Five principles for business energy support: set clear aims, keep price signals, target support, account for differences, and evaluate in real time.

Funding further increases in defence spending would require hard choices, both at this Budget and in the years ahead. 

Across LMICs more children are entering pre-primary school than ever before, but fewer than half are developmentally on track. 

What should we expect from the October Budget? IFS economists discuss the choices facing the Chancellor on energy bills, taxes and public spending.