Events

The proportion of the self-employed saving in a private pension has declined dramatically over the past two decades, leading to continued concerns about their financial preparations for retirement. At this event we will present the findings of new IFS research that has examined this trend.

The IFS Green Budget 2020, in association with Citi and with funding from the Nuffield Foundation, will analyse the huge economic trauma since the March Budget and the much heightened uncertainty over the path of the economy in coming years. The findings from chapters covering the economic and fiscal outlook will be presented at the event, alongside which the book will be launched.

Daron Acemoglu (MIT) will deliver the 2020 Gorman Lectures. The conference will be on Inequality and Automation. This event is free to attend.

In the immediate wake of the pandemic, the government brought in a series of temporary expansions to the welfare system at a cost of £9 billion. At this event, IFS researchers will present the findings of a chapter of the forthcoming Green Budget, discussing the options the government faces.

Providing equal access to healthcare to all solely on the basis of need was a founding principle of the NHS. Despite this, large differences persist in the amount of care used by people living in different areas and with different backgrounds. At this event we will explore the findings of new IFS work outlining what has happened to educational inequalities in health care in England since 2002-03.

Financial Secretary to the Treasury Jesse Norman and leading experts in tax and public opinion will explore the future tax agenda: Which tax changes would best raise revenue without choking off growth? Should government simply raise rates or undertake major structural reforms? Where does public opinion stand on tax rises?

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, faces a difficult balancing act at this year’s Spending Review. At this event, IFS researchers will present the findings of two chapters of the forthcoming Green Budget, addressing the big questions around the 2020 Spending Review and ‘levelling up’.

This year's IFS Annual Lecture will be held online and will feature Gus O’Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary to three Prime Ministers and head of the Civil Service, looking at possible lessons from the relatively poor performance of the UK, in responding to the Covid crisis, on both health and economic dimensions.

This conference will bring together leading researchers and policy makers to discuss recent research on taxing personal income and wealth with relevance for developing countries. A unique feature of the conference will be the blending of frontier academic research with the practical experience of policy makers.

Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds and leading experts in tax and public opinion will explore the future tax agenda: Which tax changes would best raise revenue without choking off growth? Should government simply raise rates or undertake major structural reforms? Should Labour set out a radical tax agenda or wait and see?

At this online debate, our expert panel will reflect on what the future holds for capital gains tax. Could CGT be a post-covid cash cow for the Treasury or would higher rates and smaller reliefs lead to lower investment and less revenue?

At this event, we will present new research published by the Social Mobility Commission and carried out by researchers from IFS and the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities looking at how earnings outcomes of children from different backgrounds vary across lower-tier local authorities.

This event will analyse how the pandemic is likely to have affected childcare providers' financial health during the lockdown, as well as how they might be affected over the coming months, and whether there is the case for further government intervention.

On Wednesday the Chancellor is due to deliver a Summer Economic Update, where he is expected to announce further measures to help the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. The following morning, IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the trade-offs that the Chancellor has made at a free online event

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed growing inequalities and provoked a debate about the rebuilding of public finances. This event will launch a new project investigating the desirability and feasibility of a wealth tax in the UK.

In this special joint webinar, IFS and NIESR will examine the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the public finances.

At this event, IFS researchers present the key findings from their latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

At this online debate, our expert panel will reflect on the decade that brought us the GAAR, the OTS, the transferable tax allowance and the high income child benefit charge. What can tax policy in the aftermath of the last recession teach us about tax policy coming out of the current recession?

The Covid-19 pandemic has widened some existing inequalities and opened up new divides. Sector shutdowns, social distancing measures and school closures have disproportionately affected certain parts of the population, and the health impacts of the virus have not been evenly spread.

Lockdown has presented huge unique challenges to families. Mothers and fathers are having to juggle work with childcare, home-schooling and housework. At this event, IFS researchers will present their recent findings on how families are managing day to day to balance old and new demands on their time, as well as whether and how this differs by socio-economic status and gender.