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23 Apr 19Universal credit will see 1.9 million claimants lose at least £1,000 each year compared to the previous benefits system, a think-tank has said. -
4 Oct 18CIPFA and the Institute for Fiscal Studies recently hosted a round tabled debate on the questions and issues thrown up by the government’s fair funding review. Vivienne Russell reports. -
9 Mar 17Hiking up national insurance contributions for the self-employed is a “sensible” change to taxation but not enough, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies. -
5 Mar 15Council spending in England has been cut by almost a quarter on a per person basis since 2009/10, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. -
24 Nov 14The Institute for Fiscal Studies has today warned that number of people in poverty is likely to start increasing due to caps in the uprating of benefits coupled with an increase in wage rates. -
5 Nov 14The number of people in absolute poverty in the UK could be as much as 300,000 more than government estimates due to the higher rates of inflation experienced by poor households, the Institute for...
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3 Jun 14The European Commission has urged the government to reform council tax to remove ‘distortions’ caused by basing the system on property values that are more than two decades old.
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28 May 14The Treasury has seriously mishandled the new fee regime for universities, resulting in zero expected savings for the public coffers. And the chancellor’s scrapping of controls on student...
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