David Phillips gives evidence to Scottish Affairs Committee

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Sure Start’s wide-ranging and long-lasting benefits highlight the impact of integrated early years services

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Over the long run, Sure Start’s financial benefits could be twice as high as its costs

22 May 2025

Professor Sir Richard Blundell to give the Marshall Paley Lecture on inequalities

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Professor Sir Richard Blundell will give the lecture on the first phase of the IFS Deaton Review, recently published by Oxford University Press.

27 September 2024

Cuts to council services likely unless cost pressures abate – even with the biggest council tax increases for 20 years

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Cuts to some council services are likely unless spending pressures abate, even with big increases in council tax and especially in more deprived areas

21 June 2024

Policy analysis

IFS Deaton Review: Inequalities in the 21st Century special session at the RES 2025 Annual Conference

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This year's RES Conference features a special session on the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities with key IFS contributors to the review.

30 June 2025

Government action needed to stop and reverse the proliferation of millions of small pension pots

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Without policy action, many will end up with their savings scattered across several small private pension pots by the time they reach retirement.

12 February 2025

Scottish Government should grasp the nettle of council tax reform

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Broader reform alongside a council tax revaluation could improve the fairness and efficiency of the Scottish tax system.

12 February 2025

Academic research

Latin American and Caribbean Inequality Review (LACIR) supplement launches in Oxford Open Economics

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The supplement contains a set of 27 papers and an editorial summary on five key themes of inequality, from 74 authors from wide range of disciplines.

3 March 2025

TaxDev collaborating with Government of Ghana on VAT, customs, and distributional analysis

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Ghana Ministry of Finance officials explain how the partnership with TaxDev is helping to improve tax policy analysis

24 February 2025

IFS Deputy Research Director Dr Sonya Krutikova appointed to new Department for Education Science Advisory Council

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A panel of scientific experts is set to provide education policy makers with advice on strategic and emerging issues.

18 October 2024