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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Young people at risk of getting involved in violence are those in most of need of therapeutic support, but most unlikely to receive it. The Your Choice programme aims to shift how such therapeutic ...

How has the two-child limit affected child poverty and other outcomes? What options for altering this policy does the ...

Join us in-person or online for a debate on how to approach reforming the taxation of housing.