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

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

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

Rachel Reeves is to allocate between competing priorities with her spending review, and a 2.5 per cent rise for health could ...

The income threshold below which pensioners will be eligible for the winter fuel payment (WFP) is set to rise.

The UK state pension system faces significant challenges given the country’s ageing population, but it is crucial for ...

We consider recent trends in health and social care productivity and the scope for future improvements.

The Crown Court case backlog has doubled since 2019 and continues to grow. We explore whether falling productivity is part of ...

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 ...