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Type: IFS Press Releases Authors: Stuart Adam, Mike Brewer, Robert Chote, Carl Emmerson, Christine Frayne, Alissa Goodman, Luke Sibieta and Helen Simpson
As an immediate reaction to the Budget, we look at the public finances and at measures directly affecting households.
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Recent IFS Press Releases
Households with children to lose most from tax and benefit changes in coming year
As background to the Chancellor's Budget on 21st March, IFS today publishes a summary of recent analysis looking at the likely evolution of household incomes over the next few years and, in particular, how they are likely to be affected by tax and benefit changes that are currently planned for 2012-13.
Borrowing set to undershoot official forecasts, but downside risks limit room for manoeuvre
The IFS Green Budget suggests that, even relative to major planned cuts, Whitehall departments will underspend by more than £3 billion this year.
Latest public pension reforms unlikely to save money over longer term; four-year pay squeeze returns public-private differential to pre-recession level
These are two headline findings from an in-depth analysis of this government's public pensions and pay policies done by IFS researchers in preparation for the launch of the annual IFS Green Budget. .
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