Taxes and benefits

This presentation was given to an audience comprised of civil society and charity staff and Northern Ireland Assembly researchers on 27 March 2015.

This article was published in The House magazine on 10 April 2015.

The Labour Party has proposed abolishing ‘non-dom’ status for people who have lived in the UK for a significant length of time. This Observation sets out what is known, and what is not, about non-doms and the likely effects of Labour’s proposal.

This presentation was given at the RES conference 2015.

The Conservative Party have claimed that under Labour there would be a £3,028 tax rise for every working household. This new observation explains this number and assesses whether this would actually be the case.

This presentation was presented at the RES conference 2015.

The BBC has reported that civil servants and Conservative ministers have been holding discussions about possible cuts to benefits. This observation provides a brief discussion of these potential reforms and sets them in their wider context.

This presentation was delivered for a lunchtime seminar at the Department for International Development (DfID) on 23 March 2015.

Presented at the IFS Post-Budget Briefing 2015 on 19th March, 2015.

Presented at the IFS Post-Budget Briefing 2015 on 19th March, 2015.

As part of its deficit reduction programme, the coalition government has made numerous tax changes whose direct impact is to reduce borrowing by an estimated £16.4 billion in 2015–16. This Observation – and the accompanying new Election Briefing Note – shows how all this activity has done little to improve the structure of the tax system. Plenty of challenges remain for whoever wins the election in May.

This presentation was delivered at a seminar at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin on 5 March 2015.