This was always going to be a difficult Budget. Economic growth remains sluggish, the labour market has softened, and borrowing costs remain elevated. The OBR’s downgraded productivity growth forecasts also did not make the Chancellor’s job any easier. But government Budgets are ultimately about priorities. All governments must decide how to raise revenue and what… Read more »
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The Times: Rachel Reeves told – Increase taxes on working pensioners to raise £1.1bn
Commentary from IF Senior Researcher, Conor Nakkan, was featured in this article: https://www.thetimes.com/money/tax/article/working-pensioners-taxes-state-pension-rachel-reeves-kms6f6z0m.
The Times: How well you do is all about property, not what you earn
Commentary from IF Senior Researcher, Conor Nakkan, was featured in this article: https://www.thetimes.com/money/family-finances/article/how-well-you-do-is-all-about-property-not-what-you-earn-bzlzz707m.
The Telegraph: Work vs welfare – The battle tearing Britain’s youth apart
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/08/work-vs-welfare-battle-tearing-britain-youth-apart/
Express: Rachel Reeves urged to ‘means test’ state pension
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2075146/labour-means-test-state-pension-rachel-reeves
The Telegraph: Government accused of prioritising pensioners over children
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/retirement/government-accused-of-prioritising-pensioners-over-children/
iNews: Pension triple lock and free travel: UK ‘spends £13k more on retirees than kids’
Pension triple lock and free travel: UK ‘spends £13k more on retirees than kids’
Telegraph: ‘Why should we have to downsize?’: How boomers became the victim generation
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/how-boomers-became-the-victim-generation/
iNews: Why the state pension triple lock is a political headache for Starmer and Farage, in charts
Why the state pension triple lock is a political headache for Starmer and Farage, in charts
Telegraph: Public has been misled on value of university, says government watchdog
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/31/public-misled-value-university-degree-statistics-debt-loans/