Commenting on the Advertising Standards Authority banning its first food advertisements under the government’s new advertising restrictions, the IEA’s Head … Continue reading “Policing food ad ban a ‘dystopian satire’”

In response to a government consultation on banning vaping in workplaces, pubs, clubs and cars, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle … Continue reading “Government determined to destroy hospitality with unjustifiable vape ban”

Contents Foreword In 2016, the IEA and EPICENTER launched the first edition of Dr Christopher Snowdon’s ‘Nanny State Index’, which … Continue reading “Defanging the Nanny State”

This is the fourth in a series of articles about how ideological interest groups react when their institutional preferences are … Continue reading “Not Invented Here #4 – Smoking”

MPs will vote today on the Health and Care Bill. This legislation has much to commend it to Conservative MPs. … Continue reading “The Health and Care Bill: nanny statism on steroids”

In an article for City AM, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon argues that while many of Boris Johnson’s … Continue reading “Calorie labelling plan is not wholly objectionable but it is economically inefficient”

On the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS, I took part in an episode of BBC Radio 4’s … Continue reading “How the NHS religion is turning us against each other”

Last week I blogged about the way in which regulation may exacerbate pay gaps between different ethnic groups, using the … Continue reading “How government regulation exacerbates ethnic pay gaps”

The morning I turned eight, I woke up and told my father that I was “halfway there”. This, in my … Continue reading “Will 2019 be the year we halt the march of the Nanny State? I won’t hold my breath”