Autumn Budget 2017

IFS Director Paul Johnson writes in The Times.

The government’s policy to pay schools to get more pupils studying maths is misguided, argues Luke Sibieta – why not raise sixth-form funding instead?

We should all hope that these new forecasts are unduly pessimistic

IFS Director Paul Johnson writes in The Times.

Carl Emmerson reacts to the Autumn 2017 Budget.

A blog piece for UK in a Changing Europe.

A deteriorating economic outlook and public spending pressures put the Chancellor in a Budget bind

What does this year have in common with 1979, 1993, 2010 and 2015? It is a year of two budgets. And now we know that this year’s second budget will take place on November 22. And that’s nice to know. The timing of budgets is rather more orderly and predictable than was the case under some previous regimes.

7 key charts ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Budget

Following seven years of spending cuts following the financial crisis and associated record deficit, there is a growing call for the government to “end austerity”. Yet current plans imply more spending cuts as the government looks to reduce the deficit further. This observation – and an associated joint event with the Institute for Government – reflects on what ending austerity might mean in the context of the scale and shape of the planned fiscal tightening.