Media Coverage

The 2020/21 competition seeking ways to supercharge growth, employment and living standards in ‘left behind’ Britain was launched on 30th November 2020 and has featured across the national and regional media:

• The launch video featuring Dehenna Davison MP
• Mark Littlewood in The Times, 30 November 2020
• Philip Aldrick, Economics Editor for The Times, 30 November 2020
• Annabel Denham in CityAM, 30 November 2020
• Business and Innovation Magazine, 30 November 2020 
• LondonLovesBusiness.com, 30 November 2020
• Live with Littlewood – Breakthrough Prize special, 2 December 2020

The 2019 competition on finding ways to give everyone in society a real opportunity to succeed on their own merit was launched on 26^th April 2019 and featured across the national media:

• Kate Andrews in City AM
• Mark Littlewood in The Telegraph
• Sam Collins for 1828
• Coverage in The Times, p44 on 26^th April 2019
• Politico Playbook (ranked #1 media newsletter in 2018)

The winning entry was mentioned in a number of publications:

• City AM
• Professor Syed Kamall, CapX
• Peter Ainsworth, Conservative Home

The 2018 competition on the UK housing crisis was launched on 23^rd July 2018 and received widespread media attention:

• The launch video featuring Jacob Rees-Mogg MP received nearly 250,000 views across Facebook and Twitter
• A comment piece from Jacob Rees Mogg MP featured in the Telegraph
• Mark Littlewood wrote articles for The Times and City AM
• IEA Digital Editor Madeline Grant wrote for the online outlet CapX on the launch
• IEA Digital Manager Darren Grimes made a sharing ‘gif’ for social media
• Shortly after the launch, the prize featured in a Sunday Telegraph article by Dan Hannan MEP

In July 2019, on publishing the IEA report which was inspired by the 2018 competition, there was a huge amount of media coverage:

• Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comment piece in The Telegraph, 20 July 2019
• Jacob Rees-Mogg on Good Morning Britain, 22 July 2019
• The Times, 22 July 2019
• The Sun, 22 July 2019
• City AM, 22 July 2019
• Daily Express, 22 July 2019
• Radomir Tylecote in CapX, 22 July 2019
• John Myers, of YIMBY, in CityMetric, 23 July 2019
• Article in Order-Order, 22 July 2019

The 2017 competition on the subject of improving economic prosperity and social outcomes was launched on 20^th October 2016.  Media coverage included:

• A promotional interview featuring the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
• A feature article by Richard Koch, plus a comment piece in City AM newspaper
• Editorial on Order-Order.com