The IFS’s verdict on Labour’s deficit argument is in – and it ain’t pretty
Yesterday saw the publication by the Institute for Fiscal Studies of its annual ‘Green Budget‘, which looks generally at the global and UK economic picture as well providing a detailed analysis of the...
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Tuition fees: new IFS publication says new system “substantially more...
News from the IFS confirms what others, including Money Saving Expert’s Martin Lewis and of course Nick Clegg, have previously argued: The government’s decision to raise maximum tuition fees to £9,000...
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How progressive is the new tuition fees system?
The Institute For Fiscal Studies (IFS) has been running its calculators and slide-rulers over the new system, and here are some of the key points that it has concluded: “The new system eventually saves...
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The 2013 spending review: the Lib Dem problem is at least as big as Labour’s
Last Friday’s Independent splashed on the story, Exclusive: Labour bets the house with pledge to outspend Tories. The story itself is disputed: Ed Balls rushed on the radio to rebut it: “Is it the...
View ArticleTwo-thirds of married couples EXCLUDED from Tories’ marriage tax allowance
Fresh from capitulating to his backbenchers over Europe, David Cameron is having to give in again on the issue of the marriage tax allowance. Evan Harris has already spoken out against the Tories’...
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Memo to both Left and Right: Income Tax isn’t the only tax that matters
There was some leftie love showered on this ConservativeHome article by Peter Franklin this week: Right-wingers should stop boasting about how much income tax the rich pay. His point was absolutely...
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The Independent View: IFS Director Paul Johnson – Balancing the books: some...
Paul Johnson is Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He will be speaking on ‘Balancing the books – tax and spending choices in the next Parliament’ alongside Ian Swales MP and Anne Fairpo of...
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How should we share the gain and the pain in the next Parliament?
That was the question the Resolution Foundation posed at a Lib Dem conference fringe meeting in Glasgow last week. Some of what follows was inspired by (ie, copied from) IFS Director Paul Johnson’s...
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