2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (945+ words) The welfare bill should be cut by £57bn a year – here's how We need to shift spending from inactivity to work, wages and investment Britain's compliance economy costs £50bn a year – slash it by 20% Britain’s spending and tax choices now fall to…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (703+ words) The new Chancellor should cut spending, not chase new taxes A land value tax may work in theory. Practice is different The new Government talks stability. The reality may prove very different John Healey is the eleventh chancellor since the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (362+ words) A VAT cut on energy bills mostly benefits wealthier and older households The £45 saving is supposedly paid for by scrapping Digital ID – which was unfunded Net Zero rules and low supply are the real problem, not VAT In his first full…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (622+ words) Nine of the top slots on your smart TV could go to approved sources Small creators will lose out if established broadcasters get top billing Competition works when regulators referee, not rig, the game The way we as consumers engage…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (579+ words) Andy Burnham and Labour seem biologically incapable of understanding how to fix growth The obvious answer to Britain's economic stagnation is ideologically unsayable for the Left Adam Smith's plan for growth doesn't need new bus liveries, flexicurity or Oasis quotes…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (306+ words) Andy Burnham is days away from becoming prime minister. According to economist Andrew Lilico, he’s inheriting an economy with almost no room left to manoeuvre – and a sense of personal virtue is no substitute for a plan, as the fate…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (598+ words) Britain can't grow until its tax system is fixed National Insurance is a tax on working – axe it Britain should follow Sweden and scrap inheritance tax Barring some form of constitutional crisis, Andy Burnham will become Prime Minister. We do…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (777+ words) The Vice President's new book bashes economics – and GDP. He's wrong The best case for GDP is that it is easy to compute, standardised and lets us compare countries and periods Every ‘beyond GDP’ index ends up 90% correlated with GDP…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (568+ words) To reduce the number of NEETs, we need a serious strategy for economic growth Schools can only do so much when hiring young people gets pricier Good careers advice cuts NEET risk by a fifth As shown in the Jobs…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (598+ words) Andy Burnham has proposed an extra death tax on inherited properties A recent YouGov poll found that 58% see inheritance tax as 'unfair', and 30% call it 'very unfair' The UK already has among the most vindictive tax regimes on death in…...