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Why is the government reforming health-related benefits?

podcast

We discuss the government's welfare reforms aimed at helping sick and disabled people into work, and what the changes mean for health-related benefits

14 May 2025

Drastic times need drastic action: breaking the 50-year tax taboo

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Rachel Reeves should consider increasing the basic rate, just as Denis Healey did in 1975 

14 April 2025

Average household consumption spending before and after housing costs, and mean weekly per-capita income, in different local authorities, 2018–2019

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Londoners may have the highest average incomes, but their household spending once you account for housing costs is lower than other regions.

11 April 2025

Policy analysis

Spending Review 2025

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Find our latest analysis ahead of the Spending Review 2025 here.

11 June 2025

A look ahead to the 2025 Spending Review

event 2 June 2025 at 11:00

At this online event, researchers will present what the key choices will be at the Spending Review.

Working in your 60s: a way to stay young for some

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On average, women who remained in work for longer following increases in the state pension age saw improved cognition and less physical disability.

13 May 2025

Academic research

The impact of work on cognition and physical disability: Evidence from English women

journal article

We show that remaining in work has significant positive causal effects on the average cognition and physical mobility of older women in England.

13 May 2025

Interpreting Cohort Profiles of Life Cycle Earnings Volatility

journal article

We present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the life cycle by race and human capital, using Social Security earnings. 

7 May 2025

Market concentration and productivity: evidence from the UK

journal article

We measure product market concentration and business dynamism in the UK from 1997 to 2020 and study the relationship with productivity.

6 May 2025