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Income distribution, poverty and inequality.
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Analysis of the fiscal choices an independent Scotland would face.
Case studies that give a flavour of the areas where IFS research has an impact on society.
Reforming the tax system for the 21st century.
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Type: IFS Press Releases
Keywords: tax, budgets, public spending
Related report: The IFS Green Budget: February 2011
The IFS Green Budget forecast is that the Government will need to borrow slightly less in 2010-11 (£2.9 billion) than the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasts. But this is in the context of a deficit which we expect to be at £145.6 billion this year. Having set out his fiscal consolidation plan, it is important that Chancellor George Osborne resist the temptation to engage in any significant net giveaway in the Budget. Search |
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