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”

I don’t remember the last time I saw a six-year-old queuing for a cappuccino in Pret. Nor have I ever … Continue reading “Energy drinks – yet again, the government is jumping on the ‘banned’ wagon”

Our country is plagued with state paternalism, and it’s only getting worse. From the sugar tax and its potential expansion … Continue reading “State paternalism rests on shaky philosophical foundations”

After a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages was introduced in Britain last month, campaigners wasted no time in calling for it … Continue reading “WHO proposals for new taxes on food and drinks would cost a typical UK household up to £458 per year”

It may no longer be just parents and children that face “naming and shaming” when it comes to childhood obesity. … Continue reading “Keep the nanny state out of our schools”