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At this event, IFS researchers put the Levelling Up White Paper in context by outlining the current pattern of taxes and public spending around the country and presenting new work that looks at geographic inequalities in labour market outcomes.

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At this event, IFS researchers put the White Paper in context by outlining the current pattern of taxes and public spending around the country and presented new work that looks at geographic inequalities in labour market outcomes (published as part of the flagship IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities, funded by the Nuffield Foundation). 

You can watch the video of the event below.

Authors

David Phillips
David Phillips

Associate Director

David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.

Xiaowei Xu
Xiaowei Xu

Senior Research Economist

Xiaowei joined the IFS in 2018 and works in the Income, Work and Welfare sector.

Presentation details

Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

Phillips, D and Xu, X. (2022). 'Challenges for levelling up' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/challenges-levelling (accessed: 7 December 2023).

Grant

Inequality in the twenty first century

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