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Think Small - A blueprint for supporting UK small businesses
‘Think Small’ is a new report which looks to make life a lot easier for small companies. It is authored by Nick King, Head of Business at the Centre for Policy Studies. The report calls for the Government to adopt an emblematic policy to champion small and family businesses: the Simple Consolidated Tax.
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Some suggestions for the new pensions minister
Pensions analyst Michael Johnson urges new pensions minister Ros Altmann to continue with the bold reforms that her predecessor began.
Unleashing the Sharing Economy
The Government should go further and faster to promote the Sharing Economy.
The Triple Challenge Facing Britain's Oil and Gas Sector
Britain has the highest operating costs in the World for oil production. Radical reform is needed to stem the tide of rising costs, falling prices and heavy taxation.
Competition can Crush Crony Corporatism
Urgent policy reform is needed to reclaim popular capitalism from crony corporatists.
Real Finnish Lessons: The true story of an education superpower
Gabriel Heller Sahlgren challenges conventional wisdom regarding the reasons for Finland’s remarkable education success.
Is Public Borrowing Justified if for Investment Only?
The idea has received renewed interest in the current election campaign and in the context of the ongoing deficit/debt reduction debate. But is it right?
A Tax on Business is a Tax on Jobs
The level of business taxation is critical because it directly affects investment, employment and ultimately the prosperity of a nation.
The Red Herring of Departmental Cuts
Conservative plans for departmental spending cuts are only half those implied by the OBR
Central Planning with Market Features: how renewable subsidies destroyed the UK electricity market
Rupert Darwall shows that recent energy policy represents the biggest expansion of state power since the nationalisations of the 1940s and 1950s – and is on course to be the most expensive domestic policy disaster in modern British history.
Britain is Taxed Enough Already
Higher taxes are not the solution to the challenges facing the UK economy.
Auto-protection at 55
Leading pensions expert Michael Johnson urges the Government to implement radical reform in order to avoid an impending crisis.
The Shrinking Case for a Mansion Tax
Any case for a Mansion Tax is now redundant as recent tax reforms have significantly increased the tax burden on higher value properties.
Welfare Dependency and the Size of the State
Under Labour’s plans 750,000 more households could be in welfare dependency by 2020.
Estimating the Employment Effects of Labour’s Corporation Tax Policy
If the Labour Party wins the General Election, it has pledged to increase the main rate of corporation tax. Our model estimates that, other things being equal, a rising corporation tax would lead to a reduction in total employment of 96,400 by 2018/19 compared to the OBR’s estimates of employment under the Government’s plans.
Deteriorating Energy Security: Why MPs Should Save Fracking
An amendment to the Infrastructure Bill introduced today would effectively ban fracking on environmental grounds. If this amendment is passed it would reduce energy security and would be a disgraceful failure duty by MPs who are supposed to defend Britain’s economic well-being.