In an op-ed for The Spectator, IEA Director of Communications, Annabel Denham, highlighted that Covid has exposed some weaknesses with … Continue reading “Will the pandemic change the welfare state for good?”

Reform of social care has been in the news a lot in recent times, and not just because of Covid … Continue reading “An economic approach to social care cost contributions”

In an op-ed for The Times, David Smith, Economics Editor of The Sunday Times, cited the IEA’s opposition to the … Continue reading “The triple lock pension must be scrapped”

The UK’s Welfare Reform Act 2012 allows Department of Work and Pensions ‘work coaches’ to compel unemployed Universal Credit claimants, … Continue reading “Attitudes to work and labour market outcomes: empirical findings”

In his bi-weekly column for The Times, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood turned his attention to the growing divide between … Continue reading “It’s time to focus on intergenerational fairness”

The Chancellor is under pressure to extend the £20 uplift in Universal Credit (UC) payment beyond March this year at … Continue reading “The vulnerable need help, but across-the-board benefit rises are a waste of taxpayers’ money”

Pressure is mounting on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit beyond the end … Continue reading “Extension of the Universal Credit uplift should not be made permanent”

As calls to extend the temporary increase in Universal Credit payments beyond March gather pace, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood … Continue reading “Director General Mark Littlewood appears on BBC Newsnight”

Responding to calls to extend the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift, Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at free market … Continue reading “Any extension of the Universal Credit uplift should not be made permanent, says IEA expert”