The Government’s nuclear plans create incentives for nuclear power companies to overcharge consumers, by linking prices to the firms’ own … Continue reading “Nuclear energy plans contain a ticking time bomb for our bills”

One of the features of working for a free market think tank is that anything you say on social media … Continue reading “Who funds you? Series 72743657393, Episode 293474565839”

In the Spring Statement, around half the policy costs of measures issued related to the energy crisis. One of the … Continue reading “Should liberals welcome green VAT discounts as a tax cut, or bemoan them as a tax distortion?”

YES – says Matthew Lesh “But actually, he thought as he re-adjusted the Ministry of Plenty’s figures, it was not … Continue reading “IEA Debate: Should classical liberals accept “Net Zero” as a given?”

Another day, another brilliant wheeze for nudging the country towards ‘net zero’, the Canute-like plan of the British political establishment … Continue reading “The case against Britain’s Soviet-style 5-year socket plan”

In 2010, the new Prime Minister David Cameron, long before his own ill-judged engagement with Greensill Capital, warned that lobbying … Continue reading “Lobbying in politics: a perennial issue?”

The Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project, previously known as HS3, was first promised by the Coalition Government in 2014 as … Continue reading “The railroad to serfdom”

The UK can either be net zero or have secure and affordable energy. It cannot have all three, at least … Continue reading “British industry is bearing the brunt of climate unilateralism”

In 2009, Liz Truss, then Deputy Director of the Reform think tank, now Foreign Secretary, wrote about green technology: “Vast … Continue reading “The CF Industries bailout is a terrible folly”