The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, will be making his first Autumn Statement - and the first since the UK public voted to leave the EU - on Wednesday 23 November. IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the revisions to the outlook for the public finances and the consequences of new tax and benefit changes at a briefing on the following day, Thursday 24 November.
Registration will take place between 12:30 and 13:00, when a sandwich lunch will be served. The briefing will commence at 13:00.
Speakers
![Paul Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-11/Paul%20J%202022%20Official%20portrait_0.jpg?itok=JAN23N1X)
Director
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
![Carl Emmerson](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/Carl_Emmerson.jpg?itok=6jM06LTY)
Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.
![Stuart Adam](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/Stuart_Adam.jpg?itok=WhMGYiwy)
Senior Economist
Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.
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