Institute for Fiscal Studies

Dick Taverne, Lord Taverne, was central to the early years of the IFS, and we mourn his death on October 25th, at the age of 97, and celebrate all he did for the IFS

Lord Taverne made three crucial contributions to the IFS that formed the foundations from which it has grown.
Institute for Fiscal Studies

Why has in-work poverty risen in Britain?

In Britain, the headline relative in-work poverty rate steadily rose from 13.4% in 1994–95 to 18.4% in 2019–20. We study the ...