Better or worse off? More or less heavily taxed? An assessment of manifesto claims

Published on 26 April 2005

This Election Briefing Note assesses the main parties' manifesto claims about living standards, poverty and taxation.

This Election Briefing Note assesses the main parties' manifesto claims about living standards, poverty and taxation.

Authors

Mike Brewer

Mike Brewer

Alissa Goodman

Research Fellow University College London

Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.

Jonathan Shaw

Research Fellow Financial Conduct Authority

Jonathan is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Technical Specialist in the Economics Department at the Financial Conduct Authority.