The Autumn Statement explained podcastWe analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.24 November 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 explained in 90 seconds explainerPaul Johnson responds to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement. 22 November 2023
Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained podcastThis week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.16 November 2023
Education spending: an engine for levelling-up? event 11 December 2023 The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Social mobility and wealth conference 12 December 2023 At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
Where next for the state pension? event 13 December 2023 At this online event, IFS researchers will present findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy landing pageThe ESRC has funded a research centre at IFS since 1991, recognised as a global centre of excellence and now with UKRI Research Institute status.15 July 2022
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Green Budget 2023 PresentationThe IFS Green Budget assessed the state of the UK economy and the government's fiscal position as attention turns towards next year's election.17 October 2023
Reforming training and skills policy PresentationIn this online event we presented the findings of a new report focused on England's approach to investment in training and skills.12 October 2023
Intergenerational transfers, insurance and the transmission of inequality PresentationThis two day academic conference was held in London on 5th and 6th October 2023, and featured 13 presentations across a range of topics.5 October 2023
The outlook for government and council funding PresentationThis presentation to Scottish voluntary organisations looks at the funding outlook and issues facing the Scottish Government and councils.5 October 2023
Fiscal risks and sustainability PresentationThis online event, jointly organised by the OBR and IFS, focused on two particular fiscal risks facing the UK.28 September 2023
Reforming inheritance tax PresentationAt this online event we examined options for, and distributional effects of, the reform of inheritance tax.27 September 2023
NI’s funding and spending PresentationThis presentation looks at the NI Executive’s funding and spending – is it enough and can it be reformed?19 September 2023
What are the options for devolved funding? PresentationThis presentation looks at the issues and options for the Scottish Government’s funding, arguing that radical change requires reform in England too.19 September 2023
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023 PresentationThis online event presented the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.13 July 2023
A forward look on finance PresentationThis LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation sets out the broad economic and fiscal context and the funding and policy outlook for local government.5 July 2023
Need, funding and geographic inequalities PresentationThis LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation discusses some key issues with how public service spending is allocated across England.5 July 2023
What do pensions freedoms mean for financing retirement? PresentationAt this online event we presented the findings of a new report looking at how people access their defined contribution pension wealth.30 June 2023
Earnings and income inequality in Scotland PresentationThis presentation to the Royal Society of Edinburgh provides an early preview of upcoming work on labour market trends and inequalities in Scotland.28 June 2023
Who has low savings and how problematic can that be? PresentationIFS researchers presented what we know about which groups of people are most likely to have low savings and how long this tends to last.16 June 2023
CIOT/IFS debate: Carbon border adjustment – what approach should the UK take? PresentationThe government is consulting on how to prevent UK taxes on greenhouse gas emissions simply leading to emissions-generating activities moving abroad.24 May 2023
Does working from home have a future? PresentationProfessor Nick Bloom, William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, gave the 2023 IFS Annual Lecture on 18th May.18 May 2023
Changing patterns of work at older ages PresentationThis presentation was given by Jonathan Cribb at the ELSA 20th Anniversary Conference.11 May 2023
Launch of the Pensions Review PresentationOn 20th April the Pensions Review, led by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in partnership with abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, was launched.20 April 2023
IFS residential conference 2023 PresentationThis conference, sponsored by CIOT, looked at the taxation of top incomes and asked how the system could be made more rational and effective.30 March 2023
Early years: Public spending and public policy PresentationIFS Senior Research Economist Christine Farquharson gave this presentation at the Nursery World Business Summit on Tuesday 7 March 2023.7 March 2023
