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

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

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

1. The new government has accepted the pay recommendations of the independent Pay Review Bodies (PRBs), meaning that public sector employees will see their pay increase by between 4¾% and 6% in ...

Register to watch the conference online here. The conference will take place in person in Washington, DC, with streaming for non-presenting attendees. About the Conference As low- and middle-income ...

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 ...

The ledgers of the public finances have rarely made for more dismal reading. Tax revenues are this year set to reach their highest level since the 1940s (and are forecast to rise further still).

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