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25 Percent of Working Age Brits Are Out of Work. Why Is the U.K. Government Paying Millions To Stay Home?

20 August 2025
Welfare

25 Percent of Working Age Brits Are Out of Work. Why Is the U.K. Government Paying Millions To Stay Home?

20 August 2025

Reem Ibrahim writes for Reason

Our Head of Media has written for Reason on Britain’s worklessness crisis. The article said: “If you can earn more … Continue reading “25 Percent of Working Age Brits Are Out of Work. Why Is the U.K. Government Paying Millions To Stay Home?”

Calls to scrap Over-60s free travel after ‘lost revenue for TfL soars to £84 million in a year’

15 August 2025
Welfare

Calls to scrap Over-60s free travel after ‘lost revenue for TfL soars to £84 million in a year’

15 August 2025

Reem Ibrahim is quoted in the London Standard

Our Head of Media Reem Ibrahim comments on free travel for over-60s is quoted in the London Standard The article … Continue reading “Calls to scrap Over-60s free travel after ‘lost revenue for TfL soars to £84 million in a year’”

Ideas for Pension Reform

4 September 2025
Welfare

Ideas for Pension Reform

Professor Len Shackleton
4 September 2025
This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk The state pension is a big issue. It currently … Continue reading “Ideas for Pension Reform”

Is it time for a radical new approach to welfare?

26 June 2025
Welfare

Is it time for a radical new approach to welfare?

Steve Davies
26 June 2025
This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk The welfare state is the object of intense dissatisfaction … Continue reading “Is it time for a radical new approach to welfare?”

Saturday Read: Benefits reforms may not achieve much but they have focused attention

22 March 2025
Government and Institutions

Saturday Read: Benefits reforms may not achieve much but they have focused attention

Professor Len Shackleton
22 March 2025
This week’s announcement of some minor benefit reforms, accompanied by a Green Paper, may not achieve very much, but it … Continue reading “Saturday Read: Benefits reforms may not achieve much but they have focused attention”

Disability and incapacity benefits for working-age people: some recent developments

20 March 2025
Government and Institutions

Disability and incapacity benefits for working-age people: some recent developments

Kristian Niemietz
20 March 2025
A few years ago, the psychiatrist and science blogger Scott Alexander recounted an interesting anecdote from his university days on … Continue reading “Disability and incapacity benefits for working-age people: some recent developments”

Universal Pension Tax Relief ‘Devoid of Any Economic Rationale’

15 July 2024
Labour Market

Universal Pension Tax Relief ‘Devoid of Any Economic Rationale’

15 July 2024

IEA research quoted in Interactive Investor

Research by former IEA Academic and Research Director Philip Booth has been quoted in an Interactive Investor article analysing possible … Continue reading “Universal Pension Tax Relief ‘Devoid of Any Economic Rationale’”

Tough Choices Inevitable in Any Welfare Reforms

21 May 2024
Welfare

Tough Choices Inevitable in Any Welfare Reforms

21 May 2024

Len Shackleton quoted in The Daily Telegraph

IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Len Shackleton has been quoted in The Daily Telegraph highlighting some of the difficult choices … Continue reading “Tough Choices Inevitable in Any Welfare Reforms”

Government’s ‘Nudge’ Tactics Undermine Personal Choice, Argues New IEA Book

27 March 2024
Lifestyle Economics

Government’s ‘Nudge’ Tactics Undermine Personal Choice, Argues New IEA Book

27 March 2024
‘Nudge’ policies impose the preferences of politicians onto unsuspecting individuals. Policies aimed at ‘nudging’ lifestyle decisions make paternalistic assumptions on … Continue reading “Government’s ‘Nudge’ Tactics Undermine Personal Choice, Argues New IEA Book”

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