The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has a problem. She has committed herself to a rule that public debt should be falling — ...

The government is reportedly considering a change to the debt rule to allow for more borrowing for investment. We consider ...

Over a fifth of government spending goes on pay. We examine recruitment and retention challenges which mean that pressures ...

Professor Sir Richard Blundell will give the lecture on the first phase of the IFS Deaton Review, recently published by ...

What taxes could the Chancellor increase in her first Budget on 30 October? And how could it be done in a way that improves ...

Using existing literatures and new empirical evidence, we address whether educational expansion is an effective tool for ...

The public sector pay bill was £270 billion last year and so even small changes in pay can have large impacts on public spending. In accepting independent Pay Review Body recommendations, the ...

Since the introduction of auto-enrolment over 10 years ago, more people than ever are saving into a workplace pension than ever before. However, new research from the IFS shows that approximately 30% ...