Budget 2026: what should we expect? podcast<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>What should we expect from the October Budget? IFS economists discuss the choices facing the Chancellor on energy bills, taxes and public spending.</span></p>22 October 2026
Is the Chancellor’s spending plan credible? podcast<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Higher inflation, rising borrowing and potential spending cuts: what will the Chancellor’s first Budget mean for the economy and households today?</span></p>15 October 2026
Are renewables making electricity more expensive? podcast<p>Why is electricity so expensive? We explore the role of renewables, the costs of decarbonisation and the future of Britain's energy system.</p>8 October 2026
IFS Zooms In Live: A look ahead to the Budget event 20 October 2026 <p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">A special in-person recording of an episode of the IFS Zooms In podcast ahead of the Budget, looking at the choices facing the Chancellor.</span></p>
Autumn Budget 2026: IFS analysis event 29 October 2026 <p>Join us as IFS researchers present their initial response to Chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget.</p>
IFS Public Economics Day 2027 event 8 January 2027 <p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">The IFS is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines.</span></p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.</p>20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Autumn Budget 2026 Current budget deficit, March 2026 and October 2026 forecasts Published on 28 October 2026 The government is still on course to run a current budget surplus by 2029-30, but smaller, and with more of the fall in borrowing in later years. Government finances and spending Public finance
Budget 2026: what should we expect? podcast What should we expect from the October Budget? IFS economists discuss the choices facing the Chancellor on energy bills, taxes and public spending. 22 October 2026
Is the Chancellor’s spending plan credible? podcast Higher inflation, rising borrowing and potential spending cuts: what will the Chancellor’s first Budget mean for the economy and households today? 15 October 2026
Has the triple lock been fixed? podcast How will the new triple lock work, and what will it mean for pensioners and the public finances? 30 September 2026
Headroom as share of GDP data item Faced with a worse forecast, the Chancellor has chosen to allow borrowing to increase, which leaves him less scope to absorb bad news in future. 28 October 2026
Real GDP growth over the forecast data item OBR expects growth to slow significantly in 2027, but by 2030-31 they expect the level of GDP to fully catch up with their expectations from March. 28 October 2026
IFS fiscal traffic lights: an explainer of indicators and thresholds resource This piece sets out a set of ‘fiscal traffic lights’ for evaluating overall fiscal sustainability. 27 October 2026
Discretion versus algorithms: bureaucrats, tax equity and acceptability working paper We study how replacing bureaucrats’ discretion with algorithmic assessment affects the accuracy, equity, and public acceptance of tax decisions. 11 May 2026
The role of dispersed information in maintaining low interest rates working paper With domestic-currency debt, a confidence crisis need not cause default, as monetary financing can shift default risk into inflation risk. 17 December 2025
Tax Modelling and Distribution book chapter This chapter provides a review of the literature on the distributional, poverty, and inequality impacts of taxation and public spending in Africa. 16 October 2026
