Mark Littlewood, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs, branded the BBC licence fee an “outdated and ridiculous” way … Continue reading “Why Britain should scrap the BBC Tele tax”

Shutting out low-skilled migrants might be popular, but that doesn’t make it a good policy argues Dr Kristian Nietmietz, Head … Continue reading “Excluding low-skilled migrants might be a vote winner, but it is a bad policy”

Quoted in Telegraph, the IEA’s Head of Political Economy, Kristian Niemietz warns that a new points based immigration system “puts … Continue reading “Government immigration plan “puts too much power in the hands of central government””

Responding to the government’s proposals to reduce low-skilled immigration post-Brexit, the IEA’s Head of Political Economy Dr Kristian Niemietz voiced … Continue reading “IEA expresses concerns of point-based immigration system on staffing levels in key industries”

Responding to the government’s proposals to bring in a points based immigration systen, the IEA’s Head of Political Economy Kristian … Continue reading “Businesses are “better placed than the state to decide what is missing from the labour market””

Should we be concerned about rumours of potential Chinese involvement with HS2, Alexander Hammond, the IEA’s Policy Advisor to the … Continue reading “If HS2 is going ahead, taxpayers should relish the opportunity for it to be built at a lower cost by Chinese providers.”

Responding to the Government’s announcement for a new points-based immigration system post-Brexit, the IEA’s Head of Political Economy Dr Kristian … Continue reading “IEA responds to Government’s post-Brexit immigration proposals”

“There’s no reason to assume that the BBC will have to ‘dumb down’ if it adopts a subscription model“, writes … Continue reading “The case for the BBC licence fee is flawed”

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””