
Philip Booth: The Government needs to get tough (with itself) on competition policy
Just as governments of the left develop institutions designed to embed their reforms and make them difficult to reverse, so should the right.
Just as governments of the left develop institutions designed to embed their reforms and make them difficult to reverse, so should the right.
We should be able to choose whether we support the BBC with our wallets – the economic case for licence fees has evaporated.
Unfortunately, the crisis we face will lead to decisions having to be made which will be more difficult than those taken in 2010.
If it proves a temporary blowout rather than permanent, accumulated debt levels being modestly higher looks manageable.
Allowing developers to negotiate at a very local level to provide compensation directly to the community would factor in beauty, practicality and social costs.
The anti-business, anti-private property trajectory is doing it just as much damage – as exemplified in the field of housing and rent.
If anti-private landlord agendas are allowed to shape Government policy, things will only get worse for them and for their tenants alike.
The basic principles of limited government, economic and civil liberties, freedom and equality under the law are almost entirely absent from her programme.
The Education Secretary sets little stock by values which differ from her own, and elevates economic productivity as the only measure of personal decisions.
James Cleverly MP, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Cllr Sean Anstee, Graeme Archer, Professor Tim Bale and others give their suggestions.
Prof. Philip Booth is Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs. When it comes to the debate on tax… Read more »
Philip Booth is Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at Cass… Read more »
Philip Booth is Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at Cass… Read more »
Philip Booth is Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Professor of Insurance and Risk Management… Read more »
Philip Booth is Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Professor of Insurance and Risk Management… Read more »