The budget coming up in a few weeks will be one of the big moments for Labour to set out their policy agenda.

This paper estimates the responsiveness of retirement saving to tax incentives for employees in Great Britain.

Why do so few people move from incapacity benefits into work? What does this mean for government plans to get more people ...

What Reeves needs to do is to think about the tax base — the measure of gains on which the tax is charged — as well as the ...

We examine the challenges facing public services and the Chancellor’s public spending options at the forthcoming Budget and ...

Growth has been better than expected this year, but the UK’s recovery is not yet secure. Structural changes will require ...

David Phillips says that even if chancellor Rachel Reeves manages to avoid making cuts, councils will still need a laser-like ...

There is much speculation that the new government is considering increasing rates of capital gains tax (CGT) as a way of raising revenue. But simply raising rates is not the right route to take. The ...

We describe the fiscal outlook and set out the unenviable but important choices – which could define the parliament – confronting Rachel Reeves. The new Chancellor faces a difficult fiscal inheritance ...

David is an Associate Director and helps lead two main areas of research at the Institute. First is work on devolved and local government finance, with a particular focus on the distribution of ...

Young people at risk of getting involved in violence are those in most of need of therapeutic support, but most unlikely to receive it. The Your Choice programme aims to shift how such therapeutic ...

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 ...