Research and analysis

In Paul's final episode, he speaks with incoming IFS Director Helen Miller about the big economic pressures facing the UK.

The government has set itself a target to have 75% of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development by 2028.

There is growing speculation about whether taxes will go up in the Autumn Budget and – if so – which ones.

The chancellor has to somehow reconcile tax and spending, but both her own Labour MPs and the Tory opposition are still living in a dream world 

We explore options for how government could help people manage their pension pots in retirement.

We look at the triple lock and what government could do to reform the system.

Can the UK pensions system deliver a decent standard of living in retirement? We explore the challenges and changes needed.

We discuss pensions saving rates of the self-employed and what government can do to encourage more saving.

How does automatic enrolment work and how could government improve the system?

At this event researchers presented the final recommendations of the Pensions Review.

We provide concrete recommendations to improve the UK pension system to secure better standards of living for future pensioners.

The government’s original reform was set to save £5.5 billion in the short run (by 2029–30) and double that in the long run when fully rolled out.

These changes more than halve the saving of the package of reforms, making the Chancellor’s already difficult Budget balancing act much harder.

There's significant speculation that some of the proposed disability benefit changes will be scaled back: we discuss some of the government's options.