Institute for Fiscal Studies Households Below Average Income Dataset (1961-1993)

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One year of Labour government: Is mission-driven politics really happening?

podcast

One year into Labour’s government, we assess whether its mission-driven approach has changed how it governs and what progress has been made.

18 July 2025

Paul Johnson’s final episode: big challenges ahead for the UK economy

podcast

In Paul's final episode, he speaks with incoming IFS Director Helen Miller about the big economic pressures facing the UK.

9 July 2025

How could government help people manage their pension pots?

explainer

We explore options for how government could help people manage their pension pots in retirement.

5 July 2025

Policy analysis

Labour’s first year in power: is this still a mission-driven government?

event 15 July 2025 at 10:30

The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Institute for Government discussed Labour's first year in power at a joint event.

A wealth tax would be a poor substitute for properly taxing the sources and uses of wealth

comment

There is growing speculation about whether taxes will go up in the Autumn Budget and – if so – which ones.

8 July 2025

Rachel Reeves will need to face up to fantasists on both sides

comment

The chancellor has to somehow reconcile tax and spending, but both her own Labour MPs and the Tory opposition are still living in a dream world 

7 July 2025

Academic research

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