Olly Bartrum
Senior Economist
Olly's recent work
Four things we learned from Rachel Reeves’ Mais lecture
What is the shadow chancellor’s vision for the economy?
The next government must break its silence on departmental spending on day one
The later the election, the more urgent it will be for the next government to take decisions over spending
Five things we learned from the spring budget 2024
IfG experts analyse Wednesday's budget announcement
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Four things we learned from Rachel Reeves’ Mais lecture
What is the shadow chancellor’s vision for the economy?
The next government must break its silence on departmental spending on day one
The later the election, the more urgent it will be for the next government to take decisions over spending
Five things we learned from the spring budget 2024
IfG experts analyse Wednesday's budget announcement
Strengthening the UK’s fiscal framework
The UK’s fiscal framework, including a flawed set of rules, incentivises bad policy decisions shaped by short-termism and fictional spending plans.
Fiscal fantasies reveal deep problems in the UK's fiscal framework
A flawed set of loose fiscal rules are no substitute for a fiscal strategy.
The history of HM Treasury
When was the Treasury created and how has its role changed over time?
Spending reviews
What are spending reviews and how do they work?
'Orthodoxy' is not the issue: the Treasury’s outsized power creates problems for government
Excessive power, rather than ‘orthodox’ thinking, is the main problem with the Treasury.
Treasury ‘orthodoxy’
The Treasury wields too much influence across government and dominates strategic thinking at the centre.
Whitehall Monitor 2024: Methodology
The methodology underpinning the analysis in Whitehall Monitor 2024.