One year of Labour government: Is mission-driven politics really happening? podcast<article class="text-token-text-primary w-full" dir="auto" data-testid="conversation-turn-8" data-scroll-anchor="true"><div class="text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)"><div class="[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden" tabindex="-1"><div class="group/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn"><div class="relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3"><div class="flex max-w-full flex-col grow"><div class="min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5" data-message-author-role="assistant" data-message-id="03e37e06-66d3-4aef-942d-d900469b56d7" dir="auto" data-message-model-slug="gpt-4o"><div class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]"><div class="markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark"><p data-start="0" data-end="161" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">One year into Labour’s government, we assess whether its mission-driven approach has changed how it governs and what progress has been made.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article>18 July 2025
How to fix UK pensions? podcast<p>Can the UK pensions system deliver a decent standard of living in retirement? We explore the challenges and changes needed.</p>4 July 2025
The policy that changed childhood in the UK podcast<p>What was Sure Start, what impact did it have, and why does it still matter? We speak to Christine Farquharson and Ed Balls to find out.</p>26 June 2025
Labour’s first year in power: is this still a mission-driven government? event 15 July 2025 <p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Institute for Government discussed Labour's first year in power at a joint event.</p>
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The economics of race and ethnicity Air pollution in England by MSOA over time, measured by PM2.5 exposure, 2003 to 2023 Published on 6 December 2024 Average exposure to PM2.5 in England fell by 54% between 2003 and 2023. Almost everywhere in England is now below England’s 2040 target for PM2.5. Health and social care Poverty, inequality and social mobility Environment Health Geography
Sure Start’s wide-ranging and long-lasting benefits highlight the impact of integrated early years services press release Over the long run, Sure Start’s financial benefits could be twice as high as its costs 22 May 2025
Why is the government reforming health-related benefits? podcast We discuss the government's welfare reforms aimed at helping sick and disabled people into work, and what the changes mean for health-related benefits 14 May 2025
Average household consumption spending before and after housing costs, and mean weekly per-capita income, in different local authorities, 2018–2019 data item Londoners may have the highest average incomes, but their household spending once you account for housing costs is lower than other regions. 11 April 2025
IFS Deaton Review: Inequalities in the 21st Century special session at the RES 2025 Annual Conference announcement This year's RES Conference features a special session on the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities with key IFS contributors to the review. 30 June 2025
The tax system is making net zero more costly than it has to be comment The tax system pushes businesses and households away from electricity towards gas, making net zero more costly to achieve. 25 June 2025
Council tax hikes will do the heavy lifting comment IFS Senior Research Economist Kate Ogden writes in Municipal Journal about what the 2025 Spending Review will mean for public services and councils. 17 June 2025
Call for papers: IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025 conference 16 May 2025 at 09:00 Submissions are open until 15th February for the IFS-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMIC 2025
The impact of work on cognition and physical disability: Evidence from English women journal article We show that remaining in work has significant positive causal effects on the average cognition and physical mobility of older women in England. 13 May 2025
Job competition in civil service public exams and sick leave behaviour journal article In this paper, we investigate the impact of new openings for civil service positions on sickness absences using data from Spain between 2009 and 2015. 23 June 2025
