Tim Dier

Tim Dier is a research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies.

Articles

Europe

It’s time to say adiós to inheritance tax

The Community of Madrid offers a 99% reduction in inheritance tax for close family heirs. So a daughter who inherits €600,000 from her father will pay, after the ‘bonificación’ rebate, just over €1,500. This came as a surprise to me and to the delegation of policy experts I led to Madrid to meet and learn […]

Ideas

What Britain must learn from her former colonies

Britain once ruled an empire where the sun never set, yet its lingering self-image as a leader rather than a learner has left it blind to the successes of nations it once governed or protected. According to the IMF’s 2024 World Economic Outlook, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates now surpass […]

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