Britons to spend first five months paying taxes

Published in the Daily Telegraph here.

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29 December 2010

Daily Telegraph's personal finance correspondent, Myra Butterworth, writes on the front page of the paper that, according to the Adam Smith Institute, Tax Freedom Day will fall on 30 May 2011. 

We work three more days for taxman

Published in The Sun here. 

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29 December 2010

The Sun's political correspondent Kevin Schofield tells readers that we will work three more days to pay the taxman in 2011, according to the Adam Smith Institute.

Raising VAT looks like a self-inflicted wound

Read the article here.

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Written by Tom Clougherty

14 December 2010

Tom Clougherty writes that the VAT rise will be a regrettable step in the wrong direction and will dent consumer confidence in the Yorkshire Post.

Britain's Borrowed - Time Bomb

Published in Wall Street Journal Europe here. 

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Written by Dr Eamonn Butler

14 December 2010

Dr Eamonn Butler writes on the danger of fiscal crisis due to our future welfare costs in The Wall Street Journal Europe.  

Tom on CNBC on the student fee rise

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 09 December 2010

Published on CNBC here.

The left must tackle the baby boomers' timebomb

Published in full in The Guardian here. 

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06 December 2010

Philip Inman warns in The Guardian that left-wingers need to take heed of the Adam Smith Institute's warning regarding another fiscal crisis and the need for healthcare reform.

Eamonn on Daily Politics discussing the pensions timebomb

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02 December 2010

Dr Eamonn Butler discusses the pensions timebomb on BBC Daily Politics following the release of the Institute's report, On Borrowed Time. He argues that the state pension system is a ponzi scheme which is unsustainable in the light of an ageing population. The pension age needs to be raised further and people need to be encouraged to save into private pension systems.

You can watch it on BBC Daily Politics here (from approx 12mins). 

Ageing population is a ticking timebomb for UK's finances

Published in Daily Mail here. 

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30 November 2010

In this article in the Daily Mail Ruth Sunderland warns of the long-term cost of supporting our ageing population, referring to our report 'On Borrowed Time'. 

The Adam Smith Institute assesses when Britain might go bust

Published in ConservativeHome here. 

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Written by Dr Eamonn Butler

29 November 2010

Dr Eamonn Butler writes in ConservativeHome on the risk of another financial crisis in the UK following the release of our report 'On Borrowed Time'. 

Ireland's bailout won't halt contagion

Published in City AM here. 

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29 November 2011

City AM editor Allister Heath argues that we cannot afford to be complacent and must address the issue of unsustainable commitments and an ageing population following the release of our report 'On Borrowed Time'.