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

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 ...

The Spending Review on 11 June will be the first multi-year Spending Review since 2021, and the first to happen outside of a pandemic since 2015. It could prove to be one of the most significant ...

Updated forecasts for tax revenues and benefit spending imply a more challenging funding outlook for the Scottish Government.

This report explores options for incorporating administrative records on graduate earnings into the OfS’ regulation of higher ...

The Government has today announced a series of public sector pay awards for those covered by the Pay Review Body process.

Research published today concludes that Sure Start – one of England’s biggest early years programmes – generated widespread and long-lasting benefits for children. It improved educational outcomes and ...

Helen is Deputy Director of the IFS and Head of the Tax sector. Her main research interests are the effects of the tax system on individuals and firms behaviour and the design of tax policy. Her ...

This Unit brings together child poverty policy officials and analysts to take the Government’s child poverty strategy to its next stage of development. The role of the Unit is to: provide an ...