Media release: Gambling legislation costing exchequer £30 million every year Embargoed until 00:01 Tuesday 11 September 2012 The exchequer is … Continue reading “Gambling legislation costing exchequer £30 million every year”

Sweden’s success is not a result of its extensive welfare state, as many argue, but of its positive cultural norms … Continue reading “UK should learn from how big government damaged Swedish society”

Responding to the latest ONS figures, Philip Booth, Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The … Continue reading “Public borrowing high because government’s plan is flawed

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Commenting on the closure of the consultation on plain packaging for tobacco, Dr Richard Wellings, Deputy Editorial Director, at the … Continue reading “Plain packaging would be a draconian attack on freedom”

Responding to the Bank of England’s latest report, Ruth Porter, Communications Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “It’s … Continue reading “Government needs to make space for business to drive recovery”

Tackling water shortages and ensuring water costs are kept low for consumers requires changes in how water is regulated. A … Continue reading “Former water regulator argues consumer prices have risen too high”

Commenting on Mario Draghi’s statements on the euro, Philip Booth, Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, … Continue reading “ECB should prepare for the end of the eurozone as we know it”

At the end of June 2012, news of a further scandal in the banking industry broke – although, there was … Continue reading “IEA releases The LIBOR Reader”

Responding to the latest GDP figures, Prof. Philip Booth, Editorial Director, at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “An expanding … Continue reading “Government needs a growth strategy that unleashes business”