The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? podcast<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>11 March 2025
Family values: inheritance, inequality and social mobility podcast<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;">Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting social mobility.</span></p>3 March 2025
How important is the OBR forecast? podcast<p>The OBR forecast will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the next Spring Forecast.</p>12 February 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS analysis event 27 March 2025 <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;">At this online event IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Statement.</span></p>
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement? event 1 April 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">This online event will present new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.</span></p>
IFS residential conference 2025: How do we build a business tax system for the 21st century? conference 3 April 2025 <p>This conference, in association with <a href="https://www.deloitte.co.uk">Deloitte</a>, will discuss the UK business tax system in the context of the new Corporate Tax Roadmap.</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 2024 Increase in employer National Insurance contributions by employee earnings, 2025–26 Published on 30 October 2024 The increases in employer National Insurance means that employers will have to pay an additional £900 for each employee on median average earnings. Employment and income Taxes and benefits Income taxes Employment
Should the Chancellor raise capital gains tax? podcast We explore why CGT reform is necessary and how changes could make the tax system fairer, more efficient and more growth-friendly. 9 October 2024
How could the Chancellor raise more tax? podcast What options does the Chancellor have for raising taxes in the October Budget? 28 August 2024
We can’t have any more budgets where speculation is running wild comment Rachel Reeves needs to deliver a clear statement of intent for the remainder of this government’s time in office 28 October 2024
Employment rates in the UK and the four frontier countries, by age and gender, 2005 to 2023 data item The employment rate gaps for 15-24-year-olds and 55-64-year-olds together explain three quarters of the difference in employment rates between the UK. 12 December 2024
Employment rates for 15–24-year-olds, by education status, 2019 and 2023 data item The UK stands out for having low employment rates amongst young people in education. 12 December 2024
Share of early education and childcare subsidies targeted at different groups data item Support targeted at workers further up the income distribution has grown from a tenth of the overall pot to a third. 10 January 2025
Wage effects of means-tested transfers: Incidence implications of using firms as intermediaries working paper We show that how countries disburse tax credits matters for economic incidence by exploiting reform to the disbursement of child benefits in Argentina 22 October 2024
The menopause "penalty" working paper We show that a menopause diagnosis leads to lasting drops in earnings and employment, alongside greater reliance on social transfers. 21 March 2025
Firm quality and health maintenance working paper We estimate the impact of firm quality – primarily measured by firm productivity – on the health maintenance of employees. 18 December 2024
