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📊#IFSSatStat: Emissions from electricity are taxed much more heavily than emissions from gas in the UK. A tonne of carbon dioxide from (non-energy-intensive) business activities is taxed £249 if it comes from electricity, but just £52 if it comes from gas.

RT @BenZaranko: We absolutely need to break the obsession with "fiscal headroom" & the policy volatility that comes with it. IMF proposals….

RT @fiscalphillips: 🚨Provisional income tax revenue data for 2023-24 suggest a net £711m raised for Scottish Budget. That's up from £604m e….

RT @JCribbEcon: As part of the @TheIFS Pensions Review, we drew on a huge amount of data. @ELSA_Study was a key source of data with 20+ y….

RT @vox_dev: 📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Sanitation Infrastructure is out now!. Senior Editors @AugsburgBritta @TheIFS, @MollyMLipscomb @UVABatt….

RT @Peston: Are the fiscal rules the underpinning of a UK economic revival, as Reeves and Starmer say, or the cause of UK decline? Steph a….

RT @BBCr4today: Could tax rises pay for the government’s U-turn on welfare reform?. One option would be freezing thresholds in line with i….

RT @vox_dev: 📢 Sanitation Infrastructure. On Thursday July 10th, @AugsburgBritta @TheIFS, @MollyMLipscomb @UVABatten & @afosterri @Brown_Ec….

NEW PODCAST: Paul Johnson’s final episode: big challenges ahead for the UK economy . @PJTheEconomist is joined by incoming director @HelenMiller_IFS to reflect on the country’s fiscal outlook, economic growth, and ageing population. 🎧 Listen here:

RT @HelenMiller_IFS: It’s the end of an era @theIFS.Today is @PJTheEconomist’s last day. He’s been a fantastic Director and will be great….

RT @TheNewsAgents: “Raising taxes is easy! It’s the politics that’s hard.”. Is there an obvious tax hike Rachel Reeves could make this Octo….

RT @HelenMiller_IFS: For those looking at tax raising options for the budget, here's something we wrote last year that has a list of option….

RT @TomWatersEcon: I quite often get asked what I think about a wealth tax. A very good "elevator summary" of the economics of a wealth tax….

RT @BenZaranko: Fascinating and important, as ever. I'm particularly struck by the analysis of declining demand for gilts from defined be….

RT @JCribbEcon: BBC's coverage of the OBR report on fiscal risks includes this line about our @TheIFS work. Not quite how i'd put it. t….

RT @Heidi_Karj: The OBR's Fiscal Risks and Sustainability report is out today with a chapter on the UK's pension system. This is important….

RT @Heidi_Karj: Had a good chat on @Moneybox about our Pensions Review work and what we should do about the triple lock and automatic enrol….

"What does seem clear is that there is now a cross-party consensus on the importance of the early years as an increasingly large part of the UK’s welfare state.". Read @ckfarquharson's response to the govt's Best Start in Life strategy:.

RT @instituteforgov: EVENT | Labour’s first year in power: Is this still a mission-driven government?. 📆 Tuesday 15 July, 10.30. ➡️Join us….