Tag Archives: Institute for Fiscal Studies

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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As the coalition attacks relative child poverty, here’s a list of mythbusting facts

By Ben Phillips | Published: June 14, 2012

As the DWP publishes its annual Households Below Average Income figures, coalition policies are cancelling out a decade’s progress in tackling child poverty.

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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: Govt. claim 80% will be better off is misleading

By Shamik Das | Published: April 6, 2011

The IFS has disputed Danny Alexander’s claim that 80 per cent of families will be “better off” as a result of the tax and benefit changes coming into force today.

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Gove’s justification for axing EMA doesn’t add up

By Guest | Published: March 30, 2011

The evidence suggests that the answer to Michael Gove’s question is ‘yes’ – Education Maintenacne Allowance was socially just, explains ippr’s Jonathan Clifton.

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IFS: Welsh “lose” from Barnett Formula

By Ed Jacobs | Published: February 8, 2011

Plaid Cymru have dubbed as “significant” new research making clear that the Barnett Formula is underfunding Wales, reports Ed Jacobs.

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IFS urges Osborne to develop a Plan B

By Will Straw | Published: February 2, 2011

The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank today urged George Osborne to prepare a ‘Plan B’ for fiscal consolidation in case growth prospects deteriorate.

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IFS: Tax and benefit changes are regressive

By Liam R Thompson | Published: October 21, 2010

Today the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that the Government’s plan for fiscal consolidation is regressive, and will hit the poorest disproportionately hard, once cuts to welfare are fully taken into account.

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