Wednesday’s news that 16,000 first-time buyers have saved thousands of pounds thanks to their exemption from stamp duty is, on … Continue reading “Put aside the gimmicks and get the government out of our lives”

Whether you are a green activist or a poverty campaigner, energy policy under the Thatcher-Major-Blair governments was a striking success. … Continue reading “A vicious circle of state intervention is taking Britain’s energy markets back to the 1970s”

The British retail markets for electricity and gas are not delivering. But is the proposed cure better than the disease … Continue reading “Consumer inertia in energy markets: a sobering lesson from Italy”