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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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Green Budget 2013: The fiscal targets

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6 February 2013

Green Budget 2013: The global Economy

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Chapter from the Green Budget 2013

6 February 2013

IFS Green Budget: February 2013

Report

As Chancellor George Osborne prepares for his keynote statement on fiscal policy and the economy the IFS Green Budget assesses some of the issues he will have to deal with.

6 February 2013

Options for cutting spending on social security

Presentation

Presentation given at the IFS Green Budget launch, 6 February 2013

6 February 2013

Options for taxing the better off

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Presentation given at the launch of the IFS Green Budget, 6 February 2013

6 February 2013

Public finances: outlook and risks

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Presentation given at the launch of the IFS Green Budget, 6 February 2013

6 February 2013

Public spending and pay

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Presentation given at the launch of the IFS Green Budget, 6 February 2013

6 February 2013

Will local control of council tax benefits work?

Report

In October last year, the government announced a significant change to its plan to localise Council Tax Benefit starting in April 2013. Why was such a significant change announced to a policy two years after it was first announced and less than six months before councils will have to implement it?

5 February 2013

Restoring Growth to Britain

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Contribution by Paul Johnson to Sunday Times article on how to kick-start the economy.

3 February 2013

Socio-economic gaps in HE participation: how have they changed over time?

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Presentation given at the Unversity of Bath on 24 January 2013.

24 January 2013

How taxes and welfare distort work incentives: static lifecycle and dynamic perspectives

Working Paper

In this paper, we use a dynamic model to show how a lifecycle perspective alters our impression of the effect of the tax and benefit system on female work incentives.

23 January 2013

We can all learn policy lessons from the pensions bill

Comment

As well as questions about who is better or worse off this bill is representative of something deeper and more interesting about pensions policy. Article in the Guardian.

22 January 2013

The Effects of the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

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The Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill proposes to cap the annual increases in most working-age benefits at 1% in cash terms in 2014-15 and 2015-16, in addition to the 1% cap on increases already confirmed for 2013-14. This observation examines the effects of this proposal on incomes and work incentives, and puts this in the broader context of trends during the recession and subsequent fiscal tightening

7 January 2013

Withdrawal symptoms: the new 'High Income Child Benefit charge'

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On Monday, Child Benefit will effectively become an income-related benefit for the first time. This observation reviews the key features of this new policy, highlights unaddressed issues regarding its operation in the long run, and considers how it will fit into the wider welfare system.

4 January 2013