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
What's gone wrong in the Crown Courts? podcast<p>Delays in serious court cases are at record highs. We ask why the Crown Court backlog is growing—and if more money alone can solve it.</p>19 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>
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.
Relative poverty rates Published on 21 March 2024 Relative poverty is the share of people whose household incomes are below a poverty line which changes, at 60% of contemporaneous median income.
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
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. 11 April 2025
Biggest welfare saving fiscal events (policy measures targeted at working-age and children) data item Today it was confirmed that the changes to welfare represent a £4.2bn net saving by 2029-30 (2025-26 prices). 26 March 2025
Average annual growth in real household disposable income per capita, by parliament data item Latest OBR forecasts suggest living standards will rise by just 0.6% per year over the current parliament. 1 April 2025
OBR successive forecasts for productivity growth and out-turn (Index: 2008 = 100) data item OBR productivity growth forecasts have historically been over-optimistic: a downgrade to the OBR's forecast could cause a real fiscal headache. 28 March 2025
Spending & revenues as a share of national income: out-turn and March 2025 forecast data item Government spending in 2029-30 is set to remain 4% of national income above its pre-pandemic level. 26 March 2025
Policy learning with confidence working paper This paper introduces a framework for selecting policies that maximize expected welfare under estimation uncertainty. 11 July 2025
Focal pricing constraints and pass-through of input cost changes working paper I prove that, in a simple but general framework, expected pass-through is unchanged by the presence of focal pricing constraints. 10 July 2025
Manuel de l’estimation du coût d’une politique fiscale resource Introduction à l’estimation du coût d’une politique fiscale: Un manuel et des exemples pratiques 8 July 2025
