All posts tagged "Institute for Fiscal Studies"

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  Ahead of the UK Budget, report highlights the price of civil service pay cuts

  New Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) analysis finds that pay cuts for UK senior civil servants are hitting recruitment and retention – but experts warn that public sector salaries face

  • Posted October 15, 2024
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  Fiscal fictions: what the UK Budget says – and what it omits

  On Wednesday, the UK government produced a Budget that made no provision for big public sector pay rises; on Thursday, it promised £5bn to striking NHS staff. Matt Ross explains

  • Posted March 17, 2023
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  The UK budget: behind the headlines

  At two events last week, experts picked apart Jeremy Hunt’s Budget – finding heroic optimism, implausible plans, and some hard realities for departments and public servants. Matt Ross listened in

  • Posted November 24, 2022
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  UK tax policy too short-term and politicised, say think tanks

  Experts have called for a more straightforward tax system in the UK, warning against the “unfettered power” built up by HM Treasury over the past 20 years. In an open

  • Posted October 4, 2016
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  UK government departments to face further cuts, chancellor reveals in budget

  UK government departments will be asked to find another £3.5 billion (US$5bn) in savings by 2020, following a prolonged period of public spending cuts, chancellor George Osborne has announced. The

  • Posted March 17, 2016
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