The Institute of Economic Affairs fringe event at UKIP Conference. Speakers: Mark Littlewood (IEA), Patrick O’Flynn (Daily Express), Steven Woolfe … Continue reading “Has the Coalition failed the economy? Is free market reform the answer?”

A Conservative Party Conference panel discussion, featuring: Kevin Bell, Institute of Economic Affairs (chair) Chris Skidmore, MP for Kingswood Elizabeth … Continue reading “After the Coalition: the future Conservative agenda for Britain”

A Liberal Democrat Conference panel discussion, featuring: Michael Crick, Channel 4 News (chair) Jeremy Browne, MP for Taunton Deane James … Continue reading “Coalition and the changing Liberal Democrats”

The coalition government is short of policies that the free-market movement around the world might point to in generations to … Continue reading “A government that believed in low taxation would end bracket creep”

Benedict Brogan asks what David Cameron should do about Archbishop Rowan Williams’ full frontal attack on health, education and welfare … Continue reading “Coalition should launch full frontal attack on Archbishop”

Despite the cuts, the coalition Government will raise our national debt by almost £500bn over this Parliament. This is just … Continue reading “Set the economy free to meet tough challenges ahead”

The government has realised belatedly that it wants to pursue an agenda for  ‘ growth ‘. The problem with this sort of language … Continue reading “Economic liberalisation and the growth agenda: actions speak louder than words”

It has often been said that Britain has the best-housed poor in Europe. Social housing is provided to a high … Continue reading “Liberating the social housing sector”

The Government reportedly feels that its Big Society programme has stalled. It is not surprising. The coalition’s idea of the … Continue reading “The Big Society will only come into being when the Government stops trying to create it and instead unleashes a tide of philanthropy”