Press releases

New research on NEETs who do not claim benefits finds this group have much better employment prospects. 

We are pleased to announce that Sarah Cattan has been appointed as a Research Fellow at ADR UK.

The Scottish Fiscal Commission confirms higher funding this year but warns about a tough fiscal outlook. 

The Reform UK proposals represent a substantially different vision of what the benefit system should be doing.

GERS 2025–26 shows Scotland’s underlying net fiscal deficit improving but still much higher than the UK as a whole

An assigned share of tax revenues will mean local areas share more in the rewards of growth – but also brings risks.

The goal is to tailor these to the needs of local industries and to combine skills training with practical work experience.

Business rates have gone from being one of the most stable and simple taxes in the system to one of the least.

New ONS data show that higher-than-expected inflation pushed up government spending more than revenues between April and June.

Andy Burnham enters Downing Street with no shortage of ambition.

Record-high tribunal backlogs are being driven by a surge in demand, not by tribunals becoming less productive.

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.

Six-in-ten degrees pay for themselves for the exchequer in the long run, with the government making a loss on the rest.

More than three-quarters of employees who consistently saved into a pension stop doing so when they move into self-employment.

Civil legal aid case volumes have fallen 57% since 2012, with 38 local authorities now lacking any active provider.

The centre will bring together education economists in academia and in government, to bring the best evidence to bear on education policy questions

The delay announced today will have a one-off cost to the exchequer of about £200 million