Bold support for economic freedom makes you more likely to win elections, particularly when it comes from surprising quarters.
Not one but three think thanks refer to “missed opportunities” in their responses to the Budget. But there’s some praise for Osborne, too.
The Freedom Festival is a chance to speak your mind, and hear champions of our movement speak theirs.
Classical, free market liberals are right – so why don’t we win more battles?
A host of conservative and libertarian thinkers and campaigners will be arrayed for your inspiration.
Find out who has moved where among the leading centre right organisations.
A tactical decision has caused strategic chaos – further delay will cost the British economy billions.
Former ConservativeHome co-editor Jonathan Isaby is taking over as the Chief Executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance
There’s applause for George Osborne’s Autumn Statement from Westminster’s wonks, but many of them think he could go further in cutting back the state.
Prof. Philip Booth is Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs. There is remarkably little economic commentary on the shadow economy. This is possibly because, by its nature, it is difficult to measure. Survey evidence tends to under-estimate the shadow economy because many respondents either do not wish to reveal their activities […]
By Andy Mayer of the Age Endeavour Fellowship There is compelling evidence in a new report, Work Longer, Live Healthier: The relationship between economic activity, health and government policy, from the Institute of Economic Affairs and Age Endeavour Fellowship, that Sir Alex Ferguson may have more than one reason to regret his decision to stand […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Matt Sinclair of the TaxPayers' Alliance liked the populist measures – #Crosbynomics according to Matthew d'Ancona – but worried about the Budget's complexity: "Unfortunately, the great limitation of this budget was that it relied far too much on complicated targeted reliefs instead of tax cuts across the board. Simpler, […]
A few think tank reactions to the Autumn Statement… Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, focused on the big picture and the fact that Britain is becoming a high debt nation: "The Chancellor has basically stuck to his spending plans, but not to his deficit plans. Low growth and weak tax […]
Those who wish to leave the EU must have a serious plan for what life would be like outside.