I have no idea who is telling me the truth.
December 2, 2011 3:51 AM Subscribe
Where can I get a decent breakdown of Government spending and taxation in the UK? In particular, where can I find reliable information about the cost of public workers / pensions.
Response by poster: I'm more interested in primary sources. But thanks.
posted by seanyboy at 6:42 AM on December 2, 2011
posted by seanyboy at 6:42 AM on December 2, 2011
Best answer: Here's a large PDF with the Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2011.
Found from the national Statistics Office website, there's a lot of useful stuff there if you can sort through it.
The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has some pretty neutral analysis of the subject.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 6:52 AM on December 2, 2011
Found from the national Statistics Office website, there's a lot of useful stuff there if you can sort through it.
The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has some pretty neutral analysis of the subject.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 6:52 AM on December 2, 2011
Best answer: So I have two caveats to this answer but am adding it in case it's helpful:
This week's More or Less has a section dealing with public sector pensions and talks about the distortions on both sides of the argument but
a) is of course a secondary source with analysis included, and
b) talks about the cost of and outcome associated with individual pensions rather than as a proportion of government spending
posted by calico at 4:13 AM on December 3, 2011
This week's More or Less has a section dealing with public sector pensions and talks about the distortions on both sides of the argument but
a) is of course a secondary source with analysis included, and
b) talks about the cost of and outcome associated with individual pensions rather than as a proportion of government spending
posted by calico at 4:13 AM on December 3, 2011
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