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

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 ...

We argue the change in individuals’ Lorenz ordinates—their positions in the Lorenz curve—is informative about economic ...

Objective analysis of economic policy is more important now than it has ever been. You can join our network and help improve ...

Objective analysis of economic policy is more important now than it has ever been. You can join our network and help improve public debate and government policy by becoming a member. Help us to inform ...

An analysis of the key design considerations and potential impacts of council tax reform in Scotland.

How council tax, stamp duty and other property taxes could be reformed to make the UK’s tax system fairer and more efficient.

We unpack how the UK taxes savings, capital gains, and wealth — and ask what a fair, efficient system should look like.