Reform UK: Treasury should intervene on Bank interest rates decisions June 18, 2025 Reform UK has suggested the Treasury should be allowed to contribute to the Bank of England’s interest rates decision in what would represent an intervention on its independence for the first time in nearly 30 years. Deputy leader Richard Tice told The Times ministers should have greater power over the Bank’s key decisions while it [...]
Labour’s EV and heat pump push is paving a path to bankruptcy April 26, 2025 Labour's push for EVs and heat pumps fail to account for a crucial detail - reality, says the IEA's Matthew Bowles.
The Debate: Are growth and net zero incompatible? February 12, 2025 Are growth and net zero really star-crossed lovers, or can they find a happy marriage? We get two writers to hash it out in this week's Debate.
Free market groups welcome nuclear power planning reform February 6, 2025 Free market groups have welcomed the government’s plans to reform planning rules around building nuclear power plants as “excellent news”. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today announced the overhaul in a bid to slash red tape, fast-track approvals for new reactors and create thousands of highly skilled jobs. Small modular reactors (SMRs) would be built [...]
New report warns DPAs should not be seen as ‘a cost of doing business’ November 21, 2024 The use of deferred prosecution agreements doesn’t stop corporate fraud, and may be actively encouraging it, says new paper by think tank, IEA
Streeting rolls out health service league tables to boost efficiency November 13, 2024 NHS trusts should be “turned into businesses”, a free market think tank has argued, amid Wes Streeting’s announcement of health service league tables in a bid to boost efficiency. The health secretary has confirmed failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and managers sacked if they don’t improve patient care and take [...]
Labour’s national insurance hike could cost workers hundreds October 28, 2024 HMRC's projections suggest that a two percentage point hike to employers' national insurance would raise £18bn.
Replace the NHS with Social Health Insurance says think tank September 19, 2024 The IEA has called for a radical transformation of the NHS, proposing it be replaced with a Social Health Insurance system to improve healthcare outcomes in the UK
City sounds alarm over Starmer’s ‘painful’ Budget warning August 28, 2024 City figures have sounded the alarm over the Prime Minister’s warning of a “painful” Budget this autumn, urging him not to “punish risk takers” and warning against “taxing wealth creators”. Sir Keir Starmer delivered his first major address from the No10 Rose Garden on Tuesday as he cautioned that the state of the public finances [...]