Press releases

Postponing council tax revaluation yet again is unjustifiable and risks entrenching an out-of-date system in Wales and beyond.

‘Headroom’ never gives a full picture of the public finances. What matters is whether Healey has a credible plan to reduce borrowing in coming years.

Under the new revenue assignment plan, billions of pounds of funding per year for transport, skills and economic development are at stake.

IFS response to Andy Burnham's triple lock announcement. 

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced a major and welcome change to the triple lock, which will come into effect in 2030–31.

While spending top-ups and fast-falling pupil numbers will improve schools’ financial position on average, wider pressures on schools budgets remain. 

Government could ease cost-of-living pressures caused by high electricity prices by promoting time-varying electricity tariffs.

IFS response to today’s ONS figures on the public finances

The government could more closely link PIP awards to the level of assessed disability, targeting support towards those with most severe conditions. 

The triple lock has boosted the level of the state pension over time and it creates high and uncertain costs for the future. 

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.