IFS researchers provide a response to the new economic forecast and major policy announcements contained in the 2026 Budget.

The government’s fiscal devolution roadmap has arrived. We still don’t know exactly how much income tax revenue England’s ...

What should we expect from the October Budget? IFS economists discuss the choices facing the Chancellor on energy bills, ...

Funding further increases in defence spending would require hard choices, both at this Budget and in the years ahead.

The fiscal devolution roadmap sets out plans to share income tax with England’s mayors – but some details need rethinking.

We evaluate a flagship violence-reduction intervention in London, known as Your Choice, that targets adolescents at risk of ...

Five principles for business energy support: set clear aims, keep price signals, target support, account for differences, and ...

Using Brazilian and German administrative data, we show attenuation can exceed 50% and that conventional regression estimates ...

Our findings are based on rigorous analysis, detailed empirical evidence and in-depth institutional knowledge.

NEW: Autumn Budget 2026 explained in 90 seconds @HelenMiller_IFS runs through everything you need to know about today's Budget, including its support measures for households, 'fiddly' tax rises, ...

What has the Autumn Budget changed for households, public services and the public finances? Helen Miller is joined by IFS economists Jonathan Cribb and Max Warner to unpack the announcements and the ...

Despite some convergence, the gender pay gap remains large. In this study, we use BHPS-USoc data to document the evolution of the gender pay gap in the UK over the past 25 years and its association ...