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Institute of Economic Affairs

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The UK's original free market think tank, founded in 1955. No corporate view — sharing material from wide-ranging list of spokespeople.

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🚬 "The government is taking away a product that is safer and healthier for millions of adults that have been able to quit smoking." Reem Ibrahim on GB News criticises the vaping ban as a very heavy handed approach that ultimately will cost lives.

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🇫🇷🇬🇧 "We just take it for granted that everyone is taxed as an individual, even though the welfare state works in a completely different way." Tom Clougherty notes France's quotient familiale system recognises households in taxation, unlike the UK's individual approach.

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🏠 "Single earner households with children on an average wage will be paying more tax in the UK than they would in France, Germany, or the US." Tom Clougherty reveals the hidden tax burden hitting UK families hardest.

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🏠 "It actually is better than net zero. It actually takes away more carbon that actually it gives out." Mike Morgan-Giles explains how hemp could theoretically decarbonise the entire built environment on our latest podcast. 👇

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📊 "There's no relationship between a country's nanny state score and life expectancy." Christopher Snowdon on GB News reveals the shocking truth: nanny state policies show zero correlation with actual health outcomes. The nanny state isn't working.