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New IFS research makes use of analysis published by the Department for Work and Pensions since the Budget, and attempts to reflect the impact of all the benefit cuts announced in the Budget. It shows that, once all of the benefit cuts are considered, the tax and benefit changes announced in the emergency Budget are clearly regressive.
Observations: reflections on current events
30 July 2010
Observations
Welfare reform paper sets out sensible ideas for simplification, but ducks difficult decisions
The Department of Work and Pensions today published a consultation paper called 21st Century Welfare which sets out ideas for fundamental reforms to the benefits system. The report presents a number of options for integrating different existing benefits.
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May 2010
Article
Poverty and inequality in the UK: 2010
In this Commentary, we assess the changes to average incomes, inequality and poverty that have occurred since 1979, with a particular focus on the changes that have occurred in the latest year of data (2008-09) and since 1996-97.
June 2010
Article
Emergency Budget June 2010
IFS analysis looks at the issues likely to come up in the Budget as well as at the proposal for an Office of Budget Responsibility, which issued its first report on Monday 14 June.
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25 August 2010
The distributional effect of tax and benefit reforms to be introduced between June 2010 and April 2014: a revised assessment
In this Briefing Note, we attempt to model the full impact of tax and benefit changes in the Budget, including additional benefit cuts, on different income and...
22 August 2010
IFS analysis on the "living wage"
The following note contains a description and explanation of how the IFS has examined the impact on receipts of income tax and national insurance, and on spending on...
18 August 2010
Estimating households' willingness to pay
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