Many families have little or no savings to access on a ‘rainy day’. We examine the types of families with low savings and what the consequences are.

In the years since the pandemic, there has been a large and sustained rise in the number of adults being newly awarded working-age disability benefits each month.

"Many working-age people may not realise just how much risk they are facing when it comes to ensuring financial security in retirement."

Changes in the composition of spending and rising education participation mean public service spending is more progressive than in the 1980s & 1990s.

This report examines patterns of less-than-full-time working among consultants in the NHS acute sector.

Updated funding and spending projections show a significant funding gap looming for the Scottish Government – and little sense of how to address it.

Professor Nick Bloom, William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, gave the 2023 IFS Annual Lecture on 18th May.

This presentation was given by Jonathan Cribb at the ELSA 20th Anniversary Conference.

How many people pay higher rates of income tax? We analyse the large increases in the share of adults paying the 40% rate or above since 1991–92.