The IFS Green Budget: February 2012

“The most important review of all economic policies these days tends to come from the independent watchdog, the IFS” Tom Bradby, ITV News Since 1982, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)’s annual Green Budget has examined the challenges and choices confronting the Chancellor of the Exchequer as he prepares his keynote statement on fiscal policy and the economy. As the government continues to have to contend with the consequences of the Great Recession for the public finances and household incomes, the issues discussed in this year’s Green Budget include: