Correction in the Times about mistaken attribution of numbers to the IFS

Published on 25 April 2015

This correction appeared in the Times today (referring to this article): "The figure of £1,000 per working household (“Labour’s £1,000 tax on families”, Apr 24) was extrapolated by us from the Institute for Fiscal Studies finding that a Labour government would increase ...

This correction appeared in the Times today (referring to this article):

"The figure of £1,000 per working household (“Labour’s £1,000 tax on families”, Apr 24) was extrapolated by us from the Institute for Fiscal Studies finding that a Labour government would increase tax revenues by £12 billion more than the Conservatives by 2020. It was not provided by the IFS."

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