This is no doubt why the existing policy tied WFP eligibility to PC – those households getting PC are known to have low ...

An evaluation of Sure Start’s impacts on education, health, absences, special educational needs, crime and social care, plus a cost–benefit analysis.

The 'Be the Chancellor' tool, built by IFS researchers in partnership with Nesta, illustrates key choices and fiscal ...

We discuss the government's welfare reforms aimed at helping sick and disabled people into work, and what the changes mean ...

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 ...

As a result of the Child Poverty Act (2010), current and future governments are committed to reducing the rate of relative income child poverty in the UK to 10% by 2020-21. This paper looks in detail ...