Responding to today’s GDP figures, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said:  … Continue reading “Freeze in GDP should keep tax hikes on ice, says IEA expert”

Long-standing battles on the role and size of the state won’t be settled by a virus, says a new briefing paper from Dr Kristian … Continue reading “Claims that “austerity” is to blame for UK’s poor pandemic response are “baseless,” says new IEA research”

Responding to the TUC’s call for a public sector pay rise, Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at free … Continue reading “TUC demands could “distort labour market” and lead to higher taxes, says IEA expert”

Commenting on reports of a potential fuel duty hike, Dr Richard Wellings, Head of Transport at the free market think … Continue reading “A hike on fuel duty would be “deeply unfair” and damage our economic recovery says IEA expert”

Responding to calls for the Chancellor to replace council tax and stamp duty with a single new property tax, Mark Littlewood, Director General at … Continue reading “Property tax reform must not increase overall tax burden, says IEA expert”

Responding to calls for minimum pricing for alcohol to increase in Scotland, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the free … Continue reading “Calls to increase minimum pricing on alcohol “almost obscene”, says IEA expert”

Responding to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) review recommending regulation of Buy Now Pay Later services, such as Klarna, Victoria Hewson, Head of Regulatory … Continue reading “Heavy-handed regulation of Buy Now Pay Later services would be a mistake, says IEA expert”

Responding to the latest unemployment figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free … Continue reading “Unemployment “remains low” despite grim headlines, says IEA expert”

The Institute of Economic Affairs has posted the first in a two-part series of short economics explainer videos. The films … Continue reading “IEA launches free Economics 101 series”