Why is the government reforming health-related benefits? podcast<p>We discuss the government's welfare reforms aimed at helping sick and disabled people into work, and what the changes mean for health-related benefits</p>14 May 2025
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
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>
A look ahead to the 2025 Spending Review event 2 June 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">At this online event, researchers will present what the key choices will be at the Spending Review.</span></p>
Spending Review 2025: IFS analysis event 12 June 2025 <p>At this online event, <span class="TextRun SCXW147924733 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:20.85px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US">IFS researchers will present their overnight analysis of the Spending Review.</span></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.
Average household consumption spending before and after housing costs, and mean weekly per-capita income, in different local authorities, 2018–2019 Data Item Londoners may have the highest average incomes, but their household spending once you account for housing costs is lower than other regions. 11 April 2025
Rank of local authorities by average household income compared to rank by average consumption after housing costs Data Item On average, London local authorities rank at the top of the income distribution, but are bottom of the net-of-housing consumption distribution. 11 April 2025
Which places have the highest standard of living? Comment Measuring living standards using average household spending gives a starkly different picture of regional inequalities than using average income. 11 April 2025
Small area consumption estimates for local authorities in Great Britain Working Paper In this paper, we estimate average equivalised consumption measures across local authority districts in Great Britain. 11 April 2025
Where and how does the government spend its money? Calculator Explore how and where the government spends money, and how this has changed over time, in all regions and nations of the UK 10 April 2025
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
Employment rates by local authority, year to June 2024 Data Item Almost a third of local authorities in Great Britain already have employment rates of 80%, one in six have employment rates below 70%. 12 December 2024
The government’s 80% employment rate target: lessons from history and abroad Comment How can the UK achieve an 80% employment rate? What lessons can we learn from history and other countries? 12 December 2024
Air pollution in England by MSOA over time, measured by PM2.5 exposure, 2003 to 2023 Data Item Average exposure to PM2.5 in England fell by 54% between 2003 and 2023. Almost everywhere in England is now below England’s 2040 target for PM2.5. 6 December 2024
Average PM2.5 exposure by region Data Item Air pollution exposure in London is consistently 15–30% higher than the average from 2003 to 2023. 6 December 2024
Average PM2.5 exposure and share of population over 10µg/m3 by region Data Item The regions with the biggest falls in air pollution since 2003 are the South West and the South East, with the North East seeing the smallest fall. 6 December 2024
Exposure to air pollution in England, 2003–23 Report We set out how air pollution (PM2.5) has changed across England and explore inequalities by ethnicity, income deprivation, region and age. 6 December 2024
Housing supply elasticities and percentage changes in number of properties and house prices across England, 1996 to 2021 Data Item The responsiveness of housing supply to local demand is highest in the East of England and lowest in and around London and in the North-West. 22 November 2024
How have local house prices and house building changed across England? Calculator See how house prices and house building have changed in your area, and compare how responsive building has been to prices in areas across England. 22 November 2024
Health-related benefit claims post-pandemic: UK trends and global context Report How do post-COVID claimants of health-related benefits compare with pre-COVID claimants? Where in the UK are they? How do other countries compare? 19 September 2024
England has a poor record of building homes where they are needed Comment This comment discusses how well housebuilding in England has responded to changes in local demand over the last 25 years. 1 August 2024
Growth and cutting inequality must go hand in hand for Labour Comment "Labour’s manifesto may barely mention it, but consideration of inequality must nevertheless be at the heart of its agenda." Paul Johnson in the FT. 23 July 2024
Employment rates across UK local authorities, ages 16–64 Data Item There is a 21-percentage-point gap in the average employment rate between the best- and worst-performing tenth of local authority areas. 19 June 2024
Gross expenditure on research & development, UK Data Item Business spending on research and development in 2022 increased in Greater South East, but fell sharply elsewhere. 19 June 2024
Share of journeys by public transport, in London and the rest of England Data Item The gap between public transport use in London and in the rest of England is at its second-widest level since 2002–03. 19 June 2024