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The Autumn Statement explained
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We analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.
24 November 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 explained in 90 seconds
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Paul Johnson responds to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement.
22 November 2023
Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained
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This week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.
16 November 2023
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Education spending: an engine for levelling-up?
event 11 December 2023
The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Social mobility and wealth
conference 12 December 2023
At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
Where next for the state pension?
event 13 December 2023
At this online event, IFS researchers will present findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
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Dr Peter Levell

Associate Director

Peter joined the IFS in September 2009. He has published several papers on the microeconomics of household spending and labour supply decisions over the life-cycle. He has also written about the measurement and impact of inflation and is a member of the ONS Technical Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices. He obtained his PhD in Economics from UCL in 2019.

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PhD Economics, University College London, 2019

MSc Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2009

BSc (1sr Class) Economics, University College London, 2008

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Inflation measurement with high frequency data

Working Paper

We use 8 years of data on 178 consumer product categories to compare bilateral and multilateral index number methods for computing monthly inflation.

18 October 2023

Stubborn inflation puts PM's target in jeopardy

Comment

In January of this year, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, set out his five priorities for 2023, one of which was halving inflation.

16 August 2023

Fruit and vegetable aisle in supermarket

What's wrong with inflation?

Podcast

Inflation continues to affect the UK economy - we speak to two experts on inflation who explain the bigger picture.

10 May 2023

Inflation in March remained high, but a significant fall expected next month

Press Release

New ONS data today shows that CPI inflation in March remained stubbornly high at 10.1%, driven by energy and food inflation.

19 April 2023

Household responses to trade shocks

Working Paper

We study the responses of both individuals and their partners to rising Chinese import competition in the 2000s.

24 March 2023

Spring Budget 2023 response

Comment

An initial response to the Spring Budget 2023 from IFS researchers

15 March 2023

Autumn Statement 2022 response

Comment

An initial response to the Autumn Statement from the IFS

17 November 2022

Tax policies to reduce carbon emissions

Journal article

We argue for greater rationalisation of environmental taxes in the UK and other developed economies.

19 October 2022

Even with inflation uprating, benefits next year are on course to be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels

Comment

Even if the government uprates benefits with inflation, the real value of benefits will be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels.

19 October 2022

Mini-Budget 2022 and follow-up

Collection

Analysis of the government's tax and spending plans - and follow-up - announced as part of the mini-Budget.

17 October 2022

Response to the Energy Price Guarantee

Comment

The government has today announced an ‘Energy Price Guarantee’. This is our response.

8 September 2022

Conservative leadership election 2022

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Read our analysis so far of policy announcements made by Conservative leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.

30 August 2022

Cost of maintaining household support package rises by £14bn in light of new energy price cap

Comment

Both Conservative leadership candidates have promised tax cuts on energy bills. How much would these help and what would they cost?

26 August 2022

£12 billion needed if government wants to maintain value of household support package

Press Release

The government would need to find £12 billion simply to achieve what it was aiming to do with the £24 billion package announced in May.

15 August 2022

The long squeeze: rising inflation and the current government support package

Comment

We look at the impact of inflation and the government's proposals to tackle it.

15 August 2022

Inflation for poorest households likely to increase even faster than for the richest, and could hit 14% in October

Press Release

The increases in gas and electricity prices will disproportionally hit poorer households.

25 May 2022

Inflation hits 9% with poorest households facing even higher rates

Press Release

"As the poorest households spend more of their total budget on gas and electricity, we now see inflation hitting the poorest households harder."

18 May 2022

House price rises and borrowing to invest

Working Paper

We propose an alternative borrow-to-invest motive by which house price gains affect household spending on residential investment.

6 April 2022

Stimulus payments and private transfers

Working Paper

We report a survey experiment where individuals were asked how they would respond to a £500 payment.

17 February 2022

The cost of living crunch

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We examine the rising cost of living, its impacts on different kinds of households, and the mitigation measures available to the government.

12 January 2022

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Inflation measurement with high frequency data

Stubborn inflation puts PM's target in jeopardy

What's wrong with inflation?

Inflation in March remained high, but a significant fall expected next month

Household responses to trade shocks

Spring Budget 2023 response

Autumn Statement 2022 response

Tax policies to reduce carbon emissions

Even with inflation uprating, benefits next year are on course to be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels

Mini-Budget 2022 and follow-up

Response to the Energy Price Guarantee

Conservative leadership election 2022

Cost of maintaining household support package rises by £14bn in light of new energy price cap

£12 billion needed if government wants to maintain value of household support package

The long squeeze: rising inflation and the current government support package

Inflation for poorest households likely to increase even faster than for the richest, and could hit 14% in October

Inflation hits 9% with poorest households facing even higher rates

House price rises and borrowing to invest

Stimulus payments and private transfers

The cost of living crunch

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