This article was first published on the Institute of Economic Affairs Substack. Official figures recently published by HMRC indicate a huge rise in illicit tobacco sales in the UK since 2021. The ...

Reem Ibrahim, Communications Manager at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, was quoted in The Times on the Government’s commitment to mandatory pay gap reporting measures.

“Imagine this scenario: you host a dinner party in your home aglow with candlelight and conversation. On a polished oak shelf sits a delicate Cisk lager-branded ash tray, collected from a recent trip ...

Responding to the welfare changes announced today Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “Today’s announcement ...

“If the Government are serious about achieving economic growth and supporting businesses, they should scrap their misguided commitment to mandatory pay gap reporting. It will add yet more burdens on ...

Responding to Trump’s pause on aid to Ukraine, Adam Bartha, Director of International Outreach at the Institute of Economic Affairs, and EPICENTER said: “Trump’s first weeks of his second term have ...

Responding to the increase in the energy price cap, Andy Mayer, Energy Analyst at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “It is well understood that when international wholesale energy prices rise so ...

There is no “British DOGE”, but the idea of slashing government bureaucracy seems to be in vogue all of a sudden. With their latest announcement to radically slim down, or possibly even abolish NHS ...

Commenting on the new amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The ...

Responding the to seventh Carbon Budget, Andy Mayer, Energy Analyst at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is a £7m a year state-funded lobby group (or sock ...

Single-issue campaigners claim to want to tackle big issues – including obesity, climate change, and smoking – but often reject real solutions on ideological grounds. Anti-obesity campaigners claim ...

“The latest official data are perhaps not as bad as they look, but they do confirm that the UK economy made a poor start to 2025. The 0.1% contraction in UK GDP in January was partly a correction ...