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 ...

Sure Start was the first large government initiative to provide area-based holistic support to families with children under the age of 5 in England. It did so through a network of ‘one-stop shops’, ...

Until 2024, households with someone over the female state pension age could receive a winter fuel payment (WFP) worth £200 each year (or £300 for households with a member over age 80). All pensioners ...

The upcoming Spending Review has the potential to be one of the defining domestic policy moments of the parliament. We will learn how the government has chosen to prioritise different public services.

The government has today announced a series of public sector pay awards for those covered by the Pay Review Body process (largely but not exclusively applying to England). IFS researchers provide an ...

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 ...

Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Science in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...

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 ...

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 ...

David is an Associate Director and helps lead two main areas of research at the Institute. First is work on devolved and local government finance, with a particular focus on the distribution of ...

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 ...