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Gemma Tetlow
Chief Economist
Gemma's recent work
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Capital spending in public services
Crumbling schools, hospitals and prisons need a new capital spending plan to turn performance around.
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Ruling out tax rises undermines Sunak's and Starmer's credibility on public services
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are making tax pledges that limit their public spending options.
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The job of costing opposition policies should be removed from ministerial influence
The latest row between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer is a reminder of why opposition policy costings should be viewed with extreme caution.
All work
What should succeed the Office for Tax Simplification?
The experience of the OTS shows the UK needs to widen the public debate on tax.
Six things we learned from the spring budget 2023
What the chancellor's announcement revealed about the government's plans for tax and spending policy.
What do Keir Starmer’s five missions reveal about how Labour would govern?
A team of IfG experts assess whether Starmer’s "five bold missions" stack up
Hiding behind the pay review bodies will not help end the strikes
Ministers are wrong to suggest that the independent pay review bodies dictate public sector pay settlements.
Pay review bodies
Pay review bodies are independent panels that gather evidence and then provide government with advice each year on pay for many public sector workers.
Five things we learned from Jeremy Hunt's 2022 autumn statement
The IfG team give their verdict on the chancellor's autumn statement and what it means for government borrowing, households and public services.
Conservative and Labour party conferences: key policy takeaways
The IfG team reflect on the Labour and Conservative conferences
What is in the new chancellor's in-tray?
The new chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, should use Truss’s planned ‘fiscal event’ to be honest about difficult choices on tax and spending beyond this win
Becoming a minister: Getting to grips with departmental budgets
Before newly appointed ministers can get started on any of their own plans, they need to quickly get to grips with their department's existing budget.
Liz Truss should ask for a new OBR forecast before announcing major tax cuts
Liz Truss has downgraded her plans for an ‘emergency budget’ to a ‘fiscal event’