"What we haven't seen is any additional money for the core public services, which are suffering so much at the moment, or whether they will implement the cuts that have been implied"@PJTheEconomist explains the @Conservatives' manifesto in 90 seconds. pic.twitter.com/QgDBP5EQqk
— Institute for Fiscal Studies (@TheIFS) June 11, 2024
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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.
Explainer details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ex.ifs.2024.0037
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Johnson, P. (2024). The Conservative manifesto [Explainer] Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/conservative-manifesto (accessed: 15 February 2025).
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