The chancellor has to somehow reconcile tax and spending, but both her own Labour MPs and the Tory opposition are still ...

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The government’s original reform was set to save £5.5 billion in the short run (by 2029–30) and double that in the long run ...

At this event researchers presented the final recommendations of the Pensions Review. Just over two years on from the initial ...

In this paper, the authors ask what role taxation can or might play in reducing inequality in low and middle-income countries ...

Can the UK pensions system deliver a decent standard of living in retirement? We explore the challenges and changes needed. In this paper, the authors ask what role taxation can or might play in ...

. After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, he worked for 2 years at the Institute for Fiscal Studies before joining the Department of Economics at UCL in 2003. He teaches ...

Paul has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011. He is a columnist for The Times, and is a regular contributor to other broadcast and print media. He is a visiting professor in ...

Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Science in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...

Can the UK pensions system deliver a decent standard of living in retirement? We explore the challenges and changes needed.

We discuss pensions saving rates of the self-employed and what government can do to encourage more saving. Objective analysis ...