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

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

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

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

Responding to Nigel Farage's speech earlier today, IFS Deputy Director Helen Miller said: 'The broad thrust of Nigel Farage’s speech echoes Reform UK’s manifesto: very large tax cuts to be paid for ...

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 ...

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

There are currently around 1.6 million people aged 16 to 18 in further education and training in England (see ‘Participation Headlines’ from ‘Participation in education, training and employment age 16 ...

Youth clubs are community-based after-school programmes, typically offered free of charge to teenagers in underprivileged neighbourhoods. I provide the first causal estimates of their effects on ...

Originally published in Economic Review magazine which provides articles which make recent academic research accessible for A-level students, apply economic theory to real-world situations and sharpen ...

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 ...