Thomas Pope
Deputy Chief Economist
Where next for levelling up?
This short paper highlights five key challenges that any government seeking to reduce regional inequalities will need to address.
A Labour government would need to take big decisions to deliver on its devolution agenda
Do Keir Starmer’s and Angela Rayner’s devolution plans add up?
How the next government should complete the job of English devolution
The next government must extend devolution to 85% of England to deliver meaningful and balanced economic growth.
Six key takeaways from the Labour conference in Liverpool
As the glitter settled on Keir Starmer's speech, what key themes emerged from Labour's annual gathering?
Six key questions for Keir Starmer at the Labour Party conference
The IfG expert team pick out six key questions for Labour to answer in Liverpool
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Performance Tracker 2020
The coronavirus crisis has resulted in backlogs across public services, including at record levels in the criminal courts.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Rishi Sunak’s Job Support Scheme fixes deficiencies with his previous post-furlough scheme plan but will almost certainly waste taxpayers’ money by pr
Trade in the UK internal market
Leaving the EU creates the possibility for more trade barriers to emerge within the UK.
Rishi Sunak’s shift in approach could place ‘viable’ jobs at risk
The chancellor has taken on a riskier approach to job support by focusing only on ‘viable’ jobs
Whitehall Monitor: The cost of Covid-19
Covid-19 is already likely to cost the UK government £317bn – in increased public borrowing – in 2020/21 alone.
Beyond state aid
The UK would benefit from a strong ‘state aid’ system whether or not it strikes a trade deal with the EU.
This is not the time for a three-year spending review
The government’s decision to hold a three-year spending review is the wrong one and should be reversed
Coronavirus: the government’s summer stimulus package
As the UK moved out of the initial Covid lockdown phase in the summer, the government attempted to stimulate demand and speed up economic reopening.
OBR scenarios suggest that Rishi Sunak’s ‘Plan for Jobs’ may not be enough
The Office for Budget Responsibility’s newly published scenarios underline the uncertainty of the economic outlook
Five things to look out for in Rishi Sunak’s summer economic update
Will the chancellor’s ‘summer economic update’ be a gamechanger?