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How could the Chancellor raise more tax?
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What options does the Chancellor have for raising taxes in the October Budget?
28 August 2024
Why are universities in financial trouble?
podcast
Why are universities struggling, what happens if they go bust and what can government do to help? What other challenges do the HE and FE sectors face?
21 August 2024
Can the new government fix the NHS?
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We look at the key challenges facing the NHS, and what the new government could do to tackle them.
14 August 2024
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Next steps for private pension saving for employees and the self-employed
event 16 September 2024
At this in-person event in Westminster, IFS researchers will present new findings from the Pensions Review.
6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference | Driving Progress: Public Finance and Structural Transformation
conference 26 September 2024
Online registrations are now open for the 6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference.
IFS Green Budget 2024
event 10 October 2024
The IFS Green Budget will assess the state of the UK economy and the new government’s fiscal position ahead of their first Budget.
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How would the parties’ tax and spending plans affect Scotland and Wales?

Report

This ‘explainer’ looks at how the parties’ proposals would affect Scotland and Wales, covering tax, spending, public finances and the constitution.

28 June 2024

Plaid Cymru manifesto: a response

Comment

An assessment of the tax and spending changes proposed in the 2024 Plaid Cymru general election manifesto

13 June 2024

Health spending planned to fall in England and Scotland in 2024–25, suggesting a top-up likely

Comment

Day-to-day spending on health in England is planned to fall in 2024–25 compared with the latest budgets for 2023–24.

4 March 2024

Socio-economic inequality in Scottish education

Report

We examine how less affluent students perform compared with their more affluent peers in PISA tests, ahead of the new data release in December 2023.

16 November 2023

Assessing the Welsh Government’s consultation on reforms to council tax

Report

We analyse the impact of the possible approaches to council tax reform set out in the Welsh Government’s consultation on ‘A fairer council tax’.

14 November 2023

Revaluation and reform of Welsh council tax should proceed without delay

Comment

We analyse the impact of the possible approaches to council tax reform set out in the Welsh Government’s consultation on ‘A fairer council tax’.

14 November 2023

How does school spending per pupil differ across the UK?

Report

This short report compares the level of school spending per pupil across the four nations of the UK.

21 April 2023

Implications of the Autumn Statement 2022 and EFO for Wales and the Welsh Government

Presentation

This presentation summarises IFS's analysis of the outlook following the Autumn Statement and the implications for the Welsh Government's funding.

28 November 2022

UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocations for Welsh councils are flawed, costing some areas millions

Comment

A failure to properly account for population in Welsh councils’ Shared Prosperity Fund allocations is costing larger councils millions of pounds.

18 July 2022

Options for reforming the devolved fiscal frameworks post-pandemic

Report

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for the funding arrangements of the devolved governments governments of Scotland, Wales and Norther Ireland

21 December 2021

Designing and funding the devolved nations’ policy responses to COVID-19

Report

The funding and financial powers of the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are governed by ‘fiscal frameworks’

22 April 2021

Lessons and issues for sub-national government finances post-COVID

Report

Impacts of and lessons from the COVID-19 crisis for sub-national government finances.

23 March 2021

Revaluation and reform of council tax in Wales: impacts on different councils and household types

Report

Council tax bands in Wales are based on property values in April 2003 – 17 years ago. That is more up to date than in England and Scotland, where they

30 April 2020

Devolved governments need more flexible funding and greater borrowing power to tackle coronavirus effectively

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The funding arrangements for the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not look well designed to deal with the coronavirus.

25 March 2020

Starting levels: how geographically unequal are we, and is geographically inequality increasing?

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This presentation was given by David Phillips as part of the "A look ahead to the March 2020 Budget" preview briefing.

26 February 2020

Financing local police spending in England and Wales: fiscal federalism in practice

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Since 1995, police forces in England and Wales have been able to raise revenues locally to supplement grants from central government.

21 February 2020

Comparing schools spending per pupil in Wales and England

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A presentation by Luke Sibieta, IFS Research Fellow, to the Wales Public Services 2025 conference, ‘Sustaining Wales public services: austerity and beyond’, 12 July 2018.

12 July 2018

Remember to look to your left and right: cross-border lessons for local government finance

Presentation

What lessons can England and Wales learn from each other when it comes to local government finance reform?

12 July 2018

Response to the Finance Committee of the National Assembly of Wales’s Call for Evidence

Report

A response to the consultation from the Finance Committee of the National Assembly for Wales concerning preparations for replacing European Union funding for Wales

13 June 2018

Police workforce and funding in England and Wales

Report

This briefing note provides background information on the police service in England and Wales. It details recent changes in police numbers and in police funding, and examines some indicators of police performance in the light of these changes. Finally, it considers briefly the Labour Party’s proposal to increase the number of police officers.

15 May 2017

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