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 Growth in real household disposable income over the decade, 1950s to 2020s Published on 29 October 2026 The 2020s are set to be the worst decade for real income growth since 1950. Poverty, inequality and social mobility Living standards
Do rent controls work? explainer We highlight the key theoretical predictions about rent controls and summarise what empirical research reveals about their effects in practice. 25 August 2026
Rank of local authorities by average household income compared to rank by average consumption after housing costs data item On average, London local authorities rank at the top of the income distribution, but are bottom of the net-of-housing consumption distribution. 6 February 2026
Why has in-work poverty risen? comment We study the reasons for rising in-work poverty in the 25 years up to the pandemic. 12 November 2025
Average annual growth in real household disposable income, by parliament data item OBR forecasts household disposable incomes to grow by 0.4% per year during this parliament, making it the second worst of any parliament since 1979. 28 October 2026
Are fewer people living in poverty than previously thought? comment DWP’s improved methodology reduces official measures of income poverty, but we cannot yet conclude that new statistics are closer to ‘true’ poverty. 26 March 2026
Universal credit review: challenges and options for reform report What should the government consider in the universal credit review? 12 March 2026
Small area consumption estimates combining survey and financial footprints data working paper In this paper, we estimate average equivalized consumption measures across 367 local authority districts in Great Britain. 8 July 2026
For shorter or poorer: attitudes toward the trade-off between poverty and mortality working paper Many policy decisions involve trade-offs between lives and livelihoods. We provide estimates for a new welfare parameter that expresses this trade off 1 April 2026
Small area consumption estimates for local authorities in Great Britain working paper In this paper, we estimate average equivalised consumption measures across local authority districts in Great Britain. 11 April 2025
