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Why we need to reform inheritance tax
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We discuss the issues with inheritance tax and how to reform it.
6 December 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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Tom Wernham

Research Economist

Tom is a Research Economist in the Income, Work and Welfare sector, having joined the IFS in 2020. His current research areas include living standards, poverty and inequality, the tax and benefit system and the labour market. He is also studying part-time for an Economics MSc at UCL. Before joining the IFS, Tom worked in the insurance industry, in actuarial consulting.

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BA (1st Class) Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford, 2019

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Autumn Statement 2023 response

Comment

Higher inflation has boosted tax revenues. Rather than compensate public services, or bank the spoils, the Chancellor decided to cut taxes.

22 November 2023

Housing costs and income inequality in the UK

Report

This report sheds light on some of the drivers of changes in housing costs over time for different groups.

17 November 2023

Housing costs take up three-and-a-half times as much of the budgets of the poor as of the rich, with significant implications for their standard of living

Press Release

"It is not possible to understand income poverty or inequality without taking account of housing costs."

17 November 2023

Employment, earnings and incomes in Scotland

Report

How have employment, earnings and incomes performed in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK? What drives geographic inequalities within Scotland?

9 August 2023

Twenty-five years of income inequality in Britain: The role of wages, household earnings and redistribution

Journal article

We study earnings and income inequality in Britain over the 25 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 July 2023

An image of a block of flats with the City in the distance

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Event 13 July 2023 at 11:00 via Slido and Youtube

This online event presented the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Report

We investigate how living standards have changed for different groups in the UK, with a particular focus on the cost of living payments and housing.

13 July 2023

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Presentation

This online event presented the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.

13 July 2023

Earnings and income inequality in Scotland

Presentation

This presentation to the Royal Society of Edinburgh provides an early preview of upcoming work on labour market trends and inequalities in Scotland.

28 June 2023

Housing quality and affordability for lower-income households

Report

We examine patterns of housing tenure, quality and affordability for people on lower incomes.

27 June 2023

Housing benefits have been frozen while rents have sky-rocketed. Only 1 in 20 private rental properties on Zoopla can be covered by housing benefit

Press Release

Local housing allowance (LHA) rates have been frozen in cash terms since April 2020.

27 June 2023

Interest rate hikes could see 1.4 million people lose 20% of their disposable income

Comment

With the Bank of England’s base rate expected to increase on 22nd June, how are rising interest rates affecting households with mortgages?

21 June 2023

Who has low savings and how problematic can that be?

Event 16 June 2023 at 10:00 via Slido and Youtube

IFS researchers presented what we know about which groups of people are most likely to have low savings and how long this tends to last.

Characteristics and consequences of families with low levels of financial wealth

Report

Many families have little or no savings to access on a ‘rainy day’. We examine the types of families with low savings and what the consequences are.

16 June 2023

One million middle-income working-age adults unable to meet an unexpected expense costing one month’s income

Press Release

One million working-age adults on middle incomes have less than one month’s income saved in an accessible form.

16 June 2023

Who has low savings and how problematic can that be?

Presentation

IFS researchers presented what we know about which groups of people are most likely to have low savings and how long this tends to last.

16 June 2023

Inequality fell in the first two years of the pandemic as middle- and high-income households became worse off

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Declining real incomes for middle- and high-income households, together with a rise for poorer households, led to a reduction in income inequality.

23 March 2023

The cost of living crisis: a pre-Budget briefing

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The recent surge in inflation, driven by spectacular increases in energy prices, has driven sharp falls in household living standards.

22 February 2023

Scottish Budget 2023-24: IFS analysis

Event 17 February 2023 at 10:00

Ahead of the final Scottish Parliament vote on the Budget, IFS researchers presented their analysis of the proposals.

Scottish Budget 2023–24: further analysis

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The aim of this report is to look at some of the key implications of the Scottish Budget for the coming year, and for the longer term.

17 February 2023

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Autumn Statement 2023 response

Housing costs and income inequality in the UK

Housing costs take up three-and-a-half times as much of the budgets of the poor as of the rich, with significant implications for their standard of living

Employment, earnings and incomes in Scotland

Twenty-five years of income inequality in Britain: The role of wages, household earnings and redistribution

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023

Earnings and income inequality in Scotland

Housing quality and affordability for lower-income households

Housing benefits have been frozen while rents have sky-rocketed. Only 1 in 20 private rental properties on Zoopla can be covered by housing benefit

Interest rate hikes could see 1.4 million people lose 20% of their disposable income

Who has low savings and how problematic can that be?

Characteristics and consequences of families with low levels of financial wealth

One million middle-income working-age adults unable to meet an unexpected expense costing one month’s income

Who has low savings and how problematic can that be?

Inequality fell in the first two years of the pandemic as middle- and high-income households became worse off

The cost of living crisis: a pre-Budget briefing

Scottish Budget 2023-24: IFS analysis

Scottish Budget 2023–24: further analysis

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