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We should not current spending cuts as either the beginning, or the end, of dramatic change in the public sector writes Paul Johnson, Director of IFS.
In April 2010 the then Labor government introduced a new higher income tax rate of 50 percent on incomes over £150,000.
Carl Emmerson argues that public service pensions could be redesigned to provide better value for taxpayers.
This article looks at the likely impact of the government's policies on social mobility.
Our analysis shows that, for all the government's targets, there is no plan to stop child poverty's rise.
Paul Johnson discusses the 50 percent tax rate on incomes over £150,000 and questions the effectiveness of a top tax increase.
From GP commissioning to children's centres, swaths of government policy could have been tested to ensure its effectiveness. The electorate should now demand that it is.
The recession that started more than three years ago has taken some time to impact on household income, but the pain has only been postponed and not avoided.
The most comprehensive review of tax policy in 30 years, the Mirrlees review, published on Wednesday, argues the tax system has to be seen as just that: a system.
Despite protests against pension cuts, public employees are often better off than private ones.
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