IFS researchers respond to the Chancellor’s Spring Forecast, which was presented against an uncertain global backdrop with ...

David Phillips, head of devolved and local government finance at the IFS, said: “The Welsh Conservatives’ flagship proposals are reductions to three of Wales’s devolved taxes: the Welsh rates of ...

The Spring Forecast is unlikely to feature policy changes but could highlight risks to the public finances for the year ahead ...

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This paper investigates the effects of alleviating remoteness constraints on access to quality maternal and newborn health ...

We estimate the economic impacts of rape using population-wide Finnish police reports and hospital admissions.

ONS figures released today show borrowing in the first 10 months of the year is £15 billion below the same months last year.

<p><p>This Commentary analyses recent trends in household spending, with a focus on domestic fuel and water, and examines the impact of changes in the price of these goods on household inflation, ...

This Briefing Note describes state pension provision in the United Kingdom from the inception of the basic state pension in 1948, following the Beveridge Report, to Pensions Act 2007 and the plans of ...

<p><p><p>The impact of date of birth on cognitive test scores is well documented across many countries, with the youngest children in each academic year performing more poorly, on average, than the ...

<p>Dimensions of Tax Design brings together a high-profile group of more than fifty international experts and younger researchers. It consists of a set of thirteen commissioned studies which draw on ...