Non-Fulfilment of Debt Limits in Spanish Municipalities

Understand this issue

Cuts to council services likely unless cost pressures abate – even with the biggest council tax increases for 20 years

press release

Cuts to some council services are likely unless spending pressures abate, even with big increases in council tax and especially in more deprived areas

21 June 2024

Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained

podcast

We discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.

14 June 2024

The Labour manifesto

explainer

IFS Director Paul Johnson responds to the Labour manifesto.

13 June 2024

Policy analysis

How should we interpret parties’ public spending pledges this election?

comment

Parties have pledged lots of ‘fully costed’ spending policies but these tell us little about the actual funding each public service might receive.

23 June 2024

Main parties’ manifestos tell us little about the funding individual public services would actually receive

press release

Labour and the Conservatives' manifestos are continuing a conspiracy of silence when it comes to public service spending plans.

23 June 2024

How do the last five years measure up on levelling up?

report

How well – or badly – has the UK fared on the 12 levelling up missions? We examine early progress and the scale of the challenge ahead.

19 June 2024

Academic research

The employment and distributional impacts of nationwide minimum wage changes

journal article

We assess the impact of the change in the UK’s minimum wage between 2016 and 2019 on wages, earnings, employment and household incomes.

10 April 2024

Willingness to pay for improved public education and public healthcare systems: the role of income mobility prospects

journal article

These findings are based on more than 19,000 observations from the third round of the Life in Transition Survey.

14 March 2024

Unfunded mandates and taxation

journal article

In 2006, the Chinese central government increased civil servant salaries and pensions and used either unfunded and funded mandates in different areas.

14 March 2024