Education spending Share of early education and childcare subsidies targeted at different groups Published on 10 January 2025 Support targeted at workers further up the income distribution has grown from a tenth of the overall pot to a third. Education and skills Education Childcare and early years Employment
Sure Start’s wide-ranging and long-lasting benefits highlight the impact of integrated early years services press release Over the long run, Sure Start’s financial benefits could be twice as high as its costs 22 May 2025
Spending Review 2025: What it means and why it matters podcast We take a closer look at the Spending Review and what the policies mean for public services, investment and the wider economy. 12 June 2025
Drastic times need drastic action: breaking the 50-year tax taboo comment Rachel Reeves should consider increasing the basic rate, just as Denis Healey did in 1975 14 April 2025
What does the Spending Review really mean for FE? comment The chancellor has pledged an extra £1.2 billion annually for FE by 2028-29. But will this be enough to reverse a decade of cuts? 12 June 2025
Popularity of new childcare entitlements could leave spending much higher than initially forecast comment New childcare entitlements have proven popular – meaning spending from 2026 onwards could be £1 billion higher than originally forecast. 12 June 2025
What the Spending Review really means for schools comment The next few years are going to be very tight for school budgets and forecasting anything more than a real-terms freeze is highly optimistic. 12 June 2025
A symposium on poverty, the safety net and child development: preface journal article These papers revise current understanding of the consequences of child poverty and of the role of safety nets for protecting disadvantaged children. 23 June 2025
Theoretical and empirical perspectives on the link between poverty, parenting and children's outcomes journal article We examine different channels through which poverty affects child outcomes, as well as the evidence regarding the magnitude of their impacts. 23 June 2025
The health effects of universal early childhood interventions: evidence from Sure Start working paper We estimate the health impacts of Sure Start, a universal integrated ECI in England, from infancy to adolescence. 9 May 2025
