
We explore the Chancellor's options for achieving fiscal sustainability.
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The UK economy faces a series of challenging headwinds - high inflation, higher energy prices and a 'terms of trade' shock. These are squeezing household budgets and pushing up the cost of living. The adverse market reaction to the Chancellor's 'mini-budget' on the 23rd September has created further difficulties.
In this year's Green Budget, our flagship annual report funded by the Nuffield Foundation in partnership with Citi, we explore the Chancellor's options for achieving fiscal sustainability.
We speak with Carl Emmerson, IFS Deputy Director, and Ben Nabarro, Chief UK Economist at Citi, to take a broad view of the UK economy and the public finances, and see what a path forward might look like.
Host

Director
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
Participants

Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, an expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

Benjamin Nabarro
Podcast details
- DOI
- 10.1920/pd.ifs.2024.0051
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
. (2022). The challenges facing the Chancellor [Podcast] Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/challenges-facing-chancellor (accessed: 19 May 2025).
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