The changes to Labour's green investment plan explained

Understand this issue

Can the new government fix the NHS?

podcast

We look at the key challenges facing the NHS, and what the new government could do to tackle them.

14 August 2024

Is Labour's inheritance really worse than expected?

podcast

We assess the Chancellor's statement on Monday about the state of the public finances.

30 July 2024

Rachel Reeves' speech might set the tone for the rest of her time as Chancellor

comment

Ben Zaranko writes for The Sun.

28 July 2024

Policy analysis

Devolution may be sexier, but updating the local government finance system is vital

comment

Any plans for devolution need to be accompanied by updates to English councils’ hideously outdated funding allocations.

3 September 2024

Lower oil and gas prices hit Scotland’s underlying public finances in 2023-24

comment

Scotland’s notional fiscal deficit rose by £4.7 billion (2% of GDP) in 2023–24, as lower oil and gas prices hit North Sea revenues.

14 August 2024

IFS response to new government's 'fiscal lock'

press release

"The new government’s ‘fiscal lock’ is broadly sensible but largely performative."

18 July 2024

Academic research

House price rises and borrowing to invest

working paper

We propose a borrow-to-invest motive by which house price gains affect household spending on residential investment.

27 March 2024

Walk the talk: Measuring green preferences with social media data

working paper

We created a unique data set based on social media data by collecting all the tweets of 54,000 Swedish citizens between January and June 2019.

6 November 2023

Targeting taxes on local externalities

working paper

We consider optimal anonymous consumption taxes in situations where the magnitude of an externality varies with individuals who cause it.

14 August 2023