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The Coalition has failed to reduce the size of the state

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8 August 2012

Conservative Home profiles IEA's response to the growth forecast

The IEA and other think tanks have been calling for - to little avail - tax cuts and labour market liberalisations to help spur growth. Perhaps the "Economic Regeneration Bill [2]" drawn up by Downing Street to replace Lords reform, which will be designed to relax planning regulations, will go some way to satisfying the IEA's de-regulation concerns - but there are still no plans to cut taxes or outline a comprehensive growth agenda in a way that would make the centre-right think-tank world happy. 

Read the article here. [3]

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[1] http://www.iea.org.uk/sites/default/files/in-the-media/images/Bank of England 1_9.jpg
[2] http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2012/08/cameron-and-clegg-to-hold-a-mid-term-review-but-will-not-have-a-second-coalition-agreement.html
[3] http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thinktankcentral/2012/08/the-iealondon-criticises-the-coalition-for-failing-to-reduce-government-and-calls-for-tax-cuts.html