What's the future of corporation tax? podcast<p><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;">Corporation tax was introduced 60 years ago. Despite many predictions of its decline, it is now forecast to raise record amounts. </span></p>10 April 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS Zooms In podcast<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(13, 13, 13);counter-reset:list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0;cursor:text;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"> What were the decisions and trade-offs made by Chancellor Reeves?</p>27 March 2025
The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? podcast<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>11 March 2025
IFS Annual Lecture: Trade Wars and the Future of Globalisation conference 20 May 2025 <p>Professor Meredith Crowley will deliver the 2025 <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;">IFS Annual Lecture. </span></p>
From Sure Start to Family Hubs: how can evidence best inform policymaking for joined up family support in the early years? conference 22 May 2025 <p>This event will explore the evidence and policy landscape around early years family support. It will also mark the launch of a new report from IFS.</p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to 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.
Bee Boileau Research Economist Bee joined the IFS in 2021 as a Research Economist and works in the Retirement, Saving and Ageing sector.
Where and how does the government spend its money? Calculator Explore how and where the government spends money, and how this has changed over time, in all regions and nations of the UK 10 April 2025
Exploring regional differences in public spending across England Comment How much does the government spend in each region of England and how does that compare with regional economic activity? 10 April 2025
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement? Event 1 April 2025 at 10:00 via YouTube and Slido This online event presented new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.
Individuals’ challenges managing pensions through retirement Report How do people draw on their private pension wealth in retirement, how might this change in future, and what risks do they face? 1 April 2025
Policies to help people manage defined contribution pension wealth through retirement Report What policies might help people manage their defined contribution pension wealth in later life? 1 April 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS analysis Event 27 March 2025 at 10:30 At this online event IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Statement.
Spring Forecast shaping up to be more consequential than first billed Press Release One key question is whether those forecasts put the Chancellor on track to miss her fiscal rules. This is by no means guaranteed. 6 March 2025
A look ahead to the 2025 Spring Forecast Comment What are the Chancellor’s options if – and it is very much an if – the upcoming Spring Forecast puts her on track to miss her fiscal targets? 6 March 2025
The IFS Scottish Budget Report – 2025–26 Report This report analyses the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2025–26, with chapters on tax strategy, school spending, public sector pay and more. 25 February 2025
Scottish Budget 2025-26: IFS analysis Event 20 February 2025 at 10:00 via Slido and YouTube At this online event, IFS researchers presented their analysis of the Scottish Budget proposals and the wider Scottish tax and spending context.
After a bumper top-up this year, current plans imply a real-terms freeze in day-to-day Scottish health and social care spending in 2025–26 Press Release After £1.5 billion of in-year top-ups in 2024-25, the plans for day-to-day health and social care spending in 2025-26 represent a real-terms freeze. 20 February 2025
Scottish Budget: the overall fiscal and spending outlook Report Funding and spending growth are set to slow. Without a top-up, health spending will be flat in 2025–26 and tricky trade-offs elsewhere loom too. 20 February 2025
Scottish Government boosts NHS spending – and holds £350 million in reserve Comment In-year top-ups mean big increases in Scottish NHS spending this year – but that means plans for 2025–26 now look relatively less generous. 31 January 2025
Share of 25- to 34-year-olds living with parents up by over a third since the mid 2000s Press Release The rise in people living with their parents has been concentrated among those in their late 20s and varies substantially by ethnicity. 11 January 2025
Hotel of Mum and Dad? Co-residence with parents among those aged 25–34 Report We study young adults who live with parents, considering how the share living with parents varies across groups, and how this can relate to saving. 11 January 2025
IFS Public Economics Lecture Day Workshop 9 January 2025 at 09:30 Institute for Fiscal Studies The IFS is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines.
An initial response to the Scottish Budget Comment Our initial response to the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2025-26. 4 December 2024
The UK Budget has improved the Scottish funding outlook, but tough choices loom down the line Comment The UK Budget has improved the Scottish funding outlook, but tough choices loom down the line 26 November 2024
Autumn Budget 2024: IFS analysis Event 31 October 2024 at 10:30 via Slido and YouTube At this online webinar IFS researchers presented their initial response to new Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget.
IFS recruitment event 2024 Event 14 October 2024 at 17:00 At this online event we will offer an opportunity to meet current IFS staff, and ask questions about life at IFS and our recruitment process.