By Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs The mounting piles of rat-infested black … Continue reading “Bin strikes, Union might, and the equal pay time bomb”

This week’s announcement of some minor benefit reforms, accompanied by a Green Paper, may not achieve very much, but it … Continue reading “Saturday Read: Benefits reforms may not achieve much but they have focused attention”

Commenting on this today’s labour market statistics published by the ONS, Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the Institute … Continue reading “Labour market offers predictably ‘gloomy picture’”

Reem Ibrahim, Communications Manager at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, was quoted in The Times … Continue reading “Ministers to force firms to reveal ethnicity pay gap”

Reem Ibrahim, Communications Manager at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “If the Government are serious … Continue reading “Scrap pay gap reporting”

Responding to the welfare changes announced today Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the free market think tank … Continue reading “Welfare announcement ‘disappointing’ and only a ‘flea bite’ of savings, IEA Fellow”

Commenting on the new amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the free … Continue reading “Employment Rights Bill risks stifling economic growth”

Responding to the DWP White Paper ‘Get Britain Working’ published today (26 November), Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow … Continue reading “Get Britain Working White Paper published today ‘square root of nothing much at all’, according to IEA Fellow”

The Government’s own impact assessment for its employment rights legislation estimates that the measures could cost businesses up to £5 billion annually. … Continue reading “The Employment Rights Bill: what the government’s impact assessment misses”