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All the analysis from our IFS Green Budget 2023, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and in partnership with Citi.

Main report and analysis

Bank of England

Green Budget 2023

report

The Chancellor is in a fiscal bind as low growth and high debt interest payments limit any room for manoeuvre in the forthcoming Autumn Statement.

17 October 2023

Interest rate graphic

UK Outlook: Fallout

report
The UK economy remains stuck between weak growth on the one hand and the risk of persistently high inflation on the other.

17 October 2023

The treasury

Policy risks to the fiscal outlook

report
Pressures on both revenue and spending are skewed to add to borrowing over the next few years, and threaten the ‘centrality’ of official forecasts.

17 October 2023

Treasury building

Outlook for the public finances

report
In the current environment of high inflation and rising interest rates, tax cuts at the upcoming Budget would be extremely difficult to justify.

17 October 2023

Apprentice using saw

Investment in training and skills

report
The UK has seen a significant decline in investment in adult education and training. This chapter analyses how the skills system should be reformed.

12 October 2023

Press announcement

Chancellors’ responses to economic news

report
Chancellors don’t respond symmetrically to good and bad economic news. This represents a risk to the accuracy of official borrowing forecasts.

28 September 2023

London houses

Reforming inheritance tax

report
We set out issues with the inheritance tax system and examine options for reform and the distributional impacts of reforming or abolishing the tax.

27 September 2023

Surgery

Implications of the NHS workforce plan

report
The NHS workforce plan aims for a large expansion in health service staffing. We examine the potential implications for NHS funding.

30 August 2023

Podcast and explainer

Carl Emmerson

Now is not the time for tax cuts

explainer
In the current environment of high inflation and rising interest rates, tax cuts at the upcoming Budget would be extremely difficult to justify.

18 October 2023

Events

A photo of the UK parliament from above

Green Budget 2023

event 17 October 2023 at 13:00
The IFS Green Budget will assess the state of the UK economy and the government's fiscal position as attention turns towards next year's election.
A photo of adults in a classroom

Reforming training and skills policy

event 12 October 2023 at 10:00
In this online event we presented the findings of a new report focused on England's approach to investment in training and skills.
Row of houses

Reforming inheritance tax

event 27 September 2023 at 14:00
At this online event we examined options for, and distributional effects of, the reform of inheritance tax.

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    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Grant

    Green Budget 2022-2025

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