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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
podcast
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
podcast
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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Savings, pensions and wealth

Our work examines how and why people accumulate wealth - such as in housing, pensions and other assets - and how they use it over their working life and in retirement. We also analyse decisions about retirement and the impact of pensions and saving policy on incomes, saving and retirement decisions.

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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 big issues politicians haven't spoken about

Podcast

What are the manifestos missing? What are the big challenges facing us? And what information should voters be aware of as they head to the polls?

25 June 2024

Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained

Podcast

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

Podcast

We discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.

12 June 2024

Pensions: five key decisions for the next government

Report

How will the next government change pensions policies? This report examines key decisions that need to be taken.

7 June 2024

Making mortgage guarantees permanent will help some first-time buyers, but only if they can afford a bigger mortgage

Comment

Today, Labour have pledged to make the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent if they win power. We discuss the impact of such a scheme.

6 June 2024

Should the pensions lifetime allowance be reintroduced and, if so, how?

Comment

Budget 2023 abolished the lifetime limit on tax-privileged pension savings. Labour has committed to reintroducing it. Would that be a good idea?

4 June 2024

The intergenerational elasticity of earnings: Exploring the mechanisms

Working Paper

We use data covering a single cohort’s ﬁrst 55 years of life to explain the differences in the intergenerational elasticity of earnings.

3 June 2024

What does the Conservative's 'triple lock plus' announcement mean? And what's the context around tax and the state pension?

Explainer

IFS Director Paul Johnson explains.

30 May 2024

Homeownership for young adults has recovered to its 2010 level

Comment

What has happened to homeownership since 2010 and how do the trends differ by age and income? We consider the latest data.

29 May 2024

A new triple-locked personal allowance for pensioners?

Comment

Reintroducing a higher pensioner personal allowance would be another example of the Conservatives reversing a recent Conservative Chancellor’s policy.

28 May 2024