Boris is right to question the nanny-state impulse to tax our milkshakes

5 July 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

Boris is right to question the nanny-state impulse to tax our milkshakes

Kate Andrews writes for City AM

Kate Andrews, Associate Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for City AM on sin taxes. In her article Kate argues that whether it be a slash to sin taxes, a change in rhetoric, or a simple acknowledgement that both children and adults can see an advert for strawberries and cream on the ... Continue reading
5 July 2019
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It’s encouraging to see Mr Johnson take a stand against sin taxes

3 July 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

It’s encouraging to see Mr Johnson take a stand against sin taxes

IEA responds to leadership candidate's pledge to review effectiveness of 'sin taxes'

Commenting on Boris Johnson's pledge, if elected Leader of the Conservative Party, to launch a comprehensive review into the effectiveness of ‘sin taxes’, the Institute of Economic Affairs's Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon said: “A lot of tax cuts have been promised during the leadership campaign, not all of them sensible. The priority should be ... Continue reading
3 July 2019
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Narrow tax base is dangerous for the UK economy

28 June 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

Narrow tax base is dangerous for the UK economy

Philip Booth quoted in the Daily Telegraph

“Allowing a small number of better-off people to shoulder the cost of public services is a risky policy, politically and economically", says Professor Philip Booth, quoted in the Daily Telegraph. Philip, Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, was responding to analysis of recent government figures reveal that - for the first time ... Continue reading
28 June 2019
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We need a tax system that rewards enterprise and productivity

17 June 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

We need a tax system that rewards enterprise and productivity

Mark Littlewood writes for The Times

Britain's tax burden as a proportion of national income is at its highest for almost fifty years so - however Brexit is resolved - the next prime minister will need to address it, argues Mark Littlewood, IEA Director-General, in his fortnightly column for The Times newspaper. Mark highlights the presentational issue with tax cuts - ... Continue reading
17 June 2019
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Tax cuts should go hand-in-hand with a pro-growth agenda

16 June 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

Tax cuts should go hand-in-hand with a pro-growth agenda

Kate Andrews writes for the Sunday Express

Kate Andrews, Associate Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, welcomes recent comments from senior politicians which show a renewed focus on cutting taxes and reducing the state burden on the taxpayer. Writing for the Sunday Express, Kate highlights examples of proposed cuts to income tax and National Insurance contributions as ways to boost the ... Continue reading
16 June 2019
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The Chancellor is right to emphasise the importance of fiscal responsibility

13 June 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

The Chancellor is right to emphasise the importance of fiscal responsibility

Responding to the Chancellor's plea to keep national debt falling every year, Kate Andrews, Associate Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “The Chancellor has dished out a fair and sensible warning to leadership candidates. Slashing tax and spending increases must go hand-in-hand with cuts in other areas and a radical pro-growth agenda - ... Continue reading
13 June 2019
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We need some tax-cutting champions

31 May 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

We need some tax-cutting champions

Kate Andrews writes for City A.M.

Kate Andrews, Associate Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, writes her fortnightly City AM column on the need for tax-cutting champions. While Chancellor Philip Hammond has chastising fellow MPs to proposing tax cuts and slashing red tape, Kate welcomes the home secretary's endorsement of Tax Freedom Day and the foreign secretary's pledge to make ... Continue reading
31 May 2019
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The case against spending targets

Andy Mayer
15 May 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

The case against spending targets

For politicians, there is something attractively simple about spending targets. Rather than argue the nuances of why the Government of the day feels it needs to x, y or z - boiling it down to how much they’re aiming to spend on each is much easier to explain. The 0.7% of GDP target for foreign ... Continue reading
Andy Mayer
15 May 2019
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On inequality, the BBC’s headline doesn’t line up with the facts

Christopher Snowdon
14 May 2019
Society and Culture

On inequality, the BBC’s headline doesn’t line up with the facts

Imagine if a sports journalist regularly described Sergio Agüero as a Manchester United player and insisted that West Bromwich Albion won the Premier League this season. Imagine a political correspondent routinely referring to the Liberal Democrats as the ruling party and claiming that the Chancellor was Michael Fabricant. They wouldn't last very long. Readers and ... Continue reading
Christopher Snowdon
14 May 2019
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Tax measures discriminate against private landlords

Philip Booth
7 May 2019
Tax and Fiscal Policy

Tax measures discriminate against private landlords

Private-rented property is a favoured whipping boy of this government as it becomes subject to no end of increased regulation and penal (and illogical) taxation. This new IEA paper exposes the tax regime that is in the process of being introduced. When George Osborne, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in his Budget speech ... Continue reading
Philip Booth
7 May 2019
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