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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.
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.
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Top-ups to the Scottish Budget for 2024–25 are likely – but huge uncertainty on their scale

Comment

More funding to top up the Scottish Government’s 2024–25 spending plans is likely to become available – but just how much is highly uncertain.

22 February 2024

Scottish Budget: Higher education spending

Report

How much does the Scottish Government spend on higher education, and what challenges does it face on university funding and living cost support?

20 February 2024

Are councils in crisis?

Podcast

Why are local councils facing funding pressures? What can government do to help them?

14 February 2024

How tight public finances will shape the 2024 election

Explainer

Ben Zaranko explains how the next general election will be shaped by the fiscal challenges facing the political parties.

13 February 2024

The changes to Labour's green investment plan explained

Explainer

Ben Zaranko explains Labour's latest announcement that it will no longer seek to spend £28 billion per year on green investment.

9 February 2024

IFS response to Labour's announcement on plans for green investment

Comment

An initial response to Labour's announcement that it will no longer seek to spend £28 billion per year on green investment

8 February 2024

Scottish Budget: Tax and spending in 2024–25

Report

The Scottish Government is raising taxes on the 5% highest-income Scots, but health funding is, on current plans, set to fall in real terms next year.

6 February 2024

Scottish Budget: The medium-term outlook and choices

Report

Devolved income tax revenues are forecast to boost the Scottish Government’s funding over the next five years, but many services could still see cuts.

6 February 2024

Labour's green investment pledge raises so many questions

Comment

The recent “confusion” tells us a lot about the tenor of the coming election campaign and the debate about fiscal policy.

5 February 2024

Financing UK democracy: a stocktake of 20 years of political donations disclosure

Journal article

We study political donations data disclosed since 2001 to evaluate the role of private and public political finance over time.

2 February 2024

Constraints and trade-offs for the next government

Report

The next government is likely to face some of the most difficult economic and fiscal choices the UK has faced outside of pandemics and major crises.

25 January 2024

Three ways to improve the design of the UK’s overseas aid spending target

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The UK spent £12.8 billion on aid in 2022. But the way the budget is managed can lead to perverse outcomes. There is definite room for improvement.

18 January 2024

The economic, fiscal and funding outlook

Presentation

In this presentation to the LGA Finance Conference, IFS researchers look at the economic, fiscal and funding outlook for English councils.

15 January 2024

Higher long-term interest rates and the cost of student loans

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Higher interest rates mean the government cost of financing the student loan system has increased by more than £10 billion per year.

9 January 2024

Tax changes could point to a policy shift ahead of the election

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"Peeking through the broader fog and obfuscation, some new distributional priorities are beginning to emerge." Paul Johnson writes in The Times.

8 January 2024

The economic stories that will shape 2024

Podcast

As we enter the new year, we take a look ahead at what to expect in 2024.

5 January 2024

Scottish Budget – further analysis of the Scottish Government’s spending decisions

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We look at the Budget for 2024–25 and the latest spending and funding figures for the current financial year.

20 December 2023

Initial IFS response to the Scottish Budget

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Our initial response to the Scottish Government’s budget for next year.

19 December 2023

The 2024–25 local government finance settlement: the real pain is still to come

Comment

Councils are set to see a 6.5% increase in funding next year. While rising costs mean this won’t stretch that far, the real pain will hit from 2025 on

19 December 2023