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The Pensions Review

Collection
The Pensions Review assesses what pensions policy and the economic environment mean for future retirees’ living standards, recommending reform options

22 February 2023

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IFS Green Budget 2022

Report
The IFS Green Budget 2022 takes stock of the economic and fiscal outlook following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and analyses the challenges ahead.

11 October 2022

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How does spending change through retirement?

Event 19 May 2022 at 11:00
At this online event, IFS researchers will present the findings of new research on the spending patterns of current retirees, including how spending on different categories of goods and services changes with age, how this relates to levels of income and saving among retirees, and how these patterns differ between different types of household.
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How does spending change through retirement?

Presentation

At this event, IFS researchers presented the findings of new research on the spending patterns of current retirees. Following this, Carolyn Jones, Head of Pensions Policy and Strategy at the Money and Pensions Service, gave a response to the findings of the report.

19 May 2022

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The risk of pension inattention in a DC world

Report

We shed light on the issue that ‘deferred’ pensions that people no longer contribute to might provide declining value for money over time if people do not engage with them.

1 February 2022

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Why are pensions important?

Presentation

As part of this year’s Festival of Social Science, IFS delivered a public economic talk on "Why are pensions important?" aimed at A-level and undergraduate students who have an interest in economics or might want to pursue a career in public policy research.

1 November 2021

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A wealth tax to help pay for Covid? (Labour Party Conference fringe event)

Presentation

Dame Angela Eagle MP and leading experts in tax discussed whether the UK should make more use of taxes on wealth. Even if the overall tax take doesn’t rise, should more be raised from wealth for distributional reasons? And, if we are to tax wealth more, should this be achieved by reforming current taxes, such as those on property, capital gains and inheritances?

28 September 2021

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Why do wealthy parents have wealthy children?

Presentation

At this event, IFS researchers presented the key findings from their latest report on "Why do wealthy parents have wealthy children?", funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

8 September 2021