What's the future of corporation tax? podcast<p><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;">Corporation tax was introduced 60 years ago. Despite many predictions of its decline, it is now forecast to raise record amounts. </span></p>10 April 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS Zooms In podcast<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(13, 13, 13);counter-reset:list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0;cursor:text;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"> What were the decisions and trade-offs made by Chancellor Reeves?</p>27 March 2025
The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? podcast<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>11 March 2025
IFS Annual Lecture: Trade Wars and the Future of Globalisation conference 20 May 2025 <p>Professor Meredith Crowley will deliver the 2025 <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">IFS Annual Lecture. </span></p>
From Sure Start to Family Hubs: how can evidence best inform policymaking for joined up family support in the early years? conference 22 May 2025 <p>This event will explore the evidence and policy landscape around early years family support. It will also mark the launch of a new report from IFS.</p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.</p>20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Exploring regional differences in public spending across England Comment How much does the government spend in each region of England and how does that compare with regional economic activity? 10 April 2025
How did tax credits transform the UK welfare system? Comment Over 20 years since they were introduced, tax credits have now been replaced by universal credit. How did they change the UK welfare system? 4 April 2025
Cut aid and benefits to boost defence? The sums don’t quite add up Comment The tortured maths behind the chancellor’s fiscal headroom suggest her ‘ironclad’ fiscal rules are having unintended consequences on real-world policy 31 March 2025
New data suggest dramatic decline in living standards, but it may just be the quality of the data that has declined Comment The latest official statistics on household incomes show dramatic falls, but there is reason to doubt their reliability. 27 March 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS Zooms In Podcast What were the decisions and trade-offs made by Chancellor Reeves? 27 March 2025
Biggest welfare saving fiscal events (policy measures targeted at working-age and children) Data Item Today it was confirmed that the changes to welfare represent a £4.2bn net saving by 2029-30 (2025-26 prices). 26 March 2025
The menopause "penalty" Working Paper We show that a menopause diagnosis leads to lasting drops in earnings and employment, alongside greater reliance on social transfers. 21 March 2025
Biggest welfare saving fiscal events (policy measures targeted at working-age and children) Data Item This £5bn saving is the largest cut to welfare in almost a decade, but is smaller in scale than cuts made during the 2010s. 18 March 2025
Comparing weekly incapacity benefits and unemployment benefit levels over time Data Item The gap between the basic level of unemployment benefit and the highest level of incapacity benefit which had widened for decades is now set to shrink 18 March 2025
IFS response to announced reforms to disability and incapacity benefits Comment The reforms announced today, to be implemented or consulted on, represent a fundamental change to the way that the state supports out-of-work people. 18 March 2025
Two-child limit mitigation in Scotland would help larger poor families but policy design could harm work incentives Comment Mitigating the two-child limit policy would be an effective way to reduce child poverty, but designing an effective policy is not straightforward. 14 March 2025
The role of changing health in rising health-related benefit claims Report Is the working-age population less healthy since the pandemic? What role is changing health playing in rising health-related benefit claims? 12 March 2025
The welfare effects of price shocks and household relief packages: Evidence from an energy crisis Working Paper How should governments respond to rapid increases in the cost of living driven by shocks to the prices of staple goods? 31 January 2025
Tax evasion and the contribution-benefit link: the case of maternity benefits Working Paper This paper studies tax evasion and the contribution-benefit link in the context of maternity benefits in Hungary. 18 December 2024
Why did the French Budget fail to pass? Podcast France’s failed budget highlights fundamental challenges with public debt, slow growth, and the need for significant reforms. 12 December 2024
Challenges for the means-tested benefit system for older people Event 11 December 2024 at 10:00 via Slido and YouTube At this online event, IFS researchers presented new research highlighting key issues with the benefit system around retirement age.
Means-tested support for people approaching and beyond state pension age Report This IFS Pensions Review report sets out issues with the current means-tested benefit system for those approaching the state pension age and beyond. 11 December 2024
The UK Budget has improved the Scottish funding outlook, but tough choices loom down the line Comment The UK Budget has improved the Scottish funding outlook, but tough choices loom down the line 26 November 2024
What has happened to disability benefits in Scotland? An update Comment Following a bulge in claims, recent figures suggest new disability benefits may not pose as big a cost to the Scottish Budget 2024 as first feared. 8 November 2024
What does the Budget mean for the UK? Podcast We discuss the Chancellor's first Budget and what impact the changes could have. 31 October 2024