There are strong reasons to radically reform how we currently tax the sources and uses of wealth; this includes reforming ...

The government has set itself a target to have 75% of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development by 2028.

Helen Miller, Deputy Director (and incoming Director) of IFS, said: “The government’s original reform was set to save £5.5 billion in the short run (by 2029–30) and double that in the long run when ...

. After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, he worked for 2 years at the Institute for Fiscal Studies before joining the Department of Economics at UCL in 2003. He teaches ...

You might not have gathered it from the Chancellor’s speech, but there were some hard choices made in yesterday’s spending review. After all, despite some of the rather odd recent claims, neither the ...

last week that the income threshold below which pensioners will be eligible for the winter fuel payment (WFP) will rise, so that more pensioners will be able to receive it this winter. However, the ...

Figure 2 shows how the predicted take-up numbers for 2024–25 changed between the December 2023 initial budget and the March 2025 final version, for different local authorities in England. Across much ...

In this episode, we unpack the government's 2025 Spending Review with analysis from experts at the IFS. Paul is joined by Helen Miller and Ben Zaranko to discuss what the Chancellor’s plans mean for ...

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign can be regarded as a public-sector success story. Given the shock caused by the pandemic, the highly visible and successful response of the public authorities in ...

IFS Director Paul Johnson explains the Chancellor's Spending Review 2025, providing insights into government plans and implications for public spending.

Senior IFS Research Economist Max Warner explains the Spending Review process in 60 seconds, detailing its impact on public services and the economy.

Giulio is an IFS Research Associate and a professor in the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary University of London. His main research fields are theoretical labour economics and ...