Government finances and spending

presentation to government chief economists session on fiscal consolidation

"Whoever wins the election, Labour or Conservative, is going to have to cut spending. That is not something that Margaret Thatcher actually did. So tougher than Margaret Thatcher." So said George Osborne on the Today Programme this morning - and the numbers by and large bear him out.

This article was published in Public Finance Magazine on 11th February 2010.

This presentation was given at the launch of the 2010 Green Budget.

This presentation was given at the 2010 Green Budget launch.

This presentation was given at the launch of the 2010 Green Budget.

This presentation was given at the launch of the 2010 Green Budget.

This presentation was given at the launch of the 2010 Green Budget.

This presentation was given at ISER, University of Essex in February 2010.

This presentation was delivered as evidence by IFS at the first public hearing of the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance, chaired by Lord Browne.

These slides were presented at an Inside Government seminar, 'The Future of Schools: Funding, Free Schools and the Academies Programme'.

The issue of marriage and family life looks set to be a key election battleground. In recent weeks, the Conservative Party's policy on supporting marriage in the tax system has been under the spotlight. A Green Paper on family policy is due to be released by the Government next week. Recently-published IFS analysis, and two new projects funded by the Nuffield Foundation, hope to shed light on some of these issues.

This presentation was given on 18 January 2010 to the Economics Departments at Sussex University.

This presentation was given at the University of Bergen, January 17th - 25th 2010