Tag Archives: IFS

Budget 2013: IFS says borrowing in 2014 will be 70bn more than hoped in 2010

By James Bloodworth | Published: March 21, 2013

Budget 2013: IFS says borrowing in 2014 will be 70bn more than hoped in 2010.

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More spending cuts on the way if coalition is to meet savings targets

By James Bloodworth | Published: February 7, 2013

If the coalition is to meet its spending targets it will have to make further cuts to departmental budgets.

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IFS: Borrowing figures “an unpleasant feeling of déjà vu for Osborne”

By Shamik Das | Published: November 21, 2012

The Institute for Fiscal Studies have said today’s public sector finance figures will result in a feeling of “déjà vu” for the chancellor.

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IFS: Free school meals for all increased attainment in disadvantaged areas

By Shamik Das | Published: July 26, 2012

A study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has revealed that offering universal free school meals increased attainment in primary schools in disadvantaged areas.

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IFS: NHS budget squeeze set to last “at least a decade”

By Shamik Das | Published: July 4, 2012

The NHS, which David Cameron promised was “safe in my hands”, faces a budget squeeze unparallelled in more than half a century.

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Budget 2012: The IFS’s devastating picture that shows we’re not all in it together

By Will Straw | Published: March 22, 2012

Will Straw reports on the IFS’s budget analysis, which shows the richest 10% have done better under this government than the poorest 40 per cent.

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The IFS is feeding the trolls what they want to hear on pensions

By Nigel Stanley | Published: January 31, 2012

Nigel Stanley assess the IFS’ green budget report, and finds that they are understating the effect of pension changes.

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Cameron ignores evidence literally in front of his face

By Alex Hern | Published: December 7, 2011

Alex Hern reports on Ed Balls’s active background role in today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, and his canny prepared graph.

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Forget “child poverty”; just fight for a decent childhood for all

By Guest | Published: November 15, 2011

Kate Bell and Jason Strelitz write about how best the government can achieve its aim of ending child poverty in Britain.

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IFS: Education spending will “shrink” at fastest rate “since at least the 1950s”

By Shamik Das | Published: October 25, 2011

A new report today reveals education spending will be slashed by more than 13 per cent over this parliament – the largest cut since at least the fifties.

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