Savings, pensions and wealth

This IFS Pensions Review report sets out issues with the current means-tested benefit system for those approaching the state pension age and beyond. 

The prime minister’s rhetoric on housebuilding is welcome, but it won’t be enough without a complete overhaul of the planning system.

Foregoing a degree for an apprenticeship, saving during Covid and being born and bred in the capital have helped. With sky-high rents, others are not.

The Autumn 2024 Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax. What are the changes? Who will be affected? Were they a good idea?

We discuss how inheritance tax actually changed in the budget, who will be affected and whether it was a good idea.

With birth rates at record lows, we ask what the implications are for the UK and how it might impact the public finances.

We discuss the Chancellor's first Budget and what impact the changes could have.

We’re look at some of the challenges facing the Chancellor and what she can learn from previous Budgets.

The chancellor should focus on the tax base and close loopholes to make the system fairer

The new Chancellor faces a difficult fiscal inheritance. Her choices on tax and spending at this first Budget could define the rest of the parliament.

All the analysis from our IFS Green Budget 2024, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and in partnership with Citi.

We explore why CGT reform is necessary and how changes could make the tax system fairer, more efficient and more growth-friendly.

We undertake new modelling to examine the adequacy of pension saving for current generations of private sector employees.