The government has chosen to follow the pay recommendations from the independent school teachers pay review body.

The government's Defence Investment Plan adds £3.8 billion a year, but how it will be funded and the path to 3.5% by 2035 ...

What makes a good job? This episode explores pay, progression, flexibility and why access to better work is unequal.

Textbook difference-in-differences (DiD) can conveniently be estimated using a simple least squares regression. Until 10 years ago, this approach was also assumed to work in more complicated settings, ...

Conflict in the Middle East has pushed up energy prices in the UK. Even if the war ends soon, prices may not return to pre-war levels, and government could still face pressure to support households.

In 2013, the UK government introduced two so-called ‘Help to Buy’ schemes, aimed at boosting the affordability of homeownership: an equity loan scheme for new-build purchases and a mortgage guarantee ...

David Phillips, Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance at IFS, said: ‘Plaid Cymru have been criticised by some for pledging a myriad of reviews of health and education policy and performance.

David Phillips, Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance at IFS, said: “The Green Party’s Welsh manifesto offers a vision of a bigger state doing more for its citizens. But it lacks any plan for ...

Last month, the government published the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, setting out funding allocations for English councils for the three years from 2026–27 to 2028–29. These ...

Responding to the Scottish Budget and Spending Review, David Phillips, head of devolved and local government finance at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said: “In this pre-election Budget the ...

Low-income households can receive support towards their housing costs through universal credit or housing benefit. For social renters (i.e. those who rent from a council or housing association), these ...