The Crown Court case backlog has doubled since 2019 and continues to grow. We explore whether falling productivity is part of ...

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

Expanded access to free school meals will benefit 1.7 million children in the long run, but existing transitional protections ...

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.

David is an Associate Director and helps lead two main areas of research at the Institute. First is work on devolved and local government finance, with a particular focus on the distribution of ...

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, ...

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 ...

Until 2024, households with someone over the female state pension age could receive a winter fuel payment (WFP) worth £200 each year (or £300 for households with a member over age 80). All pensioners ...

In order to contain the growth of state pension spending in the face of an ageing population, successive governments have increased the state pension age – the age at which people can first claim ...