In February 2013 the IFS Green Budget, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, will analyse the issues and challenges facing Chancellor George Osborne as he prepares for the government’s Budget in March.

IFS researchers will: examine the outlook for the public finances; consider the recent trends in productivity; assess a number of the key issues relating to cuts to spending on benefits, tax credits and public services; consider possible decisions on personal taxation; and discuss issues around the revenues raised from corporation tax. Oxford Economics analysts will provide analysis of the outlook for the global and UK economies.

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