This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Department of Education. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Department for Education. This paper is part of the Adam Smith Institute’s...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming taxis for the 21st century. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, written by Maxwell Marlow, outlines how the UK can improve regulation of taxis and private hire vehicles. The Private Hire Vehicles Act (1998) and Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (1976) should...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at energy security in a net zero world. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler and Peter Edwards, outlines the challenges of ensuring energy security as the UK moves towards Net Zero carbon by 2050. Recent disruptions to the global...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how safer smoking alternatives can level up health and tackle the cost of living crisis. This paper argues that the Government can reduce health inequality and boost incomes by accelerating the adoption of safer smoking alternatives. By accelerating the adoption of safer smoking...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how the Government can go for growth and cut the cost of living. Britain has been plunged into a cost of living crisis. Inflation, energy prices, stagnant wages and an increasingly heavy tax burden have all combined to put huge pressure on household...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how the UK can help Ukrainians. This report argues that the UK should waive all visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals and make it easier for highly skilled Russian and Belarusians to move to the UK. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing immense suffering...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at property rights on the moon. This Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, by Rebecca Lowe, consultant and former director of the FREER think tank, argues that creating a clear system of property rights in space could turbocharge scientific discovery and give all of humanity...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at the case against disaster corporatism. This latest paper, by Matthew Lesh, ASI Fellow and Head of Public Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs, argues that businesses and governments must return to their proper roles in order to kickstart the post-pandemic recovery. Free...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at the case for GMOs and gene editing. This latest paper, by Cameron English, Director of Bio-Sciences at the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), outlines how the UK can benefit from embracing gene editing and GMOs: Genetic engineering allows farmers to produce...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at what the UK can learn from the Lion City. This latest paper, by Dr Bryan Cheang, an academic at King’s College London, outlines what the UK can learn from Singapore: Singapore has had one of the most rapidly growing economies in the world...