What would it take to fix social care? podcast<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? podcast<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 podcast<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
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>
Autumn Budget 2026: IFS analysis event 29 October 2026 <p>Join us as IFS researchers present their initial response to Chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget.</p>
IFS Public Economics Day 2027 event 8 January 2027 <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 is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines.</span></p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We 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.
Is the Chancellor’s spending plan credible? podcast Higher inflation, rising borrowing and potential spending cuts: what will the Chancellor’s first Budget mean for the economy and households today? 15 October 2026
IFS Green Budget 2026 collection All the analysis and more from our IFS Green Budget 2026 to date, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and Barclays. 12 October 2026
Are renewables making electricity more expensive? podcast Why is electricity so expensive? We explore the role of renewables, the costs of decarbonisation and the future of Britain's energy system. 8 October 2026
IFS-Cemmap Remote Policy Evaluation Methods Course event 20 November 2026 at 10:00 Register now to learn key policy evaluation methods with IFS–Cemmap. Combine self-paced study and live sessions to apply techniques using Stata or R.
Autumn Budget 2026 collection All our IFS analysis to date of Chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget 2026. 28 October 2026
Public service spending: plans and pressures report Departmental spending growth is slowing amid pressures on budgets and new spending ambitions. We assess the Chancellor’s choices at this Budget. 12 October 2026
IFS Public Economics Day 2027 event 8 January 2027 at 14:00 The IFS is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines.
TaxDev collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria on the use of evidence in tax policymaking news Federal Ministry of Finance official Mr. Frank Oshanipin explains how the partnership with TaxDev is helping to improve tax policy analysis. 20 October 2026
Closing the gender pension gap - labor supply and welfare effects of progressive pensions working paper Using German administrative data, we analyze the distributional and welfare effects of a progressive pension supplement. 20 October 2026
