<p>Some initial reactions to the Chancellor's 2009 Budget. </p>

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    Carl Emmerson
    Carl Emmerson

    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.

    Matthew Wakefield
    Matthew Wakefield

    Research Associate University of Bologna

    Matthew is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna focusing on consumption and savings choices and how policy affects them.

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    Gemma Tetlow

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    James Browne

    Thomas Crossley
    Thomas F. Crossley

    Research Fellow University of Michigan

    Tom is a Research Fellow at IFS, a Research Professor for the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.

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    Rowena Crawford

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