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) delivered the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
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.
Corporation tax and investment ReportWe look at the corporate tax system and proposals to change it.21 October 2022
Does funding follow need? An analysis of the geographic distribution of public spending in England ReportIn the financial year before COVID-19, government spending that can be attributed to England amounted to £541 billion or £9,650 per person.20 October 2022
Quantitative easing, monetary policy implementation, and the public finances ReportRising interest rates, quantitative easing and current monetary policy techniques interact to put pressure on the public finances.14 October 2022
IFS Green Budget 2022 ReportThe 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
Outlook for the public finances ReportWe look at the path for the public finances and the Chancellor's options to achieve fiscal sustainability.11 October 2022
UK outlook: why we need to do things differently ReportThe UK is the talk of the town, and not in a good way.11 October 2022
Global economic outlook: heading for a fall? ReportNew shocks are threatening to cut the global post-pandemic recovery short. 11 October 2022
Public spending, pay and pensions ReportThe public sector pay settlements announced this July will pose severe budgetary challenges for many areas of government. 8 October 2022
Reforms, roll-outs and freezes in the tax and benefit system ReportWe 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
Fiscal policy and income inequality: the role of taxes and social spending ReportThis report surveys the available evidence on the combined impact of taxes and social spending on within-country income inequality and poverty.30 September 2022
Reversing NICs and corporation tax rises would leave debt on an unsustainable path ReportIn the absence of official scrutiny from the OBR, we set out how much red ink might be added to the fiscal forecasts.21 September 2022
Import tax expenditure report: FY 2018/19 – 2020/21 ReportThis report uses shipment-level microdata from the Ethiopian Customs Commission to estimate import tax expenditures for 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21.1 September 2022
Factors associated with staff retention in the NHS acute sector ReportThis report examines how a range of individual staff characteristics are associated with whether individual staff members decide to leave the NHS.23 August 2022
The outlook for the public finances under the Bank of England’s August 2022 forecast ReportThis report sets out an illustrative scenario for how the current path of inflation and growth might affect government revenues and spending.18 August 2022
Education inequalities ReportWe look at shifts in the education landscape in the UK and its impact on inequalities.16 August 2022
School spending and costs: the coming crunch ReportBy 2024−25, after accounting for the specific costs facing schools, we estimate that school spending per pupil will still be 3% lower than in 2010.2 August 2022
Families and inequalities ReportFamilies play a key role in nurturing, socialising and supporting children. Britain has seen marked changes in partnership and parenting behaviours.28 July 2022
Long COVID and the labour market ReportWe assess long COVID's impact has on labour market outcomes including hours, earnings and employment.27 July 2022
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2022 ReportWe look at how the distribution of household income changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.14 July 2022
Updated analysis of the effects of revaluing & reforming council tax across Welsh local authorities ReportUsing property prices from Q1 2022, this note partially updates analysis of council tax reform in Wales originally published in 2020.8 July 2022
