Government finances and spending

This paper was given at the IFS event 'The fiscal implications of an independent Scotland' on 18 November 2013

This paper was given at the IFS event 'The fiscal implications of an independent Scotland' on 18 November 2013

This presentation was delivered at a housing research conference organised by Shelter Cymru in Cardiff on 8th November, 2013.

This paper was presented at the National Fair Funding Conference in York on 6th November 2013.

The EU Commission has opined that the UK’s Patent Box policy breaches the code of conduct for business taxation. There are concerns over whether the design of the policy is open to abuse, or will provide differential treatment for economically similar companies.

This presentation was given at a Child Povery Action Group seminar on 10 October 2013.

Bank of Montreal Lecture given on 4 October 2013

HM Revenue and Customs has now published, for the first time, estimates of the revenue raised by HMRC taxes in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In this observation we examine what can be learned from these figures.

The Prime Minister David Cameron has announced how the Government proposes to recognise some marriages and civil partnerships in the income tax system. From April 2015 it plans to make up to £1,000 of the income tax personal allowance transferable between adults who are married or in a civil partnership, so long as the higher-income adult is a basic-rate taxpayer. In this observation we briefly discuss this policy and its effects.

This presentation was given at the Wales Public Services 2025 conference entitled 'Brave New Wales' on 26th September 2013.

This presentation was given at the International Conference on the Economics of Constitutional Change on 19th September 2013.