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The Spring Budget 2024 explained in 90 seconds explainerIFS Director Paul Johnson gives an initial response to Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget.6 March 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
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Raising revenue from closing inheritance tax loopholes CommentReforms could be enacted to make inheritance tax fairer and raise revenue.18 April 2024
Spending as much as other countries but taxing less is unlikely to be sustainable CommentHow do the UK’s levels of tax and spend compare with other advanced economies?17 April 2024
New tax year gives Chancellor more ‘headroom’ but doesn’t change the fundamentals CommentThe start of a new tax year causes a mechanical boost to the Chancellor’s ‘headroom’, but the post-election fiscal challenge remains daunting. 16 April 2024
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away Comment"We know that poor children grow up with poor life chances. We know how to ameliorate that. The choice is ours." Paul Johnson writes for the Times.15 April 2024
Favouring the low paid has backfired on the public sector CommentIf we want high quality, highly qualified people delivering public services then we can’t let their pay fall relative to what’s available elsewhere.1 April 2024
A mess has been made of Child Benefit, and the clear-up operation may not be easy Comment"Status quos can be hard to change, no matter how incoherent they are." Robert Joyce writes about child benefit in The Telegraph.29 March 2024
What you need to know about the new childcare entitlements CommentThis comment looks at who will be eligible for free childcare, whether funding is high enough and what impact the new entitlements might have.28 March 2024
Oil and gas make Scotland’s underlying public finances particularly volatile and uncertain CommentA fallback in oil and gas prices has hit Scotland’s underlying public finance position this year.27 March 2024
A longer-term view of NHS waiting lists in England CommentHow have NHS waiting lists and waiting times for pre-planned treatment changed over the last 40 years?19 March 2024
How is the tax burden at a high when most of us are taxed so low? CommentLuck has played its part for Jeremy Hunt but whisper it quietly: this Tory government has taken a serious chunk out of the incomes of the 1 per cent.18 March 2024
Taxing non-doms is a non-issue for the big public finance challenges CommentJeremy Hunt’s new regime is a clear improvement — but the saga distracts from bigger public finance challenges15 March 2024
Spring Budget 2024: initial IFS response CommentWe’ve learned to expect some degree of smoke and mirrors in the Budget. Today was no different.6 March 2024
Gaming fiscal rules is no way to make budget policy CommentThe chancellor’s room for manoeuvre is determined by the Office for Budget Responsibility and meeting fiscal rules that have fallen into disrepute.4 March 2024
Health spending planned to fall in England and Scotland in 2024–25, suggesting a top-up likely CommentDay-to-day spending on health in England is planned to fall in 2024–25 compared with the latest budgets for 2023–24.4 March 2024
Reforming the taxation of non-doms: policy options and uncertainties CommentThis comment summarises what is known about non-doms, the options for reforming how they are taxed and potential revenue implications. 4 March 2024
The latest picture on school funding and costs in England CommentThis comment provides the latest analysis of trends in school funding and costs in England over time.1 March 2024
What will the Budget mean for councils? CommentThis comment published in The MJ looks at what the Chancellor's Spring Budget could mean for councils27 February 2024
Top-ups to the Scottish Budget for 2024–25 are likely – but huge uncertainty on their scale CommentMore funding to top up the Scottish Government’s 2024–25 spending plans is likely to become available – but just how much is highly uncertain.22 February 2024
How has the NLW affected pay differentials within firms? CommentSome evidence on the effects of the National Living Wage on firms' wage structures.16 February 2024
IFS response to Labour's announcement on plans for green investment CommentAn initial response to Labour's announcement that it will no longer seek to spend £28 billion per year on green investment8 February 2024
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Raising revenue from closing inheritance tax loopholes
18 April 2024
Spending as much as other countries but taxing less is unlikely to be sustainable
17 April 2024
New tax year gives Chancellor more ‘headroom’ but doesn’t change the fundamentals
16 April 2024
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away
15 April 2024
Favouring the low paid has backfired on the public sector
1 April 2024
A mess has been made of Child Benefit, and the clear-up operation may not be easy
29 March 2024
What you need to know about the new childcare entitlements
28 March 2024
Oil and gas make Scotland’s underlying public finances particularly volatile and uncertain
27 March 2024
A longer-term view of NHS waiting lists in England
19 March 2024
How is the tax burden at a high when most of us are taxed so low?
18 March 2024
Taxing non-doms is a non-issue for the big public finance challenges
15 March 2024
Spring Budget 2024: initial IFS response
6 March 2024
Gaming fiscal rules is no way to make budget policy
4 March 2024
Health spending planned to fall in England and Scotland in 2024–25, suggesting a top-up likely
4 March 2024
Reforming the taxation of non-doms: policy options and uncertainties
4 March 2024
The latest picture on school funding and costs in England
1 March 2024
What will the Budget mean for councils?
27 February 2024
Top-ups to the Scottish Budget for 2024–25 are likely – but huge uncertainty on their scale
22 February 2024
How has the NLW affected pay differentials within firms?
16 February 2024
IFS response to Labour's announcement on plans for green investment
8 February 2024