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19 July 2017
Society and Culture
Reaction to the publication of BBC pay
Commenting on the publication of the BBC's top stars' salaries, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: "The publication of the BBC's top stars' salaries is a welcome step towards creating transparency between public services and the taxpayers who fund them - particularly while the licence fee is compulsory. Furthermore, these ...
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19 July 2017
14 July 2017
Tax and Fiscal Policy
Kate Andrews writes for City AM
Kate Andrews, News Editor at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for City AM today on the risk the Conservative Party run by focusing all efforts on Brexit and ignoring the main issues closer to home. In her article Kate argues that while many focus their attention on Brussels, the domestic debates rage on ...
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14 July 2017
6 July 2017
Education
Mark Littlewood writes for iNews
Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for iNews on the topic of university tuition fees. In his article Mark argues that the idea that graduates should make no contribution towards the tertiary education they will significantly benefit from, while expecting the minimum wage hairdresser in Hull or waiter in ...
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6 July 2017
5 July 2017
Markets and Morality
Jamie Whyte appears on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze
Jamie Whyte, Research Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze to discuss the morality of the public sector. In the interview Jamie argues that there's a great structural superiority to the private sector which is that workers in the private sector are paid by willing customers. People ...
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5 July 2017
5 July 2017
Tax and Fiscal Policy
Julian Jessop appears on BBC Radio PM
Julian Jessop, Chief Economist at the Institute of Economic Affairs has appeared on BBC Radio 4's PM programme to discuss public sector pay. In the interview Julian argues that using Greece as an example of what will happen to the UK economy is far too extreme. The cost of awarding higher pay to public sector ...
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5 July 2017
4 July 2017
Tax and Fiscal Policy
Philip Booth writes for The Telegraph
Philip Booth, Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for The Telegraph making the argument that the free market case for ending the public-sector pay cap is being made by the unions. In his article Philip argues that a government pay ceiling means that we end up paying more than is ...
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4 July 2017
3 July 2017
Tax and Fiscal Policy
Mark Littlewood writes for The Times
Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for The Times on the public sector wage cap. In his article Mark argues that abolishing the rather blunt limit on public sector pay rises provides an opportunity to make the wage-setting system more flexible, not merely more generous. We should seek to ...
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3 July 2017
2 July 2017
Tax and Fiscal Policy
Mark Littlewood appears on BBC Radio 5 Live
Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs has appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss the public sector pay cap. In the interview Mark argues that austerity can't be over. It is totally understandable how public sector workers have run out of patience waiting for seven years or so for a ...
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2 July 2017
30 June 2017
Housing and Planning
Philip Booth writes for the National Review
Philip Booth, Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for the National Review on the Grenfell Tower tragedy. In his article Philip makes the point that we do not know the combination of factors that led to the fire, but if the cause were the cladding, another £5,000 would have prevented ...
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30 June 2017
30 June 2017
Tax and Fiscal Policy
Kate Andrews writes for City AM
Kate Andrews, News Editor at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for City AM on how the findings of the recent British social attitudes survey. In her article Kate argues that the starkest revelation of the findings is the disconnect felt by the public between interventionist policies and how big government affects our daily ...
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30 June 2017
