This wasn’t the spending and investment bonanza that the speech, its supporters and detractors all seem to want to suggest.

This year's RES Conference features a special session on the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities with key IFS contributors to ...

New childcare entitlements have proven popular – meaning spending from 2026 onwards could be £1 billion higher than ...

The chancellor has pledged an extra £1.2 billion annually for FE by 2028-29. But will this be enough to reverse a decade of ...

The next few years are going to be very tight for school budgets and forecasting anything more than a real-terms freeze is ...

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 ...

Which public services are the relative winners and losers from Rachel Reeves’ multi-year 2025 Spending Review?

IFS Director Paul Johnson responds to the Chancellor's Spending Review.

As you will have noticed, Wednesday is spending review day. We will be bombarded with all sorts of claims and counter claims. Here’s a guide to what to look out for. First, despite appearances and ...

The Prime Minister and Chancellor announced 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 ...