Election Special: Your questions answered podcastIn the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy. 27 June 2024
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.14 June 2024
Election Special: The Conservative manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.12 June 2024
General Election 2024: IFS manifesto analysis event 24 June 2024 IFS researchers and Director Paul Johnson will deliver their analysis of the parties' manifestos at a live-streamed press briefing.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop workshop 4 July 2024 This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 event 25 July 2024 This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.
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
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Conservative plans to abolish the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to help fund a new National Service scheme would hit poorest parts of the UK Comment Abolishing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund would see poorer parts of the UK lose hundreds of millions in funding – with Cornwall and Wales hardest hit. 29 May 2024
IFS response to Labour Party announcement on NHS waiting lists Comment Experience tells us that significant waiting time reductions are possible, but the fiscal climate will make it much harder to increase health funding. 28 May 2024
Election Special: What you need to know Podcast In our first election special, we look at the broad economic picture and analyse announcements about the fiscal rules, the triple lock and tax. 28 May 2024
Public finances and the 2024 general election Comment Elections are about choices, and few are more important than the choices we make over how much to tax and what to spend those tax revenues on. 25 May 2024
How to grow the economy Podcast With an election on the way, economic growth is bound to be central to the campaigns. A leading expert explains how we can grow the economy. 24 May 2024
The unintended consequences of infrastructure development Journal article Focusing on the period from 2005 to 2015 in Peru, I investigate the social costs imposed by poor implementation of public infrastructure. 17 May 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective Event 15 May 2024 at 18:30 London Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) delivered the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
The past and future of UK health spending Report How has health spending changed over the past seven decades? How does the UK compare to other countries? What is the outlook for health spending? 14 May 2024
Public investment: what you need to know Explainer Everything you wanted to know about UK public investment but were too afraid to ask – including analysis of Labour and Conservative plans. 25 April 2024
The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government Podcast We speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process. 25 April 2024
Recent trends in and the outlook for health-related benefits Report Recipients of and spending on health-related benefits have risen rapidly since the start of the pandemic, posing a serious challenge for policymakers. 19 April 2024
Government revenues Data Item The UK would have to collect an extra £79 billion of revenue in today’s terms to reach the average of the G7. 17 April 2024
General government net debt Data Item UK government debt debt increased by 62% of GDP between 2001 and 2023, and is forecast to reach 5% of national income above the G7 average. 17 April 2024
Spending as much as other countries but taxing less is unlikely to be sustainable Comment How do the UK’s levels of tax and spend compare with other advanced economies? 17 April 2024
New tax year gives Chancellor more ‘headroom’ but doesn’t change the fundamentals Comment The start of a new tax year causes a mechanical boost to the Chancellor’s ‘headroom’, but the post-election fiscal challenge remains daunting. 16 April 2024
Should we worry about government debt? Podcast David Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
A mess has been made of Child Benefit, and the clear-up operation may not be easy Comment "Status quos can be hard to change, no matter how incoherent they are." Robert Joyce writes about child benefit in The Telegraph. 29 March 2024
Oil and gas make Scotland’s underlying public finances particularly volatile and uncertain Comment A fallback in oil and gas prices has hit Scotland’s underlying public finance position this year. 27 March 2024
How is the tax burden at a high when most of us are taxed so low? Comment Luck has played its part for Jeremy Hunt but whisper it quietly: this Tory government has taken a serious chunk out of the incomes of the 1 per cent. 18 March 2024
Spring Budget 2024: IFS analysis Event 7 March 2024 at 10:30 via YouTube and Slido IFS researchers presented their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Budget at this online webinar.
