Election Special: Your questions answered podcastIn the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy. 27 June 2024
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.14 June 2024
Election Special: The Conservative manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.12 June 2024
General Election 2024: IFS manifesto analysis event 24 June 2024 IFS researchers and Director Paul Johnson will deliver their analysis of the parties' manifestos at a live-streamed press briefing.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop workshop 4 July 2024 This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 event 25 July 2024 This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
IFS Green Budget 2022reportThe IFS Green Budget 2022 takes stock of the economic and fiscal outlook following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and analyses the challenges ahead.11 October 2022
UK outlook: why we need to do things differentlyreportThe UK is the talk of the town, and not in a good way.11 October 2022
Global economic outlook: heading for a fall?reportNew shocks are threatening to cut the global post-pandemic recovery short. 11 October 2022
Outlook for the public financesreportWe look at the path for the public finances and the Chancellor's options to achieve fiscal sustainability.11 October 2022
Public spending, pay and pensionsreportThe public sector pay settlements announced this July will pose severe budgetary challenges for many areas of government. 8 October 2022
Reforms, roll-outs and freezes in the tax and benefit systemreportWe show the impact of freezes and gradual roll-outs on personal taxes and benefits, as well as considering planned changes to the tax system.6 October 2022
Corporation tax and investmentreportWe look at the corporate tax system and proposals to change it.21 October 2022
Quantitative easing, monetary policy implementation, and the public financesreportRising interest rates, quantitative easing and current monetary policy techniques interact to put pressure on the public finances.14 October 2022
Reversing NICs and corporation tax rises would leave debt on an unsustainable pathreportIn the absence of official scrutiny from the OBR, we set out how much red ink might be added to the fiscal forecasts.21 September 2022
The outlook for the public finances under the Bank of England’s August 2022 forecastreportThis report sets out an illustrative scenario for how the current path of inflation and growth might affect government revenues and spending.18 August 2022
What is happening to public sector pay?explainerWith inflation rising, and a cost of living crisis hitting the UK, how much public sector workers get paid is hitting the headlines.31 October 2022
A response to the Chancellor’s ‘Mini-Budget’ reversalscommentFiscal credibility is hard won but easily lost. Today’s announcements won’t be enough, by themselves, to plug the gap in the government’s fiscal plans17 October 2022
Monetary policy techniques add to strains on the public finances: reforms could bring big benefits, but costs too press releaseSir Paul Tucker writes for the IFS Green Budget on how rising interest rates, quantitative easing and current monetary policy techniques interact.14 October 2022
The challenges facing the ChancellorpodcastWe explore the Chancellor's options for achieving fiscal sustainability.12 October 2022
With a weaker economy, getting government finances on a sustainable path without cancelling tax cuts could force Chancellor into big and painful spending cuts press releaseKwasi Kwarteng would need to announce a fiscal tightening of more than £60 billion just to stabilise debt as a fraction of national income in 2026–27.11 October 2022
Even if real pay is cut by 5%, public sector workforce may need to be cut by more than 200,000 by 2024 to stay within current spending planspress releasePublic sector workers will receive pay awards of around 5% this year, on average.8 October 2022
For every £1 given to households through headline cuts to taxes, £2 is being taken away in stealthy freezespress releaseBy 2025–26 these freezes take away £2 for every £1 given to households through the headline personal tax cuts. 6 October 2022
Benefits, inflation and redistributionpodcastWhat role does the benefit system play in redistribution - and how will high inflation impact the system?6 October 2022
IFS response to U-turn on plan to cut 45p income tax rate press release"The Chancellor still has a lot of work to do if he is to display a credible commitment to fiscal sustainability."3 October 2022
Mini-Budget responsecommentThe Chancellor announced the biggest package of tax cuts in 50 years without even a semblance of an effort to make the public finance numbers add up.23 September 2022
Deteriorating outlook for the public finances amid heightened uncertainty casts doubt on plausibility of promises of large permanent tax cutspress releaseThe two candidates for Prime Minister need to recognise the even greater than usual uncertainty in the public finances.18 August 2022
The long squeeze: rising inflation and the current government support packagecommentWe look at the impact of inflation and the government's proposals to tackle it.15 August 2022
The inflation squeeze on public servicescommentHigher inflation squeezes public service budgets and makes government spending plans less generous than originally intended. How much less generous?10 August 2022
Green Budget 2022event 11 October 2022 at 10:00 The IFS Green Budget 2022 will take stock of the economic and fiscal outlook following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and analyse the challenges ahead.
Reforms, rollouts and freezes in the tax and benefit systemevent 6 October 2022 at 11:00 This event explored the impact of the significant change the tax and benefit system is currently undergoing.
A look ahead to Friday's mini-Budgetevent 22 September 2022 at 09:00 On Friday, the Chancellor will make his first fiscal statement since taking office. What should we look out for?
Election Special: Your questions answered podcast In the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy. 27 June 2024
What is the two-child limit in benefits? explainer IFS Associate Director Tom Waters explains. 27 June 2024
What are the challenges in getting debt on a falling path? explainer Senior Research Economist Isabel Stockton explains. 28 June 2024
How would the parties’ tax and spending plans affect Scotland and Wales? report This ‘explainer’ looks at how the parties’ proposals would affect Scotland and Wales, covering tax, spending, public finances and the constitution. 28 June 2024
What are the parties’ plans for benefits and taxes? calculator Use our simple interactive tool to see how the parties’ plans for benefits and taxes would impact household incomes over the next five years. 24 June 2024
General Election 2024: Manifesto Analysis Presentations presentation IFS researchers presented their analysis of the manifestos ahead of the 2024 general election. 24 June 2024
6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference | Driving Progress: Public Finance and Structural Transformation conference 26 September 2024 We invite researchers from both academic and policy institutions to submit a paper or an extended abstract of two or more pages by April.
The unintended consequences of infrastructure development working paper Focusing on the period from 2005 to 2015 in Peru, I investigate the social costs imposed by poor implementation of public infrastructure. 8 May 2024
Longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dietary purchasing choices of British households report Takeaways and meal delivery grew by more than 50% during the pandemic – and have stayed high thereafter. 4 April 2024