Spending Review 2025 will set detailed departmental budgets for most of this parliament. We examine the key choices facing ...

Find our latest analysis ahead of the 2025 Spending Review here.

This report explores options for incorporating administrative records on graduate earnings into the OfS’ regulation of higher ...

Updated forecasts for tax revenues and benefit spending imply a more challenging funding outlook for the Scottish Government.

This is no doubt why the existing policy tied WFP eligibility to PC – those households getting PC are known to have low ...

The 'Be the Chancellor' tool, built by IFS researchers in partnership with Nesta, illustrates key choices and fiscal ...

At the Spending Review on 11th June, the government will set out detailed spending plans for individual departments for the next three years. These will determine how much will be spent on the NHS, ...

The Government has today announced a series of public sector pay awards for those covered by the Pay Review Body process.

James Callaghan (Labour Chancellor at the time) had made a speech announcing his intentions to make far-reaching changes to the tax system in his next Budget, including a capital gains tax and a ...

As part of their research on the effectiveness of public policies, IFS researchers sometimes use the Children In Need (CIN) census and the Children Looked After (CLA) census. A Child In Need (CIN) is ...

Paul has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011. He is a columnist for The Times, and is a regular contributor to other broadcast and print media. He is a visiting professor in ...

Areas in England vary in how much funding they receive for public services, and in how much they would need to spend to deliver the same level of services to their populations. For example, an area ...