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 ...

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.

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.