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Election Special: Your questions answered
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In the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy.
27 June 2024
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained
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We discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.
14 June 2024
Election Special: The Conservative manifesto explained
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We discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.
12 June 2024
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General Election 2024: IFS manifesto analysis
event 24 June 2024
IFS researchers and Director Paul Johnson will deliver their analysis of the parties' manifestos at a live-streamed press briefing.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop
workshop 4 July 2024
This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024
event 25 July 2024
This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.
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No relief for Rishi Sunak as he prepares for Spending Review: lower-than-expected borrowing likely to prove only temporary

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Despite improving public finances this year, the Chancellor is likely to have very little room for manoeuvre in his forthcoming Spending Review.

21 July 2021

Material living standards held up surprisingly well through the pandemic on average – but the self-employed, low-income working families, and people from ethnic minority groups suffered increased deprivation

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The self-employed, people from ethnic minority groups, and families already in in-work poverty before the pandemic hit have seen increased hardship.

8 July 2021

Young adults well protected from increased hardship through the pandemic but a risk that many will bear scars of the recession for years to come

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The careers of young adults have been heavily disrupted by the pandemic.

5 July 2021

Pandemic leads to big increase in calorie consumption

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By May 2020, total calories were 15% above normal levels.

1 July 2021

Second-generation ethnic minorities are achieving great success in education, but this does not translate into equal success in the labour market

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Second-generation ethnic minorities are more likely to achieve high educational qualifications but this does not translate into labour market success.

29 June 2021

Response to latest ONS public sector finances data

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22 June 2021

End of furlough likely to be particularly tough for older workers

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Employees over the age of 65 were 40% more likely to be furloughed in late April than those in their 40s.

17 June 2021

IFS Research Fellow Alissa Goodman awarded CBE in Queen's birthday honours

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Director of the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies and IFS Research Fellow Professor Alissa Goodman has been awarded an CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2021.

14 June 2021

IFS launches IFS TaxLab website

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies launches IFS TaxLab, a website which provides impartial explainers, answers and data on the UK tax system.

11 June 2021

IFS Research Associate Xavier Jaravel wins Le Monde's Best Young Economist 2021

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Xavier Jaravel, an IFS Research Associate based at the London School of Economics, has won Le Monde's prize for the best young economist.

7 June 2021

Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality were growing for adults pre-pandemic, but falling for young children

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Inequalities in mortality rates by socioeconomic position had been rising in England prior to the pandemic, both for men and women.

4 June 2021

Response to new ONS public sector finances data

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25 May 2021

30% of COVID-related spending on education in England due to come from existing budgets

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The Department for Education is currently due to receive only about £3.0bn in additional funding from HM Treasury to pay for extra COVID-19 spending

20 May 2021

Elective hospital admissions dropped by a third last year, while outpatient appointments and non-COVID emergency admissions each fell by a fifth

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This research shows who has been most affected by loss of care from the English NHS over the last year.

13 May 2021

Institute for Fiscal Studies response to the latest NHS performance figures

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The figures released today show that almost 5 million people are now waiting for routine hospital treatment.

13 May 2021

Government should nudge people to save more into a pension when children leave home, mortgages are paid off or student loans come to an end

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Policy makers should carefully consider life cycle factors when developing future policies to increase retirement saving.

10 May 2021

Lack of credibility unites manifesto offering of three biggest Scottish parties

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All three manifestos show a disconnect from the fiscal reality the next Scottish Government is likely to face.

26 April 2021

The growing size of inheritances is set to reduce social mobility for younger generations

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Older generations hold more wealth than their predecessors, and younger generations have incomes no higher than the generations born just before them.

26 April 2021