Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday, the IEA’s Policy Advisor to the Director General Alexander C.R. Hammond said the Government … Continue reading “Government should cut taxes to galvanise business growth”

With rumours that the new Chancellor may raise fuel duty in the Budget this week, the IEA Head of Transport … Continue reading “Raising fuel duty will “damage the economy by lowering labour mobility””

The revelation that higher incomes have been under-reported in official data has led to predictable calls for higher taxes. Oliver … Continue reading “Employer National Insurance Contributions are a hidden tax on our pay”

“Boris Johnson’s administration has yet to settle on a long-term economic strategy, beyond displaying a fetish for taxpayer-funded infrastructure and … Continue reading “PM needs “a proper free-market growth plan” says IEA Director General”

Tax havens are assumed to be dodgy criminal places that are deliberately undermining and cheating a society out of revenue … Continue reading “Could Brexit Britain be a tax haven?”

Reports that the government may relax its fiscal rules in favour of public spending hikes – most likely funded through … Continue reading “Relaxing fiscal rules risks “undermining the work done to rein in the country’s budget deficit””

The phrase ‘Mansion Tax’ first came to prominence in 2009 as a proposal of the then Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince … Continue reading “The Mansion Tax: another failed idea that never dies”

Responding to reports that the Prime Minister is planning to impose a “mansion tax” on owners of expensive homes, the … Continue reading “Government should be alert to possible unintended consequences of a “mansion tax””

Danny Dorling has a theory and he will not let it lie. For several years he has been claiming that … Continue reading “No, life expectancy is NOT falling”