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Understand this issue
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Election Special: The big issues politicians haven't spoken about
podcast
What are the manifestos missing? What are the big challenges facing us? And what information should voters be aware of as they head to the polls?
25 June 2024
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Election Special: Your questions answered
podcast
In the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy.
27 June 2024
![Kier Starmer](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-06/Lab1.jpg?itok=43eIsvgM)
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained
podcast
We discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.
14 June 2024
Policy analysis
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How would the parties’ tax and spending plans affect Scotland and Wales?
report
This ‘explainer’ looks at how the parties’ proposals would affect Scotland and Wales, covering tax, spending, public finances and the constitution.
28 June 2024
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What are the parties’ plans for benefits and taxes?
calculator
Use our simple interactive tool to see how the parties’ plans for benefits and taxes would impact household incomes over the next five years.
24 June 2024
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How should we interpret parties’ public spending pledges this election?
comment
Parties have pledged lots of ‘fully costed’ spending policies but these tell us little about the actual funding each public service might receive.
23 June 2024
Academic research
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Intertemporal income shifting and the taxation of business owner-managers
journal article
We show that responses of UK company owner-managers to personal taxes are due to intertemporal income shifting and not reductions in business activity
24 January 2024
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Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income
working paper
This paper studies how the tax-and-transfer system mitigates income inequalities over the lifetime, which can lead to disparities in living standards.
2 November 2023
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6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference | Driving Progress: Public Finance and Structural Transformation
conference
26 September 2024
We invite researchers from both academic and policy institutions to submit a paper or an extended abstract of two or more pages by April.