Alternative choices over the future spending squeeze

Understand this issue

The Autumn Statement explained

podcast

We analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.

24 November 2023

Debt can be redefined but it won’t disappear. Hard decisions are needed

comment

"The bind is a real one. Both we and our political leaders need to face up to it." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

23 October 2023

2p cut is welcome but fiscal risks are serious

comment

"Whoever is chancellor after the next election, is going to have to face up to some hard truths," Paul Johnson in The Times.

23 November 2023

Policy analysis

Annual report on education spending in England: 2023

report

Our sixth annual report on education spending shows changes over time across different stages of education, as well as geographic differences.

11 December 2023

What does the Autumn Statement mean for local government and public service spending?

comment

Kate Ogden explains the impact of the Autumn Statement on public services, council funding and devolution deals.

24 November 2023

Incapacity benefits changes strengthen work incentives for over a million, but hundreds of thousands left worse off

press release

520,000 individuals would see their benefit entitlements fall under the reform, typically by £390 per month.

26 October 2023

Academic research

Call for papers: 5th World Bank/IFS/ODI Research Conference

announcement

Submissions are open until 15th May for the 5th World Bank/IFS/ODI Research Conference on the "Political Economy of Public Finances".

3 April 2023

A monetary-fiscal theory of sudden inflations

working paper

This paper posits an information channel as the explanation for sudden inflations.

20 December 2022

Earnings risk, government policy, and household welfare

working paper

The project documents that the dynamics of male and female labour earnings in the UK is substantially richer than typically assumed.

20 May 2022