Government finances and spending

Presented at the 'Manifesto analysis: the parties’ tax and benefit plans' event on Thursday 28th April 2015.

Presented at the 'Manifesto analysis: the parties’ tax and benefit plans' event on Thursday 28th April 2015.

This commentary was published in the Local Government Chronicle online on 28 April 2015 and in print on 30 April 2015.

This article was written for the National Council for Research Methods (NCRM)'s newsletter

This commentary was published in Public Sector Executive magazine online on 23 April 2015 and in the April/May 2015 print edition.

Presented at the 'Manifesto analysis: the public finances' event at IFS.

Presented at the 'Manifesto analysis: the public finances' event at IFS.

Paul Johnson raises questions about manifesto pledges on tax revenues in a piece published in the Times newspaper today.

Gemma Tetlow contributes to an article by Tim Harford, published in the Financial Times' FT Magazine on 17 April 2015.

The Liberal Democrats' manifesto highlights a commitment to protect education spending per pupil in England for 2–19 year-olds in real terms. Labour and the Conservatives have also announced protections for education spending in England. In this Observation, we analyse the implications of these different protections for how schools and education spending will evolve over the next parliament.

This presentation was given in a special session at the CIPFA Scotland Public Finance Conference on 26 March 2015.

This presentation was given on 30 March 2015 at an away day for the Scottish Parliament Finance Committee in preparation for its enquiry on the Smith Commission proposal and Scotland's fiscal framework.

This presentation was given to an audience comprised of civil society and charity staff and Northern Ireland Assembly researchers on 27 March 2015.

This article was published in The House magazine on 10 April 2015.

This presentation was given at the RES conference 2015.