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Budget 2016

Published on 11 March 2016

After each Autumn Statement, Budget and Spending Review, we publish analysis of the Chancellor's proposals and reforms.

Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Budget on Wednesday 16 March. On Thursday 17 March, the Institute for Fiscal Studies held a post-budget briefing.

Slides and videos of the presentations can be found below:

Paul Johnson, Introductory remarks

Gemma Tetlow, Kicking the can down the road

Rowena Crawford, Departmental spending cut again

Helen Miller, Business tax road map

Kate Smith, The soft drinks levy

Stuart Adam, Personal taxes and benefits [additional analysis: Distributional analysis, William Elming and Andrew Hood]

IFS Green Budget 2016

The IFS Green Budget 2016, in association with ICAEW and funded by the Nuffield Foundation, looked at the issues and challenges facing Chancellor George Osborne as he prepares for his Budget in March. Additional analysis was provided by ICAEW and Oxford Economics.