Responding to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s economic statement, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the free market think tank the Institute of … Continue reading “IEA responds to Chancellor’s economic update”

Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on the economy, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic … Continue reading “Keir Starmer right to warn against hikes to council tax – but what taxes would he increase instead?”

It’s been reported that pressure is building on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to cut taxes to make the most of Brexit … Continue reading “Business rates are a “huge and unavoidable burden” for struggling businesses”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In response to the new Treasury consultation on VAT and the sharing economy, Julian Jessop, IEA Economics … Continue reading “IEA responds to prospect of tougher VAT rules on apps”

Writing for Reaction, IEA Director of Communications Annabel Denham points out that the vast majority of nations that have introduced … Continue reading “Punitive taxes on the rich are “counter-productive””

IEA Director General Mark Littlewood has responded to the Wealth Tax Commission’s suggestion that a “one-off” wealth tax should be … Continue reading “Ignore calls for a “pernicious” wealth tax”

The fast roll-out of vaccines should help the economy to recover in 2021, improve the public finances and remove the … Continue reading “Fast growth will “remove the need for austerity or tax hikes””

How deep a hole are we in? The Institute of Economic Affairs has just published a primer I’ve written on … Continue reading “Why we don’t need tax rises to pay for Covid”

In response to the Wealth Tax Commission’s Final Report calling for a one-off wealth tax, Mark Littlewood, Director General at … Continue reading “A wealth tax would be “counter-productive”, says IEA expert”