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.

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: “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 ...

David Phillips, Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance at IFS, said: “You may be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. The similarities between Reform UK’s manifesto and the Welsh ...

These BGAs cannot just be held fixed in cash terms in subsequent years: both revenues from the devolved taxes and spending on devolved benefits will change over time, not least because of inflation.

Politicians in Holyrood and Cardiff Bay make decisions on some but not all public policies, taxes and areas of public spending. Others remain the responsibility of the UK parliament and government in ...

One source of regional inequality in job opportunities and productivity is unequal access to financial capital. Using new data on large-scale real estate investmentsi over the past two decades, Daams, ...