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Presented at the IFS Post-Spending Review/Autumn Statement Analysis on 26 November, 2015.
Note: Slide 13 of this presentation was corrected on 03/02/2016 in light of new analysis of universal credit conducted for the IFS Green Budget 2016.
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Additional distributional analysis by James Browne and Andrew Hood.
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- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0620
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Hood, A. (2015). 'Benefit and tax credit changes' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/benefit-and-tax-credit-changes (accessed: 24 June 2025).
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