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Breaking records

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This article was published in Cicero Policy Briefer on 9th December 2008

9 December 2008

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Higher education funding

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This presentation was given at the IFS Public Economics Lectures on 8th December 2008.

8 December 2008

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Taxation in the UK

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This presentation was given at the IFS Public Economics Lectures on 8th December 2008.

8 December 2008

The Treasury

Pre-Budget Report 2008

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After each Autumn Statement, Budget and Spending Review, we publish analysis of the Chancellor's proposals and reforms.

24 November 2008

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Tax cuts now, tax rises to follow?

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Given the current state of the Government's finances, talk of tax-cutting by the three main parties might seem to fly in the face of common sense.

12 November 2008

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Scrooged

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The downturn spells further trouble for public spending plans that were already on the thrifty side.

7 November 2008

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The UK public finances: ready for recession?

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This note looks at a couple of key indicators of the health of the public finances in historical and international perspective to assess whether the public finances are stronger or weaker now than they were at the outset of the last recession in 1990 and when Labour came to power in 1997.

31 October 2008

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To adjust or to bust

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This article was published in the Public Finance Magazine on 17th October 2008.

17 October 2008