Reform UK's Welsh manifesto echoes Conservative proposals while leaving the spending cuts needed to fund its tax ambitions ...

We study the role of Gender Role Attitudes (GRA)—beliefs about appropriate roles for men and women—in marital sorting and intra-household allocations.

IFS researchers respond to the Chancellor’s Spring Forecast, which was presented against an uncertain global backdrop with ...

Spring Forecast: headline numbers look steady but higher energy prices could lift UK inflation, rates and borrowing faster than expected.

The probability of entering the public sector rises with education, and this paper documents that this educational gradient has strengthened. We study the role of Gender Role Attitudes (GRA)—beliefs ...

The Spring Forecast is unlikely to feature policy changes but could highlight risks to the public finances for the year ahead ...

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ONS figures released today show borrowing in the first 10 months of the year is £15 billion below the same months last year.

David Phillips, head of devolved and local government finance at the IFS, said: “The Welsh Conservatives’ flagship proposals are reductions to three of Wales’s devolved taxes: the Welsh rates of ...

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 ...

Rory is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Western Ontario and a Research Associate at IFS. He was previously a PhD Scholar at the IFS. His fields of interest are Public ...

Helen joined the IFS in 2007. She has almost two decades of experience analysing UK fiscal policy and providing trusted advice to policymakers. Her work has been published in top peer reviewed ...