The Prime Minister’s speech at Conservative Party Conference contained “some sound free market rhetoric… but little in the way of … Continue reading “To compare wind power in this country to Saudi Arabia’s oil wealth is “fantasy””

A new briefing paper ‘Pubs and COVID-19: Flawed claims and faulty reasoning’ by the IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher … Continue reading “Hospitality closures will just mean more people gathering in homes”

The IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon joined critics of the government’s new proposals to shut thousands of pubs … Continue reading “‘Dodgy dossier’ behind pub rules ‘simply not good enough’”

IEA research is featured in an op-ed for The Observer and Guardian by Phillip Inman on how “the UK’s poor … Continue reading “IEA has “urged the chancellor to use business tax cuts to rekindle the entrepreneurialism of the Thatcher decade””

As the Chancellor announces an expansion of the Job Support Scheme, IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton said: … Continue reading “Job Support Scheme expansion a “depressing development,” says Professor Len Shackleton”

In article for the Catholic Herald, IEA Senior Academic Fellow Professor Philip Booth looks at the question of global governing … Continue reading “The idea of global institutions is not a sudden fascination of Pope Francis”

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Carver, Media Manager, 07715 942731 Responding to the prospect of further restrictions on the … Continue reading “Evidence to justify pub closures “very weak””

We inevitably face much higher unemployment over the becoming winter, but the Government “can’t keep businesses on life support indefinitely”, … Continue reading “Further government intervention is not the remedy to the current unemployment crisis”

“The impact  [of Covid restrictions] on the wedding industry, while catastrophic, is nothing compared to what is going on in … Continue reading “Government should “stop picking industries to support””