On consumption taxes, which in the UK is mostly VAT, we’re ranked a depressing 33rd. That’s for two reasons: the UK has a ...

Echo-gnomics' was one of the Discworld author’s favourite subjects If economists had Pratchett's gift for comic absurdity, ...

Decentralisation, voluntary cooperation and self-regulation are the hallmarks of good governance ...

Tonight, in the presence of her son, Sir Mark, over 520 of Margaret Thatcher’s former colleagues, closest friends and ...

The Climate Change Committee’s report that the planet will warm by a lot more than 1.5 degrees is very bad news indeed. But ...

The philosophy that 'you can't have too much safety' is the starting point of Britain's regulators Even if a policy is ...

Ms Badenoch represents a return to ideological clarity. She believes in enterprise, aspiration and British sovereignty, and ...

We need to cross our fingers that the Government's housing ambitions don't fall victim to the Nimby lobby ...

Change can be uncomfortable. But, as this year’s economics Nobel laureates have taught us, it is the necessary corollary of ...

From high-frequency trading to GPS-enabled logistics, cross-border payments to timestamped transactions, modern finance is ...

Just last night, the leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, appeared on BBC Question Time and defended wealth taxation on ...

There is a mountain to climb, but a serious politician must not be afraid of heights. Although the challenges are huge, Kemi Badenoch has shown the ability to remain undaunted. That is something which ...