At its quarterly (hybrid) meeting on 13 January 2026, the Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (SMPC), hosted by the Institute of Economic Affairs … Continue reading "SMPC Votes to Cut UK Base Rate by 25b ...

Since 2019, there have been many attempts to put a cost on achieving net zero by 2050, with wildly different results. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has repeatedly revised down its estimates for ...

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. In his book, Davies shows how we are going through a deep-seated process of realignment rooted in ...

The Board of Trustees of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is delighted to announce that David Frost will become Director General and Ralph Harris Fellow of the Institute in January 2026. His ...

Last Friday, the Online Safety Act’s (OSA) age verification provisions kicked in for companies hosting adult content accessible to British audiences. These provisions required companies to verify age ...

https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IEA_Kichanova-Beyond-Freeports_V2_Digital.pdf The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to ...

The Government’s own impact assessment for its employment rights legislation estimates that the measures could cost businesses up to £5 billion annually. To start, this is a substantial amount. Past ...

Each year, the Government publishes international energy price comparisons. The data is sourced from the IEA and covers industrial and domestic gas and electricity prices. The latest data for 2023 was ...

While most people would probably agree that individuals should be free to consume adult entertainment even if others find it morally objectionable, few would argue that children should have access to ...

The overview highlights the academic consensus on harmful consequences. Most studies (56 out of 65) find that rent controls succeed in lowering rents for controlled units, as intended. However, 14 out ...

Private schools are, on the whole, a good thing. They give parents greater choice in their children’s education, provide the state sector much needed competition and attract money from abroad by ...

The Bank of England’s latest Monetary Policy Report has finally embraced what monetarist economists have long demanded: the inclusion of ‘money’, specifically broad money, or M4x in economic jargon, ...