This is a test blog with some photos and hopefully illustrates how it might be formatted. But who knows! The Institute for Fiscal Studies has been accused of being the paid up propaganda arm of the European Commission by the Vote Leave campaign. It follows the IFS's warning about the impact of a Leave vote on economic growth.
IFS boss Paul Johnson tells that it's true the think tank gets about 10% of its funding from the European Research Council. But, he says, that money is used for some of the more academic work that the think tank does and doesn’t influence its general day to day work..
Moreover, he says, the IFS has built its reputation over the past 30 years on "the independence and integrity" of its work. "There is no sum of money from anywhere in the world that would influence" its work. If the accusations were true its work and reputation would be lost, he says.
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