Lone parents and renters are the most likely groups to fall into arrears since local authorities were given control of council tax relief, a think-tank has found.
The chancellor managed to ease the squeeze on the public sector with his Budget on Monday but he dodged the tough decisions needed to come up with long-term solutions for funding services, says the...
Public services will have to receive £19bn a year for the next five years if austerity is to end as the prime minster recently promised, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The recalculation of local government funding allocations should take into account all the ways councils could bring in money, explains the IFS’s Neil Amin-Smith.
Wales would take a financial hit if the Barnett formula is used to allocate replacement funding for EU programmes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Allowing local authorities to retain business rates exposes them to risk if revenues fall. Neil Amin-Smith of the IFS considers how this risk might play out between county and district councils - and...
The government’s aim for a budget surplus by the mid 2020s may be “no longer sensible” amid current weak economic forecasts, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Scrapping the 1% pay increase cap for public sector workers could cost the Treasury £6bn a year by 2019/20, according to Institute for Fiscal Studies research.
London is the most unequal part of the UK, but has become somewhat more equal since the 2008 recession, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
The Conservative and Labour manifestos fail to honestly address long-term challenges faced by the country's public finances, a think-tank has declared.
The Conservatives’ plans for public sector pay “risks exacerbating recruitment problems” while Labour’s proposals to increase pay would cost around £9bn a year, the...
Future squeezes on public finances could lead to a drop in the number of well-qualified people entering teaching and health professions, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned.
Household income in the UK will continue to stagnate over the next two years, while child poverty and inequality is set to grow, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted.
The pace of government spending cuts is set to quicken under Philip Hammond’s plans to move the public finances into surplus, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Mandating public sector organisations in England to take on at least 250 apprentices every year is not an efficient way to boost skills in the sector, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
The proportion of low-paid men working part time has quadrupled over the past 20 years, according to research published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Younger generations are likely to inherit more wealth than their predecessors, while inheritances will form a greater portion of their income, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
The number of households affected by the government’s cap on benefits will increase fourfold as a result of the tightening of the limit today, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
Councils could face financial uncertainty from a renewed round of appeals against business rate bills following revaluation next April, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
The Welsh Government’s budget could be cut by 3.2% in real terms over the next three years, according to an analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.