Spring Statement 2025 explained

Understand this issue

Drastic times need drastic action: breaking the 50-year tax taboo

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Rachel Reeves should consider increasing the basic rate, just as Denis Healey did in 1975 

14 April 2025

Spring Statement 2025: IFS Zooms In

podcast

What were the decisions and trade-offs made by Chancellor Reeves?

27 March 2025

Two-child limit mitigation in Scotland would help larger poor families but policy design could harm work incentives

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Mitigating the two-child limit policy would be an effective way to reduce child poverty, but designing an effective policy is not straightforward. 

14 March 2025

Policy analysis

Which places have the highest standard of living?

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Measuring living standards using average household spending gives a starkly different picture of regional inequalities than using average income.

11 April 2025

Scottish Fiscal Sustainability Report – immediate response

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Today’s SFC report highlights the fiscal challenges facing the Scottish and UK governments over coming decades.

8 April 2025

How aware are people of next year’s state pension age increase?

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Large numbers of people nearing retirement do not know their state pension age (SPA), creating risks especially as the SPA rises again next year.

7 April 2025

Academic research

Reform or replace? Three country perspectives on the use of tax incentives for structural transformation

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This blog was originally published on odi.org on 23 October 2024 here, and is reproduced with kind permission.

23 October 2024

Sustaining behavioural change: Evidence from rural Pakistan

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Where community interventions lead to behaviour change, continued interactions are needed to help people maintain healthy behaviours.

27 January 2023

Call for papers: IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025

conference 16 May 2025 at 09:00

Submissions are open until 15th February for the IFS-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMIC 2025