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Election Special: Your questions answered
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In 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
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We 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
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We discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.
12 June 2024
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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.
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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.
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Kwasi Kwarteng homes in on the right problems, but solutions don’t add up

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Paul Johnson writes in The Times on the impact of Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-Budget policies.

26 September 2022

Paul Johnson responds to Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-Budget

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Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget is a short-term sugar rush and a huge switch in direction.

24 September 2022

Mini-Budget response

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The Chancellor announced the biggest package of tax cuts in 50 years without even a semblance of an effort to make the public finance numbers add up.

23 September 2022

How could a falling population affect the Scottish Government’s funding?

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A falling population could be a boon for the Scottish Government’s finances within the UK.

2 September 2022

Conservative leadership election 2022

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Analysis of policy announcements made by Conservative leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.

30 August 2022

Conservative candidates’ tax plans are increasingly similar, though still differ in scale and timing

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The key point that neither candidate seems willing to spell out is that, ultimately, lower taxes mean lower spending.

1 August 2022

Tax and spending policies of Conservative leadership contenders

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On 5 September we will know which of the two is the next Conservative Party leader - and therefore Prime Minister - so their visions for tax and spending matter.

21 July 2022

IFS response to Scottish Resource Spending Review

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8% cuts to many service areas and hidden tax rises relative to the rest of the UK

31 May 2022

The Scottish Resource Spending Review: will the government choose axing or taxing?

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In its upcoming Resource Spending Review, the Scottish Government will have to choose between spending cuts, tax rises, or hoping for extra UK government funding.

27 May 2022

It’s time to rethink how we tax the income of the super-rich

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Paul Johnson in The Times on taxing the super rich.

11 April 2022

The source of top incomes, who gets them and how they are taxed is important for understanding inequalities. How have top incomes and their source been changing over time? Who is in the top 1% - are they employees, or business owners or rentiers? How much tax do the top pay and should they pay more?

Top income inequality and tax policy

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Concerns about how much income ‘the rich’ have, the activities from which it is derived, and how much tax is paid on it are central to debates about inequality.

7 April 2022