The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2023 PresentationThis online event presented the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.13 July 2023
A forward look on finance PresentationThis LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation sets out the broad economic and fiscal context and the funding and policy outlook for local government.5 July 2023
Need, funding and geographic inequalities PresentationThis LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation discusses some key issues with how public service spending is allocated across England.5 July 2023
What do pensions freedoms mean for financing retirement? PresentationAt this online event we presented the findings of a new report looking at how people access their defined contribution pension wealth.30 June 2023
Earnings and income inequality in Scotland PresentationThis presentation to the Royal Society of Edinburgh provides an early preview of upcoming work on labour market trends and inequalities in Scotland.28 June 2023
Who has low savings and how problematic can that be? PresentationIFS researchers presented what we know about which groups of people are most likely to have low savings and how long this tends to last.16 June 2023
CIOT/IFS debate: Carbon border adjustment – what approach should the UK take? PresentationThe government is consulting on how to prevent UK taxes on greenhouse gas emissions simply leading to emissions-generating activities moving abroad.24 May 2023
Does working from home have a future? PresentationProfessor Nick Bloom, William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, gave the 2023 IFS Annual Lecture on 18th May.18 May 2023
Changing patterns of work at older ages PresentationThis presentation was given by Jonathan Cribb at the ELSA 20th Anniversary Conference.11 May 2023
Launch of the Pensions Review PresentationOn 20th April the Pensions Review, led by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in partnership with abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, was launched.20 April 2023
IFS residential conference 2023 PresentationThis conference, sponsored by CIOT, looked at the taxation of top incomes and asked how the system could be made more rational and effective.30 March 2023
Early years: Public spending and public policy PresentationIFS Senior Research Economist Christine Farquharson gave this presentation at the Nursery World Business Summit on Tuesday 7 March 2023.7 March 2023
Inequalities: which ones matter, and what to do about them? PresentationPaul Johnson gave a talk at the Oxford Martin School where he drew on the extensive work of the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities.27 February 2023
Inequality and the benefits system PresentationAt this online event, we presented and discussed findings from a major new work on benefits.2 February 2023
The economic and fiscal outlook: modelling the impact on local government PresentationSlides from David Phillips and Kate Ogden's presentation at the 2023 LGA Annual Local Government Finance Conference.11 January 2023
Education spending: the right priorities? PresentationThis event launched the 2022 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.12 December 2022
Scottish Teachers and Students of Economics 2022 PresentationIFS Director Paul Johnson presents at the Scottish Economic Society's Student Teacher Event 2022.9 December 2022
Implications of the Autumn Statement 2022 and EFO for Wales and the Welsh Government PresentationThis presentation summarises IFS's analysis of the outlook following the Autumn Statement and the implications for the Welsh Government's funding.28 November 2022
Autumn Statement 2022: IFS analysis PresentationIFS analysis of the Chancellor's announcements on the public finances, spending on public services, and the tax and benefit system.18 November 2022
Racial and ethnic inequalities PresentationAt this online event we presented and discussed findings from a new report on racial and ethnic inequalities.14 November 2022
