This blog post was first published on Institute of Economic Affairs Insider on Substack. Subscribe to receive IEA blogs straight … Continue reading “Not Invented Here #6 – Housing”

Contents Summary The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today’s challenges with yesterday’s recipes, lacked the … Continue reading “Beyond Freeports”

Contents New foreword to the 2025 edition I stumbled across a copy of Professor Alan Evans’s book No Room! No … Continue reading “No Room! No Room! The Costs of the British Town and Country Planning System”

Britain’s housing market is broken, with housing affordability in London so poor that median house prices are nearly 12 times … Continue reading “Scrap Planning Restrictions to Fix Housing Crisis”

Commenting on Sadiq Khan’s new ‘rent controls’, IEA Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz said: “For years, Sadiq Khan has been lobbying … Continue reading “Mayor of London’s ‘rent controls’ not a solution”

The IEA’s research “Rent Control: Does it Work?” was referenced by the The Scottish Daily Express in their article on … Continue reading “SNP Rent Controls”

IEA Public Policy Fellow, Matthew Lesh, was quoted in Money Week on the Renters’ Reform Bill. The article said: “Section … Continue reading “New Tenant Protections Risk Backfiring”

Earlier this month, the IEA published the briefing paper Rent Control: Does it work? by Dr Konstantin Kholodolin from the German Institute … Continue reading “Rent controls: a response to Generation Rent”

IEA Executive Director Tom Clougherty was mentioned in The Sunday Telegraph in reference to proposals to introduce a land value … Continue reading “Land Tax Proposal”