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Analysis of policy announcements made by Conservative leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.

The challenges facing the new Prime Minister
6 September 2022

People need help with their energy bills, but we will have to pay for it
29 August 2022

Cost of maintaining household support package rises by £14bn in light of new energy price cap
26 August 2022

The outlook for the public finances under the Bank of England’s August 2022 forecast
18 August 2022

Can we all eat cake? Political leaders should explain that is pure fantasy
15 August 2022

The long squeeze: rising inflation and the current government support package
15 August 2022

The inflation squeeze on public services
10 August 2022

Conservative candidates’ tax plans are increasingly similar, though still differ in scale and timing
1 August 2022

Rishi Sunak’s proposal to temporarily remove VAT on energy bills
27 July 2022

Tax and spending policies of Conservative leadership contenders
On 5 September we will know which of the two is the next Conservative Party leader - and therefore Prime Minister - so their visions for tax and spending matter.
21 July 2022

An initial response to the public sector pay announcement
20 July 2022

Tory leadership candidates need to face reality on tax pledges
Authors

Senior Economist
Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.

Senior Research Economist
Isaac is a Senior Research Economist in the Taxation sector, focusing on the taxation of high-income individuals and closely-held corporate entities.

Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, an expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.



Deputy Research Director
Peter joined in 2009. He has published several papers on the microeconomics of household spending and labour supply decisions over the life-cycle.

Research Fellow
Luke is a Research Fellow at the IFS and his general research interests include education policy, political economy and poverty and inequality.

Senior Research Economist
Isabel works in the Healthcare sector, and on the public finances. Their research focuses on retaining and developing the NHS workforce.

Associate Director
Tom is an Associate Director at the IFS and Head of the Income, Work and Welfare sector.

Associate Director
Ben joined the IFS in 2017 and works across a range of areas, including UK fiscal policy and the productivity of the health and social care system.
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- Institute for Fiscal Studies
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