Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Institute for Fiscal Studies

https://www.ifs.org.uk/
Last activity: 18.06.2025
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Our goal is to promote effective economic and social policy-making by better understanding how polici
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18.06.2025The Tax Tightrope: UK’s Fiscal Future Hangs in the BalanceThe UK is teetering on a fiscal tightrope. Tax Freedom Day, the moment when citizens stop working for the government and start earning for themselves, is slipping further into the calendar. In 2028, it could fall on the 174th day of the yea...
18.06.2025Labour is locking Britain into a high-tax, low-growth doom loopTax, borrowing, the cost of borrowing, unemployment and inflation are all going up, while growth is going down. Yet in the face of this, Labour’s instinct is to tax more, spend more and centralise more, says Simon Clarke When in a big hole,...
16.06.2025The UK insisted unpopular tax rises were a one-off. Economists say hikes are now inevitableU.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged last year that the government would not conduct another tax raid. She might not have any other option. The government’s fiscal “headroom” could evaporate soon, meaning tax rises are increasingly likely ...
15.06.2025‘You’ll have to wait and see’: Reeves’ deputy can’t rule out autumn tax risesTreasury chief secretary Darren Jones refused to rule out further tax hikes in the autumn budget on Sunday. Asked on GB News whether he would rule out tax rises later this year, Jones said “that will be subject to the OBR forecasts… it’s ri...
12.06.2025Brits to spend half a year waiting for Tax Freedom Day after Labour tax hikesTax Freedom Day is set to be on the latest ever date within a matter of years, fresh research has revealed, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves showing no signs of cutting taxes in the near future, given inflated spending. Reeves unveiled billion...
12.06.2025Council taxes set to jump in first indication bills will riseCouncil taxes will rise at the fastest pace in over two decades, fresh analysis has suggested, after a government document said it expected bills to rise to pay for local services. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has pointed to gover...
12.06.2025Spending Review: UK government’s DOGE to strip billions off defence and NHSThe Ministry of Defence and Department for Health and Social Care are set to see billions shaved off in what a DOGE-style body within the Treasury described as “efficiency gains” – despite both departments set to see a real terms increase i...
11.06.2025The Complexity of Change: Navigating the UK’s Tax System and Economic GrowthThe UK is at a crossroads. Recent government decisions have sparked debates about fairness, complexity, and economic growth. The latest changes to winter fuel payments for pensioners have raised eyebrows. Meanwhile, public confidence in the...
11.06.2025UK finance minister set on ‘renewing Britain’ as she unveils spending plansU.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is delivering her Spending Review this Wednesday. The review sets out how public money will be divided between government departments and put towards infrastructure projects over the next three to four years. W...
11.06.2025Spending Review: Whitehall faces axe to fund Reeves’ spending spreeDramatic real terms cuts to departments such as the Home Office and the Department for Transport are to fund Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ multi-billion pound spending packages on the NHS and AI technology. Reeves told MPs on Wednesday afternoo...
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