Reports

What is council tax support? Who receives it and how much does it affect household incomes?

Welsh health and education systems are underperforming – with cuts to spending on some public services likely post-election.

Scottish public services are struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and cuts to some services loom.

Which graduates would repay less under different reforms to Plan 2 student loans, and when? And how much might these proposals cost taxpayers?

Wales receives relatively more funding than it should according to available needs assessments – but these are nearly 20 years old and need updating.

The UK’s approach to fiscal policy needs a rethink. The current framework, based around a set of pass–fail fiscal rules, isn’t working well. 

After a period of growth, Scottish Government funding is set to flatline, forcing tough trade-offs on taxes, benefits and public service spending.

Our analysis of the 2026–27 Scottish Budget highlights a difficult outlook for both spending and investment in Scotland. 

Movement between occupations is becoming increasingly common for NHS support staff, but much more so in wealthier parts of the country.

This annual report compares spending across different stages of education in England and analyses the pressures and choices facing policymakers.

How much protection does the benefit system afford the newly unemployed? We use UK bank account data to track financial impacts of job loss.

We study four reforms that cut non-health-related benefit provision and find each reform led to increased disability benefit claims.

Pupil numbers are falling rapidly across the UK. This report analyses the choices facing policymakers and past declines in pupil numbers.

This report studies patterns of cognitive decline among older adults and how reaching a low cognition score relates to financial outcomes later on.

The government’s White Paper on post-16 skills falls short of a coherent plan. We assess the funding and finance implications of the proposed reforms.

We assess the reasonableness of the approaches proposed by MHCLG, making recommendations for checks and potential improvements.

How has health among those in their late 50s and early 60s changed over time, and how are these trends associated with wealth and employment?

Official figures have mismeasured self-employment and top incomes for decades. We present new data that fill the gap in the statistical record.

An analysis of the key design considerations and potential impacts of council tax reform in Scotland.