IFS Green Budget 2021

Published on 12 October 2021

The IFS Green Budget looks at the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Chancellor aims to secure a lasting recovery and deliver on the Government’s other objectives and priorities.

The IFS Green Budget 2021 is produced in association with Citi and with funding from the Nuffield Foundation. It looks at the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Chancellor aims to secure a lasting recovery and deliver on the government’s other objectives and priorities.

Separate chapters, as well as the full report, are available below.

Launch event video

Slides from the event are available here.

(You can download the Citi disclosures for Ben Nabarro here and Christian Schulz here.)

Chapter 1. Global economic outlook: from rebound to recovery | Chapter

In this chapter, Citi look at the potential for a post-COVID economic recovery and offer forecasts for economic growth.

Chapter 2. UK economic outlook: the future isn’t what it used to be | Chapter

This chapter looks at the near-term outlook for economic activity, the medium-term challenges for the recovery, the outlook for the labour market and inflation.

Chapter 3. Outlook for the public finances | Chapter

We look at the implications for borrowing of our central forecast under current tax and spending plans.

Chapter 4. Rewriting the fiscal rules | Chapter

This chapter discusses the design of fiscal rules, sets out the key features of a well-designed set of fiscal targets and makes some recommendations for the UK.

Chapter 5. Spending Review 2021: plans, promises and predicaments | Chapter

We look at the upcoming Spending Review and lay out some of the options and trade-offs facing the Chancellor.

Chapter 6. Pressures on the NHS | Chapter

This chapter looks at the health of the NHS, pandemic-related pressures on the NHS and the impact of the new announcement on health and social care funding.

Chapter 7. What’s happened and what’s next for councils? | Chapter

We focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on English and Welsh councils’ finances, and the implications for services.

Chapter 8. Tax policies to help achieve net zero carbon emissions | Chapter

This chapter looks at the government's green tax policies and their impact on reaching the net zero target by 2050.

Chapter 9. Employment and the end of the furlough scheme | Chapter

We focus on the labour market impacts of COVID-19 and the impact of ending the furlough scheme.

Authors

Carl Emmerson

Deputy Director

Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, an expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

Stuart Adam

Senior Economist

Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.

Paul Johnson

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.