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 ...

Paul has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011. He is a columnist for The Times, and is a regular contributor to other broadcast and print media. He is a visiting professor in ...

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 ...