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EVENT: IFS Zooms In Live: A look ahead to the Budget
📅 Tue 20 Oct | 18:30 to 20:00 | British Library Knowledge Centre London
Join us for a special in-person recording of an episode of the IFS Zooms In podcast ahead of the Budget, looking at the choices facing the Chancellor:
How have renewable energy sources affected energy prices?
🎙️ @HelenMiller_IFS explains how the move towards renewables has affected energy prices and which energy sources might make the most economic sense for the future, in our recent podcast:
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are-rene…
Renewable energy production may be high in windy places like Scotland, but how can we get energy to the places that need it most?
🎙️@levell_peter and @HelenMiller_IFS explain the challenges and costs of getting renewable energy to high demand areas, in our podcast on energy:
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are-rene…
Some of the data centres being proposed have the electricity consumption of Manchester.
🎙️ @HelenMiller_IFS and Stephen Jarvis explain how the location of data centres matters for energy demand, from our recent podcast on energy prices:
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are-rene…
📊 #IFSSatStat: Public service spending will be the Chancellor’s key Budget challenge.
While day-to-day departmental spending is set to grow by 2.4% in real terms this year, this will drop to an average of 1% over 2028–29 to 2030–31, making existing plans harder to deliver.
ALT Chart shows planned annual real-terms spending growth for day-to-day spending based on March 2026 OBR forecast. Title states: "On inherited plans, departmental spending growth is front-loaded, and set to slow sharply after this year."
📗 Read the full IFS Green Budget 2026 report by @beeboileau, Olly Harvey-Rich, and Darcey Snape and funded by @NuffieldFound here: ifs.org.uk/publications/publ…
This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2026. You can register to attend here ➡️ ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-zooms-…
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There’s been a lot of talk before the budget about the government’s “headroom” – the amount by which it will be meeting its fiscal rules in the OBR forecast.
A thread on what we do and don’t know about headroom, and why we should pay less attention to it:
NEW: The Chancellor’s fiscal ‘headroom’ could be larger than many expect, but spending pressures will be a key challenge for John Healey at the Budget.
🧵 Here are the main findings from our 2026 IFS Green Budget, funded by @NuffieldFound in association with @BarclaysCIB:
Institute for Fiscal Studies retweeted
Higher inflation and slowing spending growth pose challenges for public services over the next few years.
Rather than topping up spending totals, could the Chancellor bank on improvements in public sector productivity - getting the same public service performance with less £?
Institute for Fiscal Studies retweeted
Really pleased to make my debut on @TheIFS podcast with @HelenMiller_IFS and @beeboileau. We get into the huge uncertainty around the OBR forecast, why the real story is the pressure on public spending, and even manage to sneak in a discussion on PuFins (not the birds!)
NEW PODCAST: Is the Chancellor’s spending plan credible?
🎙️ With 13 days to go, @HelenMiller_IFS, @beeboileau and @joaosp_sousa examine the impacts that higher inflation, rising borrowing costs, and the conflict in the Middle East will have on John Healey's first Budget ⬇️
Institute for Fiscal Studies retweeted
Great to be on @TheIFS podcast to talk about public service spending plans and pressures ahead of the Budget - do give it a listen
NEW PODCAST: Is the Chancellor’s spending plan credible?
🎙️ With 13 days to go, @HelenMiller_IFS, @beeboileau and @joaosp_sousa examine the impacts that higher inflation, rising borrowing costs, and the conflict in the Middle East will have on John Healey's first Budget ⬇️
NEW PODCAST: Is the Chancellor’s spending plan credible?
🎙️ With 13 days to go, @HelenMiller_IFS, @beeboileau and @joaosp_sousa examine the impacts that higher inflation, rising borrowing costs, and the conflict in the Middle East will have on John Healey's first Budget ⬇️
🎧️ Tune in here: ifs.org.uk/articles/chancell…
Thank you to everyone who attended our IFS Green Budget 2026 launch event today, funded by @NuffieldFound in association with @BarclaysCIB.
IFS researchers, Jack Meaning, and @Gus_ODonnell provided analysis of the challenges and trade-offs facing the Chancellor.
📺️ Unable to attend the event? You can watch our recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=5Fn0RFYf…
Institute for Fiscal Studies retweeted
I really enjoyed talking to @TalksDamien and Timeyin about the current state of the NHS on their Making Money podcast. You can listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=AafgXpWu…
Presenting now: @beeboileau on the public spending outlook
Watch live here: youtube.com/watch?v=5Fn0RFYf…
STARTING NOW: Join us live for the launch of our IFS Green Budget 2026, with presentations from @TheIFS authors and @BarclaysCIB, funded by
@NuffieldFound.
📺️ Watch on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=5Fn0RFYf…
🖐️ Submit questions via Slido: app.sli.do/event/93UDDynm87F…
