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    The inflation squeeze on public services

    Comment
    Higher inflation squeezes public service budgets and makes government spending plans less generous than originally intended. How much less generous?

    10 August 2022

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    Pay compression in the NHS (and beyond)

    Comment
    Since 2010, more experienced and higher-paid workers in the NHS have experienced the largest pay cuts. This has compressed the pay distribution.

    1 June 2022

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    IFS response to UK Shared Prosperity Fund

    Comment

    It is disappointing that the UK government has ‘taken back control’ only to stick to an arbitrary, poorly designed, out-of-date funding allocation mechanism.

    13 April 2022

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    Spring Statement 2022: IFS analysis

    Presentation

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak responded to the OBR's latest economic and fiscal forecast on Wednesday 23 March. IFS researchers presented their initial analysis of the Chancellor's announcements on the public finances at a live-streamed press briefing the following day.

    24 March 2022