The reforms to taxes and benefits announced in Gordon Brown's seventh Budget will have only a modest effect on the distribution of disposable income in Britain.

Authors

Carl Emmerson
Carl Emmerson

Deputy Director

Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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Robert Chote

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IFS

Suggested citation

R, Chote and C, Emmerson and C, Frayne. (2003). Brown's defiant optimism may pen him in on future Budgets [Comment] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/browns-defiant-optimism-may-pen-him-future-budgets (accessed: 25 April 2024).

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