Rising gas prices, energy companies going bust, Ministers discussing bailouts and empty reassurance to consumers. The central problem with the … Continue reading “The Gordian Knot of UK energy policy”

The IEA held an event recently on the OECD proposal to establish a global minimum rate for Corporation Tax at … Continue reading “The case for abolishing the tax privileges of international organisations”

On Monday 16th August 2021 we received an unusual request. The IEA is part of an international network of educational … Continue reading “An escape from Taliban-occupied Afghanistan”

There are 680 very happy steel workers in Sheffield right now. The nationalisation of Sheffield Forgemasters, with the promise of … Continue reading “Why are taxpayers being forced to bail out billion-pound defence contractors?”

The Runnymede Trust (RT), an education charity and think tank on race equality and race relations, has published a report … Continue reading “In defence of the Runnymede Trust and charitable think tanks”

In the last piece, we looked at the precautionary principle (PP), what about it is valuable and what about it can … Continue reading “The case for a British Innovation Principle”

The EU’s travails over vaccine supply have revitalised calls in some free-market circles for the scrapping of the precautionary principle … Continue reading “The case for a liberal precautionary principle”

YES – says Andy Mayer Unusually, as an elected local Councillor I am directly involved in these decisions. Back in … Continue reading “IEA Debate: Should public sector wages be frozen to help pay for Covid?”

Great controversy has followed the decision by OFQUAL, the exam regulator for England, to downgrade some 40% of teacher-assessed A-level … Continue reading “Our exam system is hopeless and teachers are wrong”