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

press release

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

IFS Deputy Director Carl Emmerson made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

announcement

Deputy Director Carl Emmerson has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

4 March 2024

Statement on Alistair Darling's passing

announcement

Paul Johnson reflects on the death of our Pensions Review Chair Alistair Darling

4 December 2023

Policy analysis

Main parties’ manifestos tell us little about the funding individual public services would actually receive

press release

Labour and the Conservatives' manifestos are continuing a conspiracy of silence when it comes to public service spending plans.

23 June 2024

14 years of missed opportunities – big tax challenges remain unaddressed

press release

"All parties should avoid putting tax commitments in their manifestos that would impede making the tax system better."

10 June 2024

Size of the state has grown over this parliament and is likely to remain permanently bigger than pre-pandemic

press release

We look at how the size and scope of the state have changed since the 1950s – and how it is expected to change in the next parliament.

9 June 2024

Academic research

Itay Saporta Eksten visits IFS

announcement

We are pleased to welcome Professor Itay Saporta Eksten as a visitor to the IFS for the next eighteen months.

31 January 2024

IFS co-organises Paris-London Public Economics Conference 2023

announcement

This year's Paris-London Conference in public economics takes place on 7th and 8th December 2023. Register to attend before 30th November 2023.

24 November 2023

Imran Rasul elected as EEA Vice-President

announcement

CPP Director and UCL Professor Imran Rasul is the new Vice-President (President-Elect in 2025 & President in 2026) of the EEA.

21 November 2023