Events Finding the right keys for growth How should housing feature in the Budget? UpcomingThursday 13 November 2025 The Budget run-in has centred around what taxes the Chancellor will need to raise to meet her fiscal rules. But housing could potentially play in equally decisive role. Ambitious planning… Continue Reading
Publications It’s personal (taxation) Taxes on typical employees aren’t unusually high, but the bias against them is 27 October 2025 by Adam Corlett In the weeks surrounding the Budget we’re likely to hear a lot of tax discussion. That reflects a deterioration in the public finances – with an IFS estimate of £22… Continue Reading
Events Back for more? The Chancellor’s tax and spend options in her upcoming Budget UpcomingTuesday 4 November 2025 Register to attend in person or to receive an access link for online viewers. After delivering her first Budget last autumn, which included the biggest tax rises in decades to… Continue Reading
Events Call of duties What should the Chancellor’s tax strategy be for the Budget? Tuesday 23 September 2025 The Chancellor has fired the starting gun on the run-in to one of the most challenging second Budgets in living memory. The Chancellor has already said her fiscal rules are… Continue Reading
Publications A healthy State? Putting the 2025 Spending Review into context 12 June 2025 by Camron Aref-Adib and Mike Brewer and Tom Clark and Alex Clegg and Adam Corlett and Ruth Curtice and Emily Fry and Zachary Leather and Charlie McCurdy and Felicia Odamtten and Simon Pittaway and James Smith and Greg Thwaites Yesterday saw the Chancellor reveal the results of the first ‘zero-based’ review since 2008, the first stand-alone Spending Review since 2019, and the first three-year plan since 2021. It was… Continue Reading
Publications Mission impossible? Five things to look out for at next week’s pivotal Spending Review 4 June 2025 by Ruth Curtice and James Smith After a shaky start on the economy, Ministers have been happy to emphasise three trade agreements and some better-than-expected growth in recent weeks. They will hope the Spending Review (SR),… Continue Reading
Publications Unsung Britain bears the brunt Putting the 2025 Spring Statement in context 27 March 2025 by Camron Aref-Adib and Mike Brewer and Molly Broome and Alex Clegg and Nye Cominetti and Adam Corlett and Ruth Curtice and Emily Fry and Zachary Leather and Jonathan Marshall and Cara Pacitti and Simon Pittaway and Hannah Slaughter and James Smith and Imogen Stone and Greg Thwaites and Lalitha Try This briefing note analyses the choices the Government has made in the context of an awkward backdrop to the 2025 Spring Statement. Continue Reading
Publications The headroom bind Spring Statement 2025 preview 17 March 2025 by James Smith and Adam Corlett and Emily Fry and Louise Murphy and Cara Pacitti and Simon Pittaway and Greg Thwaites and Lalitha Try In this slide pack we preview the upcoming Spring Statement, assessing the economic and fiscal outlook ahead of this key economic-policy event. We focus on the news since the Autumn… Continue Reading
