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Montevideo, November 14th 2024 - 17:31 UTC

Tag: Institute for Fiscal Studies

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 06:30 UTC

    UK economy challenges following the general election, Fiscal Studies think tank

    Paul Johnson, IFS director said: “Money is tight. We could get miraculously lucky with growth and escape having to make these tough choices. But we might not.”

    A leading UK think tank, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, (IFS), has issued a stark warning about the financial challenges awaiting the next government, whatever party wins the July General Election. In a long report, it warns more tax rises or cuts to public services can be expected, and calls for an “open and robust” discussion about how all the parties will tackle these.

  • Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:13 UTC

    UK Think Tank Warns About Drastic Spending Cuts After Election Day

    Institute for Fiscal Studies Director, Robert Chote

    All three British major political parties are failing to come clean on spending cuts that will need to be at least as deep as the 1970s, a leading think tank warned Tuesday. Repairing the public finances will be the 'defining domestic policy task of the next government', the Institute for Fiscal Studies said at a special election briefing.