The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? podcast<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>11 March 2025
Family values: inheritance, inequality and social mobility podcast<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;">Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting social mobility.</span></p>3 March 2025
How important is the OBR forecast? podcast<p>The OBR forecast will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the next Spring Forecast.</p>12 February 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS analysis event 27 March 2025 <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;">At this online event IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Statement.</span></p>
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement? event 1 April 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">This online event will present new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.</span></p>
IFS residential conference 2025: How do we build a business tax system for the 21st century? conference 3 April 2025 <p>This conference, in association with <a href="https://www.deloitte.co.uk">Deloitte</a>, will discuss the UK business tax system in the context of the new Corporate Tax Roadmap.</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.
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
Simulated list size and performance against the 18-week target under a variety of treatment growth rate assumptions data item Although performance improves in each case, in none of our scenarios does performance reach the 92% target by the end of the parliament. 20 March 2025
Two-child limit mitigation in Scotland would help larger poor families but policy design could harm work incentives comment Mitigating the two-child limit policy would be an effective way to reduce child poverty, but designing an effective policy is not straightforward. 14 March 2025
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement? event 1 April 2025 at 10:00 This online event will present new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.
Spring Statement 2025 explained explainer IFS Director Paul Johnson explains the Spring 2025 Statement in 90 seconds. 26 March 2025
Spring Statement 2025: initial IFS response comment In response to deteriorating global economic conditions, Rachel Reeves chose to fine-tune her spending plans to continue to meet her fiscal rules. 26 March 2025
Why do couples and singles save during retirement? Household heterogeneity and its aggregate implications journal article We find that most households save more for medical expenses than for bequests but that richer households and couples save more for bequests. 1 March 2025
Does the reference period matter when evaluating the effect of SNAP on food insecurity? journal article Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the cornerstone food assistance program in the United States. 1 December 2024
Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Spain journal article We assess the effect of the creation of specialised courts on the reporting of IPV (intimate partner violence), and the incidence of IPV in Spain. 1 November 2024
