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Paul Johnson (IFS Director) and Claer Barrett (FT Consumer Editor) dissect the UK Autumn Budget 2024 live: employer NI rises, inheritance tax reform, public spending commitments, fiscal sustainability, and whether growth targets are credible. A masterclass in reading official budget claims critically and understanding distributional impact on households.
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Pension Policy Stability Compact
Long-duration savings vehicles require policy certainty — frequent rule changes destroy the incentive to save
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Wealth-Income Inequality Divergence
Income inequality can fall while wealth inequality rises — the asset price mechanism that traps social mobility
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Front-Loading Fiscal Illusion
Spend heavily now, promise implausible cuts later — a structural pattern in UK fiscal planning
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Budget Claim Discount Rate
Headline fiscal numbers overstate real impact — always find the net after behavioural and compensating effects
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Tax Incidence Transparency
Every tax is ultimately paid by people — the question is which people and how obviously