Calls from politicians, including the Mayor of London, to introduce rent caps are misguided and would impose immense economic and … Continue reading “Rent controls in London could bring “immense economic costs” and increase “social segregation”, finds new report  “

Responding to calls from Action on Sugar to extend the sugar tax to pre-mixed alcoholic drinks, IEA Head of Lifestyle … Continue reading “IEA: Taxing sugar in alcopops would have “no effect on sugar consumption” and “hit the poor hardest””

Commenting on Oxfam’s latest report ‘Time to Care’, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “Oxfam’s … Continue reading “IEA: Oxfam’s obsession with the rich distracts from tackling poverty”

Commenting on the High Pay Centre’s analysis of FTSE 100 CEO salaries, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs … Continue reading “IEA: Attacking CEO pay “stokes public hostility” and “misleads workers””

Plans to ban the sale of energy drinks to teenagers are “unscientific” and “discriminatory” according to a new report from … Continue reading “Government wrong to propose “unscientific” and “discriminatory” ban on energy drinks, says report”

Universal Basic Income (UBI) is gathering increasing support from both the political left and right but there is no clear … Continue reading “Universal Basic Income still has a lot of questions to be answered, says new IEA report”

Commenting on the Queen’s Speech, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The Queen’s Speech makes … Continue reading “IEA: Queen’s Speech focused on increasing “state intervention”, not plans to make people freer”

Calls to bring key utilities back under state control “ignore important lessons” from the post-war period, argues a new report … Continue reading “Renationalisation would “ignore the lessons of history”, finds new IEA report”

Commenting on new evidence from the Office for National Statistics showing that the number of alcohol-related deaths fell in England … Continue reading “IEA: Evidence so far suggests minimum pricing in Scotland has been “an expensive flop””