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Institute for Fiscal Studies

  • 5 Jan 2012
    Grim predictions for UK family finances up to 2015 as cuts bite

    New evidence from the Institute for Fiscal Studies for the Family and Parenting Institute shows government policies and cuts hitting vulnerable families hard.

  • 26 Mar 2011
    Deconstructing a piecemeal budget

    The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) cannot be accused of being a radical think-tank, but its probing of the government's economic policies since May 2010 has been shaped by a social and environmental awareness (it has cooperated with businesses and researchers on a 'green budget') and by a determination to move below the surface of political posturing to examine what the data is and how it is being used. The picture it offers is rather different to the coalition's spin.

  • 23 Mar 2011
    TUC, IFS and Greens probe budget claims and agenda

    The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that measures due to come into place in April 2011 will be equivalent to a loss of £200 per household on average.

  • 20 Dec 2010
    UK poverty set to increase, while wages stagnate

    Between now and 2013-14 average incomes are forecast to stagnate and both absolute and relative poverty among children and working-age adults are expected to rise.

  • 22 Oct 2010
    Why Nick Clegg is wrong, wrong and wrong

    Stung by accusations of targeting the poor in the Comprehensive Spending Review, not to mention misleading voters by reneging on central electoral promises in exchange for power, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has decided to pick a fight with the respected think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). There can only be one winner in this fact spat, and it will not be Mr Clegg.

  • 21 Oct 2010
    Cuts are 'regressive', says Institute for Fiscal Studies

    The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that the cuts announced by the government will have a "regressive" effect on the economy and on the poorest in society.

  • 25 Aug 2010
    Poorest children losing out most due to coalition budget

    New analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that the coalition's budget has hit the poorest families the hardest, especially those with children.