Commenting on the King’s Speech, Tom Clougherty, Executive Director of the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs … Continue reading “King’s Speech: Pro-growth reforms risk being dragged down by red tape, warns IEA”

IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh has written for City AM highlighting the difficulty the Labour Party … Continue reading “Time for Change, Not More of the Same”

Research by former IEA Academic and Research Director James Forder on the Serious Fraud Office’s record of legal failures has … Continue reading “Can the Serious Fraud Office be Fixed?”

Pay and Benefits 1a.) Pensions The biggest difference between compensation packages in the public and private sectors – bearing in … Continue reading “The hidden perks enjoyed by the public sector”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for The Critic in response to new research by the National … Continue reading “Nesta has Become a Cautionary Tale About Quangos”

Research by former IEA Academic and Research Director James Forder has been referenced in a Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence article … Continue reading “The Serious Fraud Office’s ‘Long Record of Failure’”

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop has written for City AM discussing claims from the National Audit Office that the new … Continue reading “Reserve Judgement on New Border System”

Last week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak committed to raising UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030. The Prime Minister’s … Continue reading “We need better value-for-money in defence spending”

IEA Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz has written for The Critic discussing his new research into the economics of slavery and … Continue reading “The Significant Costs of Colonialism”