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 ...

How have household incomes evolved over your lifetime? What is the gap between rich and poor? How many people are there in poverty? Which groups are most likely to face poverty? These questions are ...

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

We ask why the UK has such large regional divides, how they emerged, and what policymakers can realistically do to fix them.

Around 80% of people think the gap between those on high and low incomes is too big. But only around 40% think the government should redistribute income from the rich to the poor. Why is there such a ...

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.

David Phillips, head of devolved and local government finance at IFS, said: ‘In a pattern familiar by now from several other manifestos in the devolved elections, the SNP manifesto pledges additional ...

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 ...

Plans to significantly cut Scottish income tax rates are front and centre of Reform UK’s Scottish manifesto. Initial cuts – setting each tax rate 1 percentage point below that in the rest of the UK – ...

Following an update from DWP on its new youth employment package, we have updated our analysis with the following: The new £3,000 ‘Youth Jobs Grant’ is open to all young UC claimants who have been on ...

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 ...