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.
Here’s a pension tweak for nudging civil servants to work past 60 Comment Public sector pension rules are a mess that helps neither workers nor the government. Fixing them could be a win-win. 28 April 2025
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement? Event 1 April 2025 at 10:00 via YouTube and Slido This online event presented new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.
Policies to help people manage defined contribution pension wealth through retirement Report What policies might help people manage their defined contribution pension wealth in later life? 1 April 2025
Individuals’ challenges managing pensions through retirement Report How do people draw on their private pension wealth in retirement, how might this change in future, and what risks do they face? 1 April 2025
£2 trillion poorer than previously thought? Assessing changes to household wealth statistics Report A recent change in ONS methodology reduced measured household wealth by over £2 trillion. But is the new approach an improvement? 21 March 2025
Small pension pots: problems and potential policy responses Report What are the consequences of the proliferation of deferred small pension pots and what are the merits of different potential policy responses? 12 February 2025
Ethnic differences in retirement wealth accumulation in the UK Working Paper What factors contribute to ethnic gaps in private pension participation rates, and how might these gaps impact future retirement incomes? 23 January 2025
Ethnic differences in private pension participation after automatic enrolment Report What are the drivers of ethnic gaps in private pension participation rates and what consequences will these gaps have for future retirement incomes? 23 January 2025
We can’t have any more budgets where speculation is running wild Comment Rachel Reeves needs to deliver a clear statement of intent for the remainder of this government’s time in office 28 October 2024
The effect of tax incentives on retirement saving Working Paper This paper estimates the responsiveness of retirement saving to tax incentives for employees in Great Britain. 15 October 2024
Hidden redistribution in lifetime earnings: the role of differential mortality Working Paper Life expectancy gaps between gender and income groups are large and generate notable implicit redistribution in lifetime earnings via pension systems. 9 October 2024
Options for increasing taxes Comment What taxes could the Chancellor increase in her first Budget on 30 October? And how could it be done in a way that improves tax design? 21 September 2024
Are people saving enough into their pensions? Podcast Automatic enrolment has been successful in getting more people into workplace pensions, but are they saving enough? 20 September 2024
Next steps for private pension saving for employees and the self-employed Event 16 September 2024 at 10:30 London At this in-person event in Westminster, IFS researchers presented new findings from the Pensions Review.
Adequacy of future retirement incomes: new evidence for private sector employees Report We undertake new modelling to examine the adequacy of pension saving for current generations of private sector employees. 16 September 2024
Policies to improve employees’ retirement resources Report Discussion of how public policy should change to bring about better retirement outcomes for employees through their accumulation of private pensions 16 September 2024
Raising revenue from reforms to pensions taxation Comment How should pensions tax relief be reformed, and could it be done in ways that raise revenue? 11 September 2024
Private pensions for the self-employed: challenges and options for reform Report How well prepared for retirement are self-employed workers and what options do policymakers have to encourage more pension saving? 9 September 2024
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 Report How do rising mortgage rates and differential inflation affect incomes and poverty? How have incomes and poverty changed for pensioners? 25 July 2024
Pensions: five key decisions for the next government Report How will the next government change pensions policies? This report examines key decisions that need to be taken. 7 June 2024