Research and analysis

Could devolution boost UK growth, or would it widen regional divides? We ask what shifting power from Westminster would really mean.

We analyse trends in tribunal backlogs and the drivers behind them in the last 15 years.

This comment provides initial analysis of announcements in July 2026 on teacher pay, pensions and school funding.
 

The government's Defence Investment Plan adds £3.8 billion a year, but how it will be funded and the path to 3.5% by 2035 remain key challenges.

Methodological, practical, and institutional commonalities and differences between TaxDev, SOUTHMOD, and CEQ tools for distributional analysis.

What makes a good job? This episode explores pay, progression, flexibility and why access to better work is unequal.

How does going to university affect earnings over people’s lifetimes? How much do individuals and taxpayers benefit from people going to university?

We ask why the UK has such large regional divides, how they emerged, and what policymakers can realistically do to fix them.

Why do people care about inequality, and what do they want government to do about it?

What happens to private pension saving when workers move from employee jobs to self-employment and how does this vary for different groups of workers?

We analyse the evolution of civil legal aid cases and active providers in England and Wales from 2009 onwards.

We set out the facts on UK inequality, from income and wealth to opportunity, health and place.

Britain faces high debt, high borrowing costs, rising taxes and stretched public services. We explain the fiscal reality facing any government.