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.
Benefits and tax credits Report This chapter finds that though benefits reforms pushed more people into work, the work is often part-time, low-paid and with little progression. 1 February 2023
The number of new disability benefit claimants has doubled in a year Report The number of working-age people newly awarded disability benefits doubled between July 2021 and July 2022. This report investigates that increase. 7 December 2022
The Autumn Statement 2022 explained Explainer Paul Johnson provides an immediate response to the government's Autumn Statement. 17 November 2022
Even with inflation uprating, benefits next year are on course to be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels Comment Even if the government uprates benefits with inflation, the real value of benefits will be 6% below their pre-pandemic levels. 19 October 2022
IFS Green Budget 2022 Report The IFS Green Budget 2022 takes stock of the economic and fiscal outlook following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and analyses the challenges ahead. 11 October 2022
Reforms, rollouts and freezes in the tax and benefit system Event 6 October 2022 at 11:00 This event explored the impact of the significant change the tax and benefit system is currently undergoing.
Benefits, inflation and redistribution Podcast What role does the benefit system play in redistribution - and how will high inflation impact the system? 6 October 2022
Reforms, roll-outs and freezes in the tax and benefit system Report We show the impact of freezes and gradual roll-outs on personal taxes and benefits, as well as considering planned changes to the tax system. 6 October 2022
Reforms, rollouts and freezes in the tax and benefit system Presentation This event explored the impact of the significant change the tax and benefit system is currently undergoing. 6 October 2022
The mini-Budget explained Explainer Paul Johnson provides an immediate response to the government's mini-Budget. 23 September 2022
The long squeeze: rising inflation and the current government support package Comment We look at the impact of inflation and the government's proposals to tackle it. 15 August 2022
Conservative candidates’ tax plans are increasingly similar, though still differ in scale and timing Comment The key point that neither candidate seems willing to spell out is that, ultimately, lower taxes mean lower spending. 1 August 2022
Tax and spending policies of Conservative leadership contenders Comment On 5 September we will know which of the two is the next Conservative Party leader - and therefore Prime Minister - so their visions for tax and spending matter. 21 July 2022
Living standards of working-age disability benefits recipients in the UK Working Paper We examine the living standards and health of working-age disabled people and disability benefits recipients over time in the UK. 6 July 2022
We didn’t see this coming because for 25 years we thought we had inflation licked Comment 'Pretty much everything we could have got wrong, we got wrong.' Paul Johnson on why economists failed to see inflation coming. 4 July 2022
Future of the welfare state Presentation This talk was given by Paul Johnson at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's Future of Britain conference. 1 July 2022
The hardest decision for ministers is yet to come: what to do about pay Comment Paul Johnson writes for the Times on the 'difficult decisions' surrounding public sector pay. 20 June 2022
Business rates: reform, reduce or replace? Presentation This presentation was given at an LSE Taxation Seminar. 20 June 2022
Take-up and labour supply responses to disability insurance earnings limits Working Paper We develop a simple framework to evaluate the trade-offs with disability insurance programs. 15 June 2022
IFS response to government cost of living support package Comment Initial analysis of the Chancellor's statement on the cost of living crisis. 26 May 2022
