Using German pension records and exogenous policy variation, we identify behavioral responses to changes in benefit ...

How will changes announced at Budget 2025 affect SEND spending in future? How can the government deal with historic deficits ...

IFS researchers provide a response to the new economic forecast and major policy announcements contained in the 2025 Budget.

From tax rises to new spending pressures, we break down the major decisions in a packed Autumn Budget and what they mean for ...

Freezes to local housing allowances reduce the disposable incomes of low-income private renters. LHA rates should be ...

We consider the implications of different potential changes to departmental spending plans at the upcoming Budget.

New figures from the ONS show that borrowing is overshooting the official forecast for the first seven months of the year by ...

When the state pension “triple lock” target was first announced in 2010 by the UK’s coalition government, it seemed like an ...

We evaluate the Education Maintenance Allowance, a conditional cash transfer scheme that paid low-income teenagers to remain ...

How should governments respond to rapid increases in the cost of living driven by shocks to the prices of staple goods?

Agar is a Professor of Economics at the University of Venice and a Research Fellow of the IFS. She has investigated the behaviour of individuals and household both in the area of consumption and ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented her much-anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday 26th November. At an online webinar the following day, Thursday 27th November, IFS Director Helen Miller provided a ...