Summary Since 2019, there have been many attempts to put a cost on achieving net zero by 2050, with wildly … Continue reading ...

David Frost, the Rt Hon Lord Frost of Allenton PC CMG, became Director General of the IEA in January 2026. He is best known as Chief Brexit Negotiator and Europe adviser to Prime Minister Boris ...

Kevin served the IEA with distinction for twenty-three years on the Board of Managing Trustees. He was a dedicated and committed trustee whose scrutiny of our affairs was both fearless and ...

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/2025/07/IEA_Labour-Market_V3_Digital.pdf A free competitive market offers wide opportunities for individuals and businesses and ...

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 ...

We have been hearing a lot about the slippery slope recently. Although slippery slope arguments are technically a fallacy, the domino effect of regulation (or, less commonly, deregulation) can often ...

I was recently watching the video “Are Populists Destroying Democracy?” on the IEA’s Youtube channel, in which the IEA’s Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz interviewed Swedish political scientist ...

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 ...

Until very recently, Britain’s National Health Service used to be beyond argument. The reverence for the health service often precluded anything resembling a rational discussion around it: the social ...