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Fiscal performance of successive governments

IFS has a long history of analysing fiscal performance of UK governments. This includes examining successive governments records on levels of taxation and spending, borrowing and debt, as well as looking at how spending has been allocated and where tax revenues have been raised from.

Fiscal performance of successive governments

Autumn Budget 2017
IFS analysis relating to the autumn Budget 2017.
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Two parliaments of pain: the UK public finances 2010 to 2017
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What has happened to taxes over time
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The changing composition of public spending
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The public finances: 1997 to 2010
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Journal article | Fiscal Studies, Vol. 36, No. 4, December 2015
UK Public Finances: From Crisis to Recovery
This article analyses the financial crisis of 2008 and associated recession caused significant which permanent damage to the UK's public finances.

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