Anti-spin
The Institute for Fiscal Studies is the country’s unofficial economic referee
IF WALTER BAGEHOT were mapping today's unwritten British constitution, he might include a reference to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The London-based IFS has come to play a distinctive role in Britain's elections. For journalists trying to disentangle the claims and counter-claims of politicians against hourly and daily deadlines, it has become an indispensable source of anti-spin.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Anti-spin”
From the May 26th 2001 edition
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