David Phillips

This Election Briefing Note describes the main tax and benefit reforms since 1997, and shows how they have affected total government revenues.

In this Briefing Note, we assess the changes to living standards that have occurred under the first 11 years of the Labour government and compare these changes with what happened under previous governments.

This election briefing note finds strong evidence of an increase in the rate of severe poverty since 2004-05, mirroring a rise in the official poverty rate, although the rate of persistent poverty does seem to have fallen under Labour, at least until 2007.

The period from 2003 to the summer of 2008 saw significant and sustained increases in global food prices, especially for staple goods such as maize, rice and wheat.

This paper makes use of the Family Resources Survey and the Labour Force Survey. It is the final report for a project commissioned by the Low Pay Commission.

In this paper we analyse the findings from a series of 'public good' games that were conducted between in rural and urban Colombia with mainly poor participants.

This Commentary assesses the latest changes to average incomes, inequality and poverty.

This document sets out the response of IFS researchers to the government's consultation entitled "Ending Child Poverty: Making it Happen", launched in January 2009.