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by: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Date started: 28 September 2010
Briefing and analysisOn Wednesday 20 October the Chancellor set out the government's spending plans for the years 2011-12 to 2014-15. IFS held a briefing to present our analysis of this report on the following day, Thursday 21 October. Presentations from the briefing can be found below. Briefing presentations
Useful publications and resourcesBackground to the Spending Review
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Emergency Budget June 2010 Our analysis of the Emergency Budget examined the impact on public finances, public services, welfare, business and the distribution of wealth. Election 2010 Our analysis for the election looked at Labour's record and at the parties' proposals. The work was funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Green Budget 2010 The IFS Green Budget 2010 assessed key questions that then Chancellor Alistair Darling had to confront for the March 2010 Budget. The areas covered are fiscal policy, fiscal stimulus and the consumer, options for fiscal tightening: tax increases and benefit cuts, public spending and the public finances, public sector pay and pensions, support for research and innovation, potential cuts to public services and reforming the UK's fiscal institutions. Published in collaboration with Barclays Capital and Barclays Wealth, the Green Budget also discusses the UK's productive capacity, the economic outlook and the public finances and sterling. Treasury documentation The Treasury's Spending Review page links to previous and current Budget documentation. Search |