IFS: Budget was “regressive”

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George Osborne claimed it was a "progressive Budget". Analysis by the independent IFS shows that, stripping away pre-announced measures, it was a "regressive Budget".

A picture says a thousand words. The respected, independent Institute for Fiscal Studies today said clearly that , “likely … overall impact of yesterday’s measures was regressive”.

By 2014-15, the distributional impact of tax and benefit measures is only “progressive” if the pre-announced decisions made by Labour – including the 50p income tax rate – are included. The IFS are clear that the Treasury’s claims only hold valid, “because of reforms announced by the previous government”. Stripping them out means that George Osborne’s dictum is wrong.

This analysis – consistent with Left Foot Forward’s own yesterday, the Financial Times’ and Nick Pearce on Open Democracy – could not be clearer: taken on its own, it was a regressive Budget.

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52 Responses to “IFS: Budget was “regressive””

  1. Christopher McKeon

    Of course it was RT @leftfootfwd: IFS: Budget was "regressive" http://bit.ly/9CVpcG

  2. Ben Cooper

    RT @leftfootfwd: IFS: Budget was "regressive" http://bit.ly/9CVpcG < hope @chriswiggin has had a look!

  3. Alex Marsh

    RT @leftfootfwd: IFS: Budget was "regressive" http://bit.ly/9CVpcG

  4. Duncan Stott

    I reckon the IFS is wrong on this http://bit.ly/9CVpcG Why strip out the impact of Labour's budget? That's not what's happening.

  5. Martin Coxall

    RT @DuncanStott: I reckon the IFS is wrong on this http://bit.ly/9CVpcG Why strip out the impact of Labour's budget? That's not what's h …

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