The tax and spending choices facing Andy Burnham podcast<p class="p1">Andy Burnham faces difficult choices over tax, borrowing and public spending. How much room will the new Prime Minister have to act?</p>16 July 2026
Will devolution solve the UK’s economic woes? podcast<p>Could devolution boost UK growth, or would it widen regional divides? We ask what shifting power from Westminster would really mean.</p>9 July 2026
The inequality of 'good jobs' podcast<p>What makes a good job? This episode explores pay, progression, flexibility and why access to better work is unequal.</p>25 June 2026
The state of the justice system event 14 September 2026 <p>This in-person event marks the launch of a major new report bringing together insights from the IFS Transforming Justice programme.</p>
What should we do about high electricity prices in the UK? event 22 September 2026 <p>Join us as IFS researchers explore why UK electricity prices are so high, what is driving costs and what can be done to bring them down.</p>
IFS Annual Lecture: Are Ideas Harder to Find, Overall? event 12 October 2026 <p><span data-teams="true">Nobel Laureate Philippe Aghion will deliver the 2026 IFS Annual Lecture.</span></p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to 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 2025 Effect of new threshold freezes on employee tax liabilities in 2030–31 Published on 27 November 2025 The extra tax you will see as a result of the personal tax threshold freezes will depend on where you are in the earnings distribution. Taxes and benefits Tax Income taxes
Unfreezing the personal allowance explainer What would unfreezing the personal allowance mean for taxpayers and how much would it cost? 4 August 2026
How could the Chancellor raise more tax? podcast What are the Chancellor’s options for raising tax, and what would they mean for households, the economy and growth? 6 November 2025
How to fix income tax podcast How the UK’s income tax system is poorly designed - and how reforms could make it fairer, simpler, and more efficient. 21 October 2025
The Welsh Government’s record on tax and benefit policy report Wales leads on council tax revaluation – but has followed England on a range of ill-advised tax policy changes 20 March 2026
Wales leads on council tax revaluation – but has followed England on a range of ill-advised tax policy changes press release In several areas Wales has been a follower on tax policy, mirroring ill-advised tax policies in England 20 March 2026
How are frozen tax thresholds reshaping who pays personal taxes? comment Personal tax thresholds have been frozen since 2023 or earlier, meaning inflation erodes their real value. Extending freezes to 2029–30 raises £8bn. 14 November 2025
Fiscal drag with microsimulation: evidence from Spanish tax records journal article Fiscal drag arises when nominal tax parameters remain unchanged despite nominal income growth, thereby increasing effective tax rates and revenue. 1 June 2026
Tax cuts and tax compliance: evidence from grants to Green municipalities journal article This work examines whether a reduction in a salient local tax can increase tax compliance. 1 June 2026
Focal pricing constraints and pass-through of input cost change working paper I prove that, in a simple but general framework, expected pass-through is unchanged by the presence of focal pricing constraints. 13 April 2026
