Increasing minimum wage will be damaging to most vulnerable

16 January 2014
Labour Market

Increasing minimum wage will be damaging to most vulnerable

16 January 2014

IEA response to George Osborne's comments on an above-inflation increase to the minimum wage

Commenting on the Chancellor’s comments regarding an above-inflation increase to the minimum wage, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute … Continue reading “Increasing minimum wage will be damaging to most vulnerable”
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Government reforms to state pension age must go further and faster, argues new report

8 January 2014
Welfare

Government reforms to state pension age must go further and faster, argues new report

8 January 2014

New IEA research sets out ten policy recommendations to ease the state pension time bomb

Recent government commitments to continue to increase state pension expenditure in real terms are both unaffordable and irresponsible. Instead, the … Continue reading “Government reforms to state pension age must go further and faster, argues new report”
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Airport expansion must be wrestled from government’s hands, argues new report

16 December 2013
Transport

Airport expansion must be wrestled from government’s hands, argues new report

16 December 2013

New report calls for a market mechanism to solve airport capacity issues

Government involvement in the debate on airport capacity is both unnecessary and undesirable. Ahead of the Airports Commission’s findings this … Continue reading “Airport expansion must be wrestled from government’s hands, argues new report”
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Government must step back from energy markets to lower prices, argues new report

11 December 2013
Energy and Environment

Government must step back from energy markets to lower prices, argues new report

11 December 2013

New IEA report calls for genuine competition in the energy market

Policymakers are addressing the symptoms of a dysfunctional energy market but patently failing to get to grips with the reason … Continue reading “Government must step back from energy markets to lower prices, argues new report”
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Introduce ‘economy class’ rail travel to reduce need for investment, new report argues

25 November 2013
Transport

Introduce ‘economy class’ rail travel to reduce need for investment, new report argues

25 November 2013

New report argues for standing only economy class rail carriages

Rail commuters should be given more choice regarding the quality of service and the cost of fares. An additional high-density, … Continue reading “Introduce ‘economy class’ rail travel to reduce need for investment, new report argues”
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