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What would it take to fix social care?
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<p class="p1">How does social care work, why has reform proved so difficult, and what would it take to build a fairer and more sustainable system?</p>
17 September 2026
Land value tax: the perfect tax?
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<p>Unlike most taxes, land value tax doesn’t discourage people from working, investing or building. So why don’t we use it more?</p>
7 September 2026
How to fix business rates
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<p class="p1">Business rates are blamed for killing the high street. But would cutting them actually help shops and pubs - or simply make landlords richer?</p>
27 August 2026
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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>
IFS Green Budget 2026
event 14 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;">The IFS Green Budget will assess the state of the UK economy and the government’s fiscal position ahead of the Autumn Budget.</span></p>
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>
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Autumn Budget 2025

Autumn Budget 2025: IFS analysis

On 27 November 2025 from 10:30 to 12:00

Online via YouTube and Slido

At this online webinar IFS researchers presented their initial response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented her much-anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday 26th November.

At an online webinar the following day, Thursday 27th November, IFS Director Helen Miller provided a response and IFS researchers presented their overnight analysis of the key policy decisions.

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Helen Miller

Director

Helen joined the IFS in 2007. She has almost two decades of experience analysing UK fiscal policy and providing trusted advice to policymakers.

Nick Ridpath

Research Economist

Nick joined the IFS in 2023 and works in the Education and Skills sector, focusing on the long-run impacts of education policy.

Isaac Delestre

Senior Research Economist

Isaac is a Senior Research Economist in the Taxation sector, focusing on the taxation of high-income individuals and closely-held corporate entities.

Associate Director

Tom is an Associate Director at the IFS and Head of the Income, Work and Welfare sector.