The Autumn Budget contained few surprises for health. Yet there were some notable announcements for the NHS, in terms of capital investment and the ‘shape’ of the revenue settlement to support reform...
Protections to prevent premature publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s economic and fiscal outlook were not applied properly allowing pre-existing weakness to be exploited, a report...
National insurance is a longstanding part of the UK tax landscape, but should it remain so? PF speaks to experts to get their perspective on the controversial levy, and its place in the...
Adam Lang pulls together a set of priorities for Rachel Reeves in her second Budget and beyond, based on recent research by Carnegie UK, including improving public understanding of fiscal decisions...
An Australian-style “war on bills” in the coming Budget would address the cost of living and signal the government’s commitment to improving the lot of ordinary people, according to a think-tank...
Renewed investment in the North at this month’s Budget would “unlock investment and opportunity” and contribute to the government’s economic growth ambitions, a group of the region’s political...
Fiscal policy has an undeniable effect on growth. But big decisions on tax and spending can have unintended consequences, as PF editor Calum Rutter writes.
Labour’s manifesto promise to not raise the three ‘main’ taxes is at risk of being broken in the Budget, with the chancellor warning of poor economic performance and “hard choices” ahead.
The chancellor faces the prospect of a Budget “groundhog day” unless she takes bold action to shore up headroom against her fiscal rules, a leading think-tank has warned.
The chancellor should consider broadening the base of a major tax such as VAT instead of “picking from a Scrabble bag” of minor changes that would add to the complexity and inconsistency of the tax...
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.
A 2p tax shift from national insurance to income tax would raise £6bn for the public purse while tackling the current “unfair and distortionary” bias against employees, a leading think-tank has said.
Borrowing hit a five-year high in August, casting further gloom over the economic outlook and piling pressure on the chancellor to raise taxes at the Budget.
