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 UK fiscal position. The document is fascinating in many respects, but one of the parts that particularly caught my eye was its

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As promised earlier, here's my more detailed supplementary take on today's IFS Green Budget. I've distilled it down into six points, but obviously there's much, much more in the actual document itself. I'd recommend that you read the chapters on public sector pensions and pay, the 50p rate, and child benefit, in particular, if you're so minded — as they're ...

Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, in response to the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ Green Budget, said:

It's the halftime coffee break here at the launch of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' Green Budget, so I thought I'd send CoffeeHousers a quick update. But first, just to be clear, that's green meaning green, not green meaning environmental. This is the IFS's annual, different-hued version of the Treasury's Red Book. It's their overall take on the economy and pu...

The last government had lax immigration and a chaotic way of controlling foreign benefit claimants, claim Chris Grayling and Damian Green.