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Gemma Tetlow
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Chief Economist, Institute for Government

Formerly Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times and Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
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🚨 NEW EVENT 🚨

We've assembled our experts economics panel to dissect the details of the Chancellor's budget

💻 Online
📆 Thurs 27 Nov, 1pm GMT

With @jillongovt.bsky.social, @jdportes.bsky.social, @gemmatetlow.bsky.social, @benchu.bsky.social & @anandmenon.bsky.social

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UKICE Lunch Hour: Assessing the budget - UK in a changing Europe
Join our expert economics panel as they dissect the details of the Autumn Statement.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Has Rachel Reeves rolled the budget pitch?

And how did former chancellors manage expectations?

Fascinating @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast with @stewartwood.bsky.social Giles Winn @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social

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Rachel Reeves and the art of pitch rolling the budget | Institute for Government
Former Treasury advisers Stewart Wood and Giles Winn reveal how chancellors prepare the ground for budget day.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Cross-party agreement can create political space for tax reform

It is time to take the political heat out of attempts to reform the tax system, says @gemmatetlow.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/cros...
Cross-party agreement can create political space for tax reform | Institute for Government
It is time to take the political heat out of attempts to reform the tax system.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
gemmatetlow.bsky.social
A very interesting new report, coordinated by @centaxuk.bsky.social, is co-authored by nine think tanks from across the political spectrum and sets out 7 packages of tax reform that all agree would make the UK tax system "fairer, more effective and more pro-growth” centax.org.uk/tax-reforms-...
Tax Reforms for Growth | CenTax
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November 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Guardian article here: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

And top tips on how to do tax reform from @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @tompope.bsky.social and @jillongovt.bsky.social here:
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The 2025 budget and beyond: How Rachel Reeves can approach tax reform to help drive growth | Institute for Government
A big autumn approaches for the chancellor.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Good to see Reeves defending the importance of SR settlements (where changes should be avoided). But disappointing if this means using highly optimistic assumptions re. future tech efficiencies (eg £45bn) to pencil in spending cuts beyond the SR period rather than confronting the need for tax reform
October 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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IfG Chief Economist @gemmatetlow.bsky.social outlines that currently pension contributions make up around 20% of the total public sector remuneration package, compared to 8% in the private sector. Is this the most effective balance and does there need to be flexibility? #Lab25
September 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Should public sector pay and pensions be reformed?

Join us at #Lab25 at 15:45 to hear from @timleunig.bsky.social @fdagensec.bsky.social @fdaunion.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social, Paul Whiteman and @drbenpaxton.bsky.social - Clyde Room, ACC www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Join us at 15:45 at LPC to discuss how public sector pay and pensions might be reformed. With Dave Penman @fdaunion.bsky.social @timleunig.bsky.social @drbenpaxton.bsky.social and Paul Whiteman
September 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
gemmatetlow.bsky.social
As trailed in the papers earlier, Reeves's speech did roll the pitch for tax rises in the Budget - pointing to 14 years of weak growth creating a fiscal problem and the foolhardiness of simply ignoring fiscal constraints (she said there was "nothing progressive" about that)...
September 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Follow our autumn budget 2025 page for more in the lead up to Reeves' second budget as chancellor on Weds 26 November www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/autumn-budge...

Follow the team @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @tompope.bsky.social @drbenpaxton.bsky.social @danhaile.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social
Autumn budget 2025 | Institute for Government
On Wednesday 26 November, Rachel Reeves will deliver her second budget as chancellor.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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New @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report by me, @gemmatetlow.bsky.social and @jillongovt.bsky.social on how Reeves should approach tax this Autumn

With tax rises inevitable, Reeves should reject path of least resistance and embrace tax reform 1/3

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
The 2025 budget and beyond: How Rachel Reeves can approach tax reform to help drive growth | Institute for Government
A big autumn approaches for the chancellor.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Great article from Meg Hillier, and a message more politicians need to hear. Pinning all responsibility for the UK's fiscal problems on the OBR is not only misguided, but risks damaging economic and fiscal credibility
gemmatetlow.bsky.social Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · Sep 19
Very good piece from Meg Hillier on the dangers of political attacks on independent institutions like the OBR on.ft.com/3VV7p5Y The OBR is not to blame for weak growth
The OBR is not to blame for weak growth
When politicians attack independent institutions, we all lose
on.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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📆 Closing date: Wednesday 15 October

Find out more about the role and how to apply 👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
A job advert for a CRM Executive (Zoho) at the Institute for Government. Salary: £35,000-£39,000 depneidng on skills and experience. Deadline: Wednesday 15 October
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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How can the industrial strategy drive growth?

📆 Monday 29 Sept | 09:00–10:00

Join us at the Labour conference in Liverpool for our event with @praneshippr.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...
An image for an IfG event at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. How can industrial strategy drive growth? Monday 29 September | 09:00–10:00 Speakers: Pranesh Narayanan, Senior Research Fellow at IPPR Giles Wilkes, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government Amanda Wolthuizen, Vice President, Communications and Strategic Engagement and Chief of Staff to the President at Imperial College London This event will be chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government. This event is in partnership with Imperial College London.
September 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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#LAB25 | Should public sector pay and pensions be reformed?

With Dave Penman @fdaunion.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @drbenpaxton.bsky.social

More speakers will be announced soon👁️‍🗨️

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...
September 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
gemmatetlow.bsky.social
Very good piece from Meg Hillier on the dangers of political attacks on independent institutions like the OBR on.ft.com/3VV7p5Y The OBR is not to blame for weak growth
The OBR is not to blame for weak growth
When politicians attack independent institutions, we all lose
on.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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@resfoundation.bsky.social are recruiting for three new researcher/economist roles at various levels of seniority. Applications close 19 Sept. Exciting opportunity to join a great thinktank improving living standards for those on low-to-middle incomes www.resolutionfoundation.org/about-us/opp...
Opportunities: Resolution Foundation
We're looking for exceptional candidates to join the Resolution Foundation team.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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How can the government avoid a repeat of this year’s welfare reform debacle? www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
How can the government avoid a repeat of this year’s welfare reform debacle? | Institute for Government
A change is needed in the government's use of fiscal forecasts.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The original pensions commission is the single most effective independent inquiry of the last few decades. @jillongovt.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social and I have written on what the new pensions commission announced this week can learn from the original
Lessons for the government’s 'revived' Pensions Commission | Institute for Government
What can the new commission learn from its 2000s predecessor?
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July 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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What can the new Pensions Commission learn from its 2000s predecessor?

@jillongovt.bsky.social @njdavies.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social argue that the commission will need Treasury support to have as big an impact as the Turner Commission www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/new-...
Lessons for the government’s 'revived' Pensions Commission | Institute for Government
What can the new commission learn from its 2000s predecessor?
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July 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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PODCAST 🎤 The scandal and the superinjunction

@lucyfisher.ft.com joins @cathhaddon.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @alexgathomas.bsky.social to discuss the Afghan data leak and how the state reacts when mistakes are made.

Plus: Rachel Reeves' speech and voting reforms zurl.co/Hct1f
The scandal and the superinjunction | Institute for Government
The FT’s Lucy Fisher joins the podcast team to discuss who is to blame for the Afghan data leak.
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July 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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EVENT: Labour’s first year in power: is this still a mission-driven government?

Join our event with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk tomorrow at 10:30am chaired by @drhannahwhite.bsky.social with @helenmiller.bsky.social, @gemmatetlow.bsky.social & @stephenkb.bsky.social: ifs.org.uk/events/labou...
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Labour’s first year: Keir Starmer’s government is less than the sum of its parts

Keir Starmer has yet to set out a clear governing philosophy, says @drhannahwhite.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/labo...
Labour’s first year: Keir Starmer’s government is less than the sum of its parts | Institute for Government
Keir Starmer has yet to set out a clear governing philosophy.
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July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM