IFS Zooms In Live: How to make your first Budget a success

IFS Live Audience Podcast

What’s on offer?

Join us for a special in-person recording of an episode of the IFS podcast the week ahead of Rachel Reeves' all-important first Budget. After the podcast recording, there will be an opportunity for you to ask your questions to the panel. This event is free to attend, but spaces are limited so must be booked in advance.

What’s it about?

The Budget is a huge political and economic opportunity for any government. Measures enacted can change the way that people across the country live, work and spend. A successful Budget can define a Chancellor: Nigel Lawson used the 1984 and 1988 Budgets to cement his reputation as a tax reformer. Post-election Budgets can take on particular importance: Gordon Brown used his 2002 Budget to raise national insurance and funnel cash to the NHS and to tax credits. But not all Budget measures, prepared in secret and without consultation, survive contact with the outside world.

Join us for a special in-person recording of an episode of the IFS podcast the week ahead of Rachel Reeves' all-important first Budget. We will look at what can be learned from the best - and worst - Budgets of the past, and what Ms Reeves should be thinking about as she prepares for what could be a defining moment of this parliament.