<p>Alistair Darling would need to announce fresh tax increases worth about £8 billion in this year's Budget to keep public sector debt below the Government's self-imposed ceiling and to bring about the improvement in the public finances over the next five years that the Treasury wants to see, according to this year's IFS Green Budget.</p>
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Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, an expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

Robert Chote

Research Fellow Financial Conduct Authority
Jonathan is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Technical Specialist in the Economics Department at the Financial Conduct Authority.

David Miles
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