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IFS Research Fellow, Laura Abramovsky, delivered the presentation in Helsinki as part of the UNU-WIDER's flagship conference ...
One year into Labour’s government, we assess whether its mission-driven approach has changed how it governs and what progress has been made.
In Paul's final episode, he speaks with incoming IFS Director Helen Miller about the big economic pressures facing the UK.
There are strong reasons to radically reform how we currently tax the sources and uses of wealth; this includes reforming ...
The government has set itself a target to have 75% of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development by 2028.
The chancellor has to somehow reconcile tax and spending, but both her own Labour MPs and the Tory opposition are still ...
Can the UK pensions system deliver a decent standard of living in retirement? We explore the challenges and changes needed.
At this event researchers presented the final recommendations of the Pensions Review. Just over two years on from the initial ...
Which public services are the relative winners and losers from Rachel Reeves’ multi-year 2025 Spending Review?
The broad thrust of Nigel Farage’s speech echoes Reform UK’s manifesto: very large tax cuts to be paid for with very large spending cuts.
I prove that, in a simple but general framework, expected pass-through is unchanged by the presence of focal pricing constraints.
Executive summary The total wealth of Britain’s households in 2018 to 2020 was approximately £2.2 trillion less than was previously believed – a 14% reduction. That, at least, is the implication of a ...