Directors of three of the UK’s most trusted and respected independent bodies talk about what has been promised in this election campaign, what challenges will face the new government (whatever its complexion), and where next for Brexit.
Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Bronwen Maddox of the Institute for Government and Anand Menon of UK in a Changing Europe subject the parties’ claims to desperately needed scrutiny, challenging their assumptions and setting out the real priorities for the next parliament.
No politicians, no spin, just experts and you.
You can watch the full event above, or the individual speeches below:
Paul Johnson, Institute for Fiscal Studies:
Bronwen Maddox, Institute for Government:
Anand Menon, UK in a Changing Europe:
Authors

Director
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

Bronwen Maddox

Anand Menon
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0460
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
P, Johnson and B, Maddox and A, Menon. (2019). 'General Election 2019: Separating fact from fiction' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/general-election-2019-separating-fact-fiction (accessed: 15 March 2025).
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