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Senior Research Economist
Elaine works in the Public Finance and Pensions sector and she joined the IFS in 2009 and became a member of the research staff in 2011.


Thomas Pope
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- IFS
Suggested citation
E, Kelly and T, Pope and G, Stoye. (2018). How would you fund the NHS?. London: IFS.
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