'Had all the tax raising options been on the table, we would've seen less speculation about itty bitty tax changes.'

Ahead of the Budget, @helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social discuss the economic impact of speculation.

🎧 Listen to our podcast here: ifs.org.uk/articles/bud...

'Rachel Reeves has put 51 miles worth of petrol in her car and has to go 50 miles.'

In our IFS Zooms In episode on options for the upcoming Budget, @benzaranko.bsky.social explains the damaging consequences of policy instability.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/bud...

'The projected borrowing for the UK is set to come down... that's not true in lots of other comparable countries.'

🎧 Listen to @helenmiller.bsky.social & @benzaranko.bsky.social discuss how the UK's government debt compares to other countries ahead of next week's Budget: ifs.org.uk/articles/bud...

"If I lost £10 billion behind the sofa, I'd spend a bit of time working out where it is.”

@helenmiller.bsky.social and @danneidle.bsky.social discuss the scale of the corporation tax gap with small businesses, from our live podcast on tax options.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...

What counts as breaking Labour's manifesto pledge to not 'increase taxes on working people'?

@helenmiller.bsky.social and @danneidle.bsky.social discuss whether 2p on income tax and 2p off Employee National Insurance would count, from our live podcast.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...

"It's kind of crazy how many people pay the higher rate [of income tax] now.”

@helenmiller.bsky.social and @danneidle.bsky.social discuss the prospect of continued fiscal drag and more higher-rate tax payers, from our podcast on tax ahead of the Budget.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...

"The amount that the freeze so far has raised has been radically different from what they expected at the time they announced it."

Stuart Adam and @danneidle.bsky.social explain why frozen tax thresholds can raise unexpected amounts in our live podcast.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...

What are government bonds? And how does the bond market work?

🎙️ @helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social explain in our new podcast with Jack Meaning on the bond market, government borrowing and debt and how these will affect the upcoming Budget.

Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/uk-...