Commenting on the Labour Party’s pledge to cut rail fares by a third if elected, Editorial and Research Fellow at … Continue reading “IEA: Labour’s rail pledge will “shift burden from richer commuters to poorer taxpayers” “

Commenting on the Conservative Party’s pledge to introduce a new state aid regime, Head of Regulatory Affairs at the Institute … Continue reading “IEA: Calls to expand state aid translate to “support for cronyism””

Commenting on Transport for London’s decision not to expand Uber’s licence, Director of Trade and Competition at the Institute of … Continue reading “IEA: TfL’s effective ban on Uber represents a “dark day” for consumers and drivers”

Commenting on the Conservative manifesto, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs Mark Littlewood said: “On the face of … Continue reading “IEA responds to Conservative Party’s manifesto”

Commenting on the Labour manifesto, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs Mark Littlewood said: “With today’s tax burden … Continue reading “IEA responds to Labour Party’s manifesto”

Responding to Labour’s manifesto announcement, calling for the biggest council and social house building programme for decades, Head of Political … Continue reading “IEA: Labour Party is “wrong to focus purely on social housing””

Commenting on the Liberal Democrats’ manifesto, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs Mark Littlewood said: “Calculations of a … Continue reading “IEA responds to Liberal Democrats’ manifesto”

Responding to the Conservative Party’s announcement to raise the National Insurance threshold for workers, Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len … Continue reading “Merging taxes not “tinkering with NI thresholds” would better help low-paid”

Responding to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn’s speeches to the Confederation of British Industry, IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop said: … Continue reading “IEA: Conservatives and Labour “dodge big questions” on business reform”