A reintroduction of the 50p rate would be a disaster for the UK economy

25 January 2014
Tax and Fiscal Policy

A reintroduction of the 50p rate would be a disaster for the UK economy

25 January 2014

IEA response to Ed Balls' announcement on the 50p rate of income tax

Commenting on the Shadow Chancellor’s announcement that Labour would reintroduce the 50p top rate of income tax, Mark Littlewood, Director … Continue reading “A reintroduction of the 50p rate would be a disaster for the UK economy”
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Increasing minimum wage will be damaging to most vulnerable

16 January 2014
Labour Market

Increasing minimum wage will be damaging to most vulnerable

16 January 2014

IEA response to George Osborne's comments on an above-inflation increase to the minimum wage

Commenting on the Chancellor’s comments regarding an above-inflation increase to the minimum wage, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute … Continue reading “Increasing minimum wage will be damaging to most vulnerable”
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Government reforms to state pension age must go further and faster, argues new report

8 January 2014
Welfare

Government reforms to state pension age must go further and faster, argues new report

8 January 2014

New IEA research sets out ten policy recommendations to ease the state pension time bomb

Recent government commitments to continue to increase state pension expenditure in real terms are both unaffordable and irresponsible. Instead, the … Continue reading “Government reforms to state pension age must go further and faster, argues new report”
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Airport expansion must be wrestled from government’s hands, argues new report

16 December 2013
Transport

Airport expansion must be wrestled from government’s hands, argues new report

16 December 2013

New report calls for a market mechanism to solve airport capacity issues

Government involvement in the debate on airport capacity is both unnecessary and undesirable. Ahead of the Airports Commission’s findings this … Continue reading “Airport expansion must be wrestled from government’s hands, argues new report”
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