Structural factors including the rise of AI and worsening youth mental health rather than just a cyclical downturn are likely to be driving a rise in the number of young people not in education,...
The chancellor has been urged to avoid a “half-baked dash for revenue” in her forthcoming Budget and instead take bold action to improve the tax system.
The share of children receiving support for special educational needs and disabilities has doubled, driving a “dramatic and ongoing” increase in spending and leading to councils amassing an...
As Paul Johnson departed the Institute for Fiscal Studies to become provost of Queen’s College, Oxford, he spoke in his fourth and final IFS interview with PF about what had, and hadn’t, changed...
Teenagers whose youth clubs closed amid austerity went on to perform less well at school and were more likely to become involved in criminal activity, new research has suggested.
Tax increases of up to £25bn will be needed in the Budget if spending on local government, police and prisons is to rise in line with national income, according to research from the Institute for...
Public sector employers will need to divert money from pensions into pay if they are to stem a recruitment and retention crisis across the sector, a leading think-tank has said.
Over 300,000 people have been pushed into poverty by rising mortgage interest rates, according to a new report warning policymakers could be misled by poverty statistics which mask the true scale of...
Progress towards eradicating regional inequalities has been “glacial”, driven by patchy policy initiatives and the absence of stable long-term funding, according to a leading think-tank.
As the main political parties set out their policy stalls in hastily written manifestos, the focus will be less on the headline announcements than what is left unsaid.
Neither the Conservatives nor Labour are serious about reducing the level of national debt, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has said, accusing both parties of avoiding the harsh reality of spending...
The government's fiscal credibility is at risk amid the possibility it announces pre-election tax cuts or spending later this year – on top of an upcoming Budget already based on ‘fiscal fiction’ – a...
The government might lose around £15bn a year by 2032 if it decides to ditch inheritance tax, economists at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have warned.
A growing share of income coming from wealth and property is set to widen inequality between households and hurt social mobility, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
The long-awaited NHS long-term workforce plan will fail to meet ambitious productivity targets without sustained investment in capital, technology and management, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has...
The government’s failure to distribute local police, public health and council funding according to differing levels of need risks worsening regional inequalities, working contrary to its supposed...
Government spending has become more progressive in recent decades, but current plans have put this trend in jeopardy, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
The improved teachers’ pay offer will do little to reverse the real-terms cut to salaries since 2010, researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have said amid strike action.
New gloomy predictions of long-term economic growth suggest pensions promised to public sector workers will be more costly than anticipated, economists at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have warned.
