Carl Emmerson

At this online event, IFS researchers will present new research highlighting key issues with the benefit system around retirement age.

With birth rates at record lows, we ask what the implications are for the UK and how it might impact the public finances.

We explore the options the Chancellor has in the forthcoming Budget.

It will be finely balanced whether the Chancellor can avoid cuts to public services and meet her current budget balance rule without fresh tax rises.

We describe the fiscal outlook and set out the unenviable but important choices – which could define the parliament – confronting Rachel Reeves.

We're exploring why there's been an increase in child poverty since 2010 and options the government has to reduce this.

The government is reportedly considering a change to the debt rule to allow for more borrowing for investment. We consider some of the options.

It’s all about that baseline. What are we to make of the ‘extra’ cash when no government spending plans have been laid out beyond next March?