Following a bulge in claims, recent figures suggest new disability benefits may not pose as big a cost to the Scottish Budget ...

Increases in taxes and borrowing are not costless and the spending plans after 2025-26 are unlikely to survive contact with ...

IFS Director Paul Johnson responds to the overall picture for taxation, spending and the public finances in the Autumn 2024 ...

We are pleased to announce the appointment of François Gerard as TaxDev ’s new Research Director. TaxDev is a collaboration ...

We respond to government plans to increase the cap on tuition fees for England-domiciled undergraduate students.

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At the end of October, the ONS announced that the fertility rate in England and Wales had fallen to 1.44 births per woman in 2023 - the lowest figure since records began in 1938. What will this mean ...

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David Phillips gave this presentation to the CIPFA local government treasurers’ retreat confirmation, summarising IFS ...

Until the Great Recession in 2008, the British economy was growing.

117 days after Labour took office, Rachel Reeves has finally delivered her Budget. From tax rises and fiscal rules, to public services and investment, we'll take a tour around all of the big ...

We study the interaction of retraining and international trade in Germany, a highly open economy with extensive ...