Business and investment

Public investment: what you need to know

Explainer

Everything you wanted to know about UK public investment but were too afraid to ask – including analysis of Labour and Conservative plans.

25 April 2024

Spring Budget 2024: What you need to know

Podcast

IFS reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

7 March 2024

Spring Budget 2024

Collection

All our analysis of the Spring Budget 2024. Includes research, comment, explainers and more.

6 March 2024

Labour's green investment pledge raises so many questions

Comment

The recent “confusion” tells us a lot about the tenor of the coming election campaign and the debate about fiscal policy.

5 February 2024

The role of privately held firms in income inequality

Working Paper

We study the role of privately held firms in income inequality in Finland, especially looking at the the role of retained earnings.

29 November 2023

The Autumn Statement explained

Podcast

We analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.

24 November 2023

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Autumn Statement 2023

Collection

All our IFS analysis of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement 2023.

22 November 2023

Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained

Podcast

This week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.

16 November 2023

The changes to the UK's net zero pathway explained

Explainer

What are the changes announced by the Prime Minister and what will their impacts be?

10 November 2023

The Expert Factor: What next for Net Zero?

Podcast

Recently, the government has sought to alter the UK's net zero plans. This week, the experts dig into the changes and assess their impact.

6 November 2023

Global economic outlook: how hard will we land?

Report

The fight against inflation continues to dominate the global economic policy agenda.

17 October 2023

Green Budget 2023

Presentation

The IFS Green Budget assessed the state of the UK economy and the government's fiscal position as attention turns towards next year's election.

17 October 2023

An honest conversation about net zero

Podcast

We discuss the impact of the Prime Minister's announcement on net zero.

11 October 2023

Big changes to HS2 and education will prove a real test for Rishi Sunak

Comment

"Too many announcements, not enough evident strategy." Paul Johnson in The Times on the announcements in last week's Conservative Party Conference.

9 October 2023

Mafia infiltrations in times of crisis: Evidence from the Covid-19 shock

Working Paper

We analyse the risk of mafia capture of firms operating in the legal economy and the relationship between firm performance and mafia infiltration.

9 October 2023

Full expensing and the corporation tax base

Report

This report discusses the temporary full-expensing policy and whether it should be made a permanent part of the corporate tax base.

6 October 2023

Sunak’s weak intervention may prompt a climate change revolution

Comment

"We need some light shone on what needs doing and on how far away we are from doing it." Paul Johnson writes for The Times on our net zero targets.

25 September 2023

The materials that shape our economy

Podcast

In this episode, we speak with Ed Conway, Economics Editor at Sky News and author of a new book Material World: The Making of Civilisation.

13 September 2023

Big firm, little firm: are differences between companies driving inequality and holding back growth?

Podcast

Debates about inequality often focus on inequalities between people. But what about inequalities between firms?

30 August 2023

Tax and public finances: the fundamentals

Report

This report highlights 10 key facts about UK tax and public finance policy that will underpin the choices faced by governments in coming decades.

23 August 2023

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Public investment: what you need to know

Spring Budget 2024: What you need to know

Spring Budget 2024

Labour's green investment pledge raises so many questions

The role of privately held firms in income inequality

The Autumn Statement explained

Autumn Statement 2023

Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained

The changes to the UK's net zero pathway explained

The Expert Factor: What next for Net Zero?

Global economic outlook: how hard will we land?

Green Budget 2023

An honest conversation about net zero

Big changes to HS2 and education will prove a real test for Rishi Sunak

Mafia infiltrations in times of crisis: Evidence from the Covid-19 shock

Full expensing and the corporation tax base

Sunak’s weak intervention may prompt a climate change revolution

The materials that shape our economy

Big firm, little firm: are differences between companies driving inequality and holding back growth?

Tax and public finances: the fundamentals

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