in The Times on the Government’s commitment to mandatory pay gap reporting measures.

Inflation targeting fails to distinguish between demand and supply-side driven inflation, leading to suboptimal policy responses and delayed recovery from financial crises, such as the Covid-19 ...

“If the Government are serious about achieving economic growth and supporting businesses, they should scrap their misguided commitment to mandatory pay gap reporting. It will add yet more burdens on ...

This article was first published on the Institute of Economic Affairs Substack. Official figures recently published by HMRC indicate a huge rise in illicit tobacco sales in the UK since 2021. The ...

This publication comprises a reappraisal of the work of John Maynard Keynes. It strengthens the view that the Keynesians went too far in supposing that the old economics had been overthrown by the new ...

There is no “British DOGE”, but the idea of slashing government bureaucracy seems to be in vogue all of a sudden. With their latest announcement to radically slim down, or possibly even abolish NHS ...

Responding to the welfare changes announced today Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “Today’s announcement ...

Firms, especially in the technology sector, sometimes move from Europe to the US, but rarely the other way around. This talk will discuss when and why they do so, using recent empirical findings on ...