Podcasts

What options does the Chancellor have for raising taxes in the October Budget?

Why are universities struggling, what happens if they go bust and what can government do to help? What other challenges do the HE and FE sectors face?

We look at the key challenges facing the NHS, and what the new government could do to tackle them.

We assess the Chancellor's statement on Monday about the state of the public finances.

In the King's Speech last week, Labour set out 40 new bills - what can we learn about their economic strategy?

We discuss 'levelling up' and local government and see how much progress has been made. We also analyse the SNP and Plaid Cymru manifestos.

We discuss the Reform UK and Green Party manifestos and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.

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

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

We look at changes to the size and shape of the state, and changes in the tax system. We also give our initial response to the Lib Dem manifesto.

In this episode, we discuss the tight fiscal situation after the next budget, and also look at how the education system is faring.

Since 2008, the UK economy has faced a series of shocks and long-term problems - we ask what challenges the next government faces.

In our first election special, we look at the broad economic picture and analyse announcements about the fiscal rules, the triple lock and tax.

With an election on the way, economic growth is bound to be central to the campaigns. A leading expert explains how we can grow the economy.

David Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy.

IFS reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

We discuss all things waiting list - What is it? How big is it? Is there a credible plan to get it back down?