A reintroduction of the 50p rate would be a disaster for the UK economy

25 January 2014
Tax and Fiscal Policy

A reintroduction of the 50p rate would be a disaster for the UK economy

25 January 2014

IEA response to Ed Balls' announcement on the 50p rate of income tax

Commenting on the Shadow Chancellor’s announcement that Labour would reintroduce the 50p top rate of income tax, Mark Littlewood, Director … Continue reading “A reintroduction of the 50p rate would be a disaster for the UK economy”

Income from Work – The Fourth Pillar of Income Provision in Old Age

8 January 2014
Research

Income from Work – The Fourth Pillar of Income Provision in Old Age

Gabriel H. Sahlgren
8 January 2014

Government reforms to state pension age must go further and faster

Summary: ·      Despite substantial improvements in life expectancy, the employment rate among men aged 55-59 decreased from over 90 per … Continue reading “Income from Work – The Fourth Pillar of Income Provision in Old Age”

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”