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Election Special: Your questions answered
podcast
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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Government finances and spending

Our research covers a wide range of topics related to businesses and their investments, including firm productivity,

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A forward look on finance

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This LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation sets out the broad economic and fiscal context and the funding and policy outlook for local government.

5 July 2023

Need, funding and geographic inequalities

Presentation

This LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation discusses some key issues with how public service spending is allocated across England.

5 July 2023

Things go swimmingly for those generations who shout the loudest

Comment

"Right now, it is younger generations who are again bearing the brunt of economic failure." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

3 July 2023

Don’t cheer end of earnings squeeze: there is more pain to come

Comment

Paul Johnson writes for The Times on the pain to come for households and the public finances.

19 June 2023

How progressive is the UK’s £1 trillion in government spending?

Explainer

Paul Johnson explains how redistributive UK public spending is in 90 seconds.

6 June 2023

Government spending has long been targeted at the poorest in our society

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Paul Johnson writes for The Times on how taking account of public service spending is critical to assessing the government's redistribution of wealth.

5 June 2023

Public service spending has become significantly more progressive since the 1980s

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Changes in the composition of spending and rising education participation mean public service spending is more progressive than in the 1980s & 1990s.

31 May 2023

An immediate response to the Scottish Government’s MTFS

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Updated funding and spending projections show a significant funding gap looming for the Scottish Government – and little sense of how to address it.

25 May 2023

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CIOT/IFS debate: Carbon border adjustment – what approach should the UK take?

Presentation

The government is consulting on how to prevent UK taxes on greenhouse gas emissions simply leading to emissions-generating activities moving abroad.

24 May 2023

As the state gets bigger, taxes will rise. It’s time to be honest about that

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Winston Churchill, a man of famously expensive habits, believed that income should always be adjusted to meet expenses, and never the other way around

28 April 2023